The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Thursday that the completion of Sri Lanka’s combined Fifth and Sixth Reviews, under the Extended...
Former Arachchikattuwa Pradeshiya Sabha Chairman, Jagath Samantha, was yesterday sentenced to five-and-a-half years’ rigorous imprisonment by the Chilaw High Court...
Mitchell Marsh’s boundary-laden 90 off 38 balls dented Chennai Super Kings’ playoffs chances and gave the Lucknow crowd something to...
The ICC has suspended funding to Cricket Canada over governance-related issues. Cricket Canada was informed earlier this week by the...
The inaugural game of the Lanka Premier League 2026 will be played between the Jaffna and Galle teams, who emerged...
US President Donald Trump left Beijing after a two-day summit saying he had struck “fantastic trade deals, great for both...
India has raised fuel prices by about 3 percent as the energy crisis driven by the Iran war and closure...
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) have each picked injury replacements for Khaleel Ahmed and Nuwan Thushara...
Pakistan clinched a comprehensive 67-run win over Zimbabwe in the 2nd T20I on Thursday to seal the three-match series 2-0....
Britain’s Health Secretary Wes Streeting has resigned from the ruling Labour government, deepening a crisis that threatens to topple Prime...
A new type of giant long-necked dinosaur has been identified by scientists from remains dug up in Thailand. The nagatitan,...
The Cuban government said CIA director John Ratcliffe met his Cuban counterpart at the interior ministry in Havana, after the...
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...
