The centre-right Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has secured a landslide majority in parliament, 18 months after mass protests ousted the...
‘Media freedom will be in jeopardy’ Former Minister of Justice, Constitutional Affairs, National Integration and Foreign Affairs Prof. G. L....
Prosecutors in Paris have opened investigations into five baby formula manufacturers after several issued mass recalls over concerns their product...
Two games, two defeats, virtually out of the tournament. A blanket sentence that covers both Ireland’s and Oman’s fortunes at...
A fired-up USA kept their T20 World Cup campaign alive with a thumping victory, their first over Netherlands in men’s...
The landslide early warnings issued to the Districts of Kandy and Nuwara Eliya by the Landslide Early Warning Center of...
Aryansh Sharma and Sohaib Khan fired Unitrd Arab Emirates to a hard-fought five wicket win against Canada in Delhi. It...
Zimbabwe remain undefeated against Australia in T20 World Cups after a career-best bowling display from Blessing Muzabarani and a gutsy...
The Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya stated that aligning with the development...
After running India close in their opening game in Mumbai, USA were outplayed by Pakistan in Colombo in their second....
Paul Stirling, the captain of Ireland, has been ruled out of the ongoing ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, after suffering...
UAE are the more experienced, and better performing, side when compared to Canada, though there isn’t much to separate them...
By Lasanda Kurukulasuriya The government’s recent move to do away with an important land circular, announced by the Cabinet Spokesman, Minister Bandula Gunewardena on 02.07.20, has...
England and West Indies will compete for the Richards-Botham Trophy when they meet next in Test cricket with both boards – England and Wales Cricket Board...
India and Sri Lanka recently conducted constructive and cordial discussions on rescheduling bilateral debt repayments by Sri Lanka. It is of note that during a recent...
A month ago I received distress calls from people in Mumbai that the Municipal Commissioner had suddenly swooped down on a 20-year-old feeding platform (chabutra) for...
Saturday 25th July, 2020 The incumbent administration markets itself as a government of patriots by patriots for patriots. Its leaders never miss any opportunity to wrap...
* MoE decision to scrap competitive sports for U13 age category The age limit restrictions that will come to effect from 2021 for school sports competitions...
Electoral politics has taken a huge leap back into history. King Buvenakhabahu II and the Kingdom of Kurunegala are big players in the politics of 2020,...
“I was in Grade Four when Sunil Ariyaratne wrote ‘Sakura Mal Pipila’. That song first made me realise how abstract music could be. In later years,...
BY DR. D. CHANDRARATNA I am writing this as an addendum to Dr. Pethiyagoda’a enjoyable article, ‘Delight of Humour’ (14/7). In this dreadful time of a...
One of the silliest things on the internet is an international site called change.com. The owners have offices in a number of countries and the mandate...
Father Ernest Poruthota: By Uditha Devapriya Prasanna Vithanage remembers the afternoons of his adolescence quite clearly. “I’d take the train to Panadura from Bambalapitiya at 1.57...
I like pigeons. Their voices are soft and rhythmic. I have put up baskets for them in the front verandah and they live there quietly. They...
