Flawed, poorly planned and rushed education reforms could widen inequalities between urban and rural schools, teachers’ unions warned yesterday, criticising...
Former Minister Johnston Fernando, his two sons and two others were further remanded until 13 February by the Wattala Magistrate’s Court yesterday.The...
Sam Curran bounced back from a bruising opening spell to claim a memorable hat-trick, while Adil Rashid served notice of...
Former Sri Lanka allrounder Shehan Jayasuriya is set to make his USA debut at the 2026 T20 World Cup. The...
Time for the real quiz. As pleasing as it was for Harry Brook and Brendon McCullum to win a rare...
Viran Chamuditha’s 94-ball 110 helped Sri Lanka Under 19 chase 262 and keep their hopes of qualifying for the semi-finals...
Sustained heavy gunfire and loud explosions have been heard in Niger near the international airport outside the capital, Niamey. Multiple...
Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education Dr Harini Amarasuriya said that she hoped that the...
Pavan Rathnayake has re-entered Sri Lanka’s T20I squad following his 121 off 115 balls in the third ODI against England....
Australia qualified for the semi-finals of the Under-19 World Cup after beating West Indies by 22 runs in Harare courtesy...
The Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya participated in the official launch of the National Strategic Action Plan to monitor and...
Shiyam Dube hammered the third-fastest fifty by an Indian batter in T20Is, finishing with 65 off 23 balls, but it...
Activists say Israeli troops have boarded a yacht trying to bring humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, in defiance of an Israeli naval blockade. “Connection has...
The veneration ceremony marking the conferral of the title of Deputy Chief Sanghanayaka of Southern Sri Lanka to Venerable Mapalagama Buddhasiri Thero, the Chief Incumbent of...
WEATHER FORECAST FOR 09 JUNE 2025 Issued at 2.00 p.m. on 08 June 2025 by the Department of Meteorology Showery condition is expected to enhance in...
The highest levels of government have expressed serious concern about the sluggish pace of capital spending by Ministries, with some having utilised as little as 11%...
The Committee for Protecting Rights of Prisoners yesterday (08) said it would be President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s responsibility to take punitive action against the Prisons Department...
One of Sri Lanka’s beloved and iconic artistes, Iranganie Serasinghe, celebrates her birthday today (09).Born in 1927, Serasinghe is a pioneering figure in Sri Lankan theatre...
The country has been without aviation gasoline (Avgas) for more than six weeks, and that had disrupted flight training schools and grounding light aircraft, SLPP National...
Chamal Rajapaksa, a former Minister and senior member of the Rajapaksa family, is to be questioned by the police in the coming days, over allegations that...
A blue-and-yellow macaw, valued at over Rs. 500,000, has been stolen from the Dehiwala National Zoological Gardens, according to a complaint lodged with the Dehiwala Police...
Top officials of the National Institute of Plantation Management (NIPM) have raised serious concerns over political pressure for them to withdraw a Court of Appeal case...
Monday 9th June, 2025 Jaffna District MP Ramanathan Archchuna has made an absurd claim presumably to create suspicion in the minds of the public that 323...
by Dr B. J. C. Perera MBBS(Cey), DCH(Cey), DCH(Eng), MD(Paed), MRCP(UK), FRCP(Edin), FRCP(Lond), FRCPCH(UK), FSLCPaed, FCCP, Hony. FRCPCH(UK), Hony. FCGP(SL) Specialist Consultant Paediatrician and Honorary Senior Fellow,...
