The government has chosen not to respond to questions raised by the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) regarding the...
The Army, last week, vacated an area, within the wartime high security zone in the Jaffna peninsula. The Defence Ministry...
The Hational Building Research Institute (NBRI) has issued landslide early warnings to the Districts of Kandy, Kegalle, Matale and Ratnapura...
The head of Turkiye’s football refereeing body and four other officials have been placed in pretrial detention by a court...
A car has crashed into a crowd of rugby league supporters in the eastern Australian city of Newcastle, injuring 10...
Polls have opened in Latvia for an election taking place against the backdrop of perceived security threats from Russia and...
Rapid half-centuries from Abhishek Sharma and Tilak Verma at either end of their innings set India up to defend their...
In a game dictated by bowlers, Tharindu Ratnayake’s counter-attacking 65 became a big difference as Sri Lanka downed Bangladesh to...
The G7 has agreed to release 100 million barrels of oil and diesel in a bid to ease supply pressures...
Th European Union “fully rejects” a US demand to release emergency diesel stocks as the fuel’s price soars in America...
Opening batter Sineth Jayawardena has charged into the Sri Lanka T20I squad for the series against Pakistan, while Vijayakanth Viyaskanth...
At the end of a wretched week in Nisshin, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka have something real to play for: an...
By Rathindra Kuruwita A number of senior health officers had been compelled to leave the campaign against Covid-19 and their replacements were junior officers President of...
India’s decision to restrict the import of Covidshield vaccine until Indian domestic needs were met would not have a negative impact on Sri Lanka’s vaccination drive,...
By Ifham Nizam The government would complete 7,000 new solar power plants under the village power plant project, Minister of Power, Dullas Alahapperuma said yesterday in...
By KKS PERERA Today, a grateful public irrespective political differences would join in commemorating the 49th death anniversary of a true patriotic son of Sri Lanka,...
The Independence Square Arcade had been leased out to Softlogic Holdings for a period of 10 years following proper tender procedures, State Minister Nalaka Godahewa told...
Dr B .J. C. Perera MBBS(Cey), DCH(Cey), DCH(Eng), MD(Paed), MRCP(UK), FRCP(Edin), FRCP(Lon), FRCPCH(UK), FSLCPaed, FCCP, Hony FRCPCH(UK), Hony. FCGP(SL) Specialist Consultant Paediatrician and Honorary Senior Fellow,...
Friday 26th March, 2021 Fond memories of Sri Lanka’s cricket World Cup victory (1996) have not faded even after a quarter century. Who can forget the...
The temporary ban on tile imports has plunged the tile and sanitary ware industry into a severe crisis. Considering the magnitude of this situation, we look...
The Women Directors Forum (WDF) of Sri Lanka Institute of Directors (SLID), together with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Women Corporate Directors Foundation (WCD), recently...
The realpolitik behind the UNHRC actions: Can Sri Lanka fly with the Eagle and ride the Dragon? The Western countries behind the UNHRC resolution have their...
BY S VENKAT NARAYAN Our Special Correspondent NEW DELHI, March 22: India on Monday named Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, revered in Bangladesh as father of the nation,...
By Rajitha Ratwatte fromoutsidethepearl@gmail.com As we all know there is increasing pressure to open borders and allow tourists in for the sake of the economy. This...
