The NPP government is trying to maintain a balance between continuing demands for releasing north-east land held by the military...
Colombo Chief Magistrate Lahiru de Silva yesterday granted bail to Yoshitha Rajapaksa, second son of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, on...
The United States provided details of the 14-point memorandum of understanding it reached with Iran on Wednesday. Neither has released...
Scotland take on West Indies in Leeds at 18:30 local time (17:30 GMT) in Group 2 of the Women’s T20...
Moscow has come under the largest Ukrainian attack since the start of the full-scale war, with close to 200 drones...
Oil prices have dropped following the United States and Iran’s signing of an interim peace agreement, resuming a slide interrupted...
Leaders of the G7 have pledged at a summit in France to strengthen Ukraine’s air defences and increase pressure on...
Ghana’s fans and players celebrated wildly as Caleb Yirenkyi finished a sweeping counterattack with a tap-in goal in the fifth...
Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson, Esmaeil Baghaei, has announced that a memorandum of understanding with the United States has...
A game that began with the prospect of a chastening defeat for Pakistan at South Africa’s hands did, indeed, end...
Australia gave themselves another significant net run-rate boost by dispatching Bangladesh with ease at Headingley, restricting them to 77 for...
In overcast Headingley conditions, an all-round performance from Shafali Verma, who scored her first fifty at a T20 World Cup,...
Bank of Ceylon wishes all its customers, stakeholders and Sri Lankans a Very Happy New Year as it commences its operations for “2021-New Year”. The main...
By Hiran H.Senewiratne CSE investor sentiment had improved yesterday following the Central Bank Governor’s 2021 economic policy proposal for Sri Lanka. It states, among other things,...
Dr. C. S. Weeraratna (csweera@sltnet.lk) The Fall Armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda), also called Sena caterpillar (SC) is larval stage of a moth that is causing damage to...
Ven. Athuraliye Rathana Thera would be sworn in as a Member of Parliament for the 9th Parliament today (05), Secretary General of Parliament Dhammika Dasanayake said. The name...
Amasha de Silva reached her personal best when she clocked 11.55 seconds to win the women’s 100 metres at the National Athletics Championships. (Pix by Kamal...
Rock this Country: Colombo Hilton’s LAB on New Year’s day Generally, New Year’s Eve is a big occasion for most entertainers, not only in Sri Lanka,...
By Athula Ranasinghe The walking track at Wetland Park, popularly known as Weli Park, is patronized by many residents in the area for physical exercises in...
By Sanath Nanayakkare Governor of the Central Bank Prof. W. D. Lakshman yesterday acknowledged the fact that fixed income earners, particularly senior citizens dependent on retirement...
Education Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris addressing the media in Colombo yesterday announced that Grade 11 classes in all schools in the Western Province other than those...
By Jayampathy Molligoda According to generally accepted economic theories and their practical application, boosting economic growth has been seen as the best way to create job...
By Hiran H.Senewiratne The Sri Lankan economy is expected to contract by around 3.9 percent in 2020, Central Bank Governor Deshamanya Professor W. D. Lakshman said. “With...
By Charles J.C., MBBS National Hospital of Sri Lanka Dementia is a growing public health problem affecting 50 million people globally with 7.7 million new cases...
