By Shamindra Ferdinando The government is coming under pressure from civil society organisations to formulate a clear ‘mechanism’ to deal...
Convenor of Janathawadi Joint Opposition, Prof. G. L. Peiris, yesterday (05) emphasised the responsibility on the part of the government...
Yemen’s internationally recognised government has said that its forces have retaken the strategic port city of Mocha and key positions...
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...
A soldier guards an entry point to the Kandy Esala Perahera route to prevent people entering it when the Perahera began last Saturday. (Pic by Cyril...
These wild buffaloes which stumbled on a strolling leopard in the Wilpattu National Park charged at the predator instead of fleeing. Moments later the leopard disappeared...
By Saman Gamage and Pradeep Kumara Dharmaratne Raids conducted by the STF commandos, on Saturday and Sunday, helped net 10 underworld characters and a haul of...
by PRIYAN DE SILVA National coordinator of the Center for Monitoring Election Violence (CMEV) Manjula Gajanayaka, addressing the media, yesterday, voiced his concern about the increase...
Former President Maithripala Sirisena yesterday said he would obtain the highest number of votes in the Polonnaruwa District. He said he would poll more than 150,000...
By Emanthi Marambe Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa will meet Public Health Inspectors tomorrow (28,) to discuss the issues they face. A spokesman for the Public Health...
The courts had declared that Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) was a separate party and UNPers who would try to subvert the party by working with them...
Air Force intelligence officers had informed the State Intelligence Service (SIS) of the activities of Islamic extremists on several occasions since 2014, a senior Air Force...
By Rathindra Kuruwita Pulasthini Rajendran aka Sarah Jesmine, wife of Atchchi Muhammadu Hastun, who detonated the suicide bomb at St. Sebastian’s Church at Katuwapitiya, Negombo had...
* Monday 27th July, 2020 Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has undertaken to rid the Colombo city of slums and shanties by implementing housing projects for the...
The fickle consciousness of the public is legendary and we realize that politicians depend greatly on yet another fact – namely, the very poor memory of...
Arecent move by the government to reduce the fixed deposit rates has caused immense worry and concern to senior citizens and their families. Retired personnel and...
