Prof. Prathibha Mahanamahewa has emphasised the need to examine the circumstances under which the court staff executed the bail bond,...
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake emphasised yesterday (12) that the law would be enforced equally and no one was allowed to...
Kagiso Rabada and Mohommed Siraj could have been wearing their Test whites. By the end of the powerplay, they had...
The UK has said it will contribute drones, fighter jets and a warship to a joint mission aimed at safeguarding...
Jess Phillips, a high-profile Labour minister, has quit in protest as Prime Minister Keir Starmer refuses to heed growing calls...
Bangladesh’s bowlers combined to trounce Pakistan by 104 runs in the first Test in Dhaka. Nahid Rana struck decisive blows...
South Africa fast bowler Shabnim Ismail has reversed her international retirement and is included in the Proteas’ squad for this...
The Bangladesh government has formed a committee to look into the previous government’s decision to not allow the team to...
Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa has arrived to appear before the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) this...
The US has been holding regular negotiations with Denmark to expand its military presence in Greenland, according to multiple officials...
US President Donald Trump has said the month-long ceasefire between the US and Iran is on “massive life support”. He...
Bangladesh edged ahead of Pakistan on a day cut in half by rain and bad light, with Monimul Haque and...
WEATHER FORECAST FOR 18 AUGUST 2025 Issued at 05.30 a.m. on 18 August 2025 by the Department of Meteorology Several spells of showers will occur in...
Several Tamil political parties have planned to stage a hartal today (18) in the Northern and Eastern provinces demanding the repeal of the Prevention of Terrorism...
Of nearly 17,500 varieties of medicines sold under different brand names by private pharmacies, only about 700 are subject to price control, a medical professionals’ association...
Former Labour and Foreign Employment Minister Manusha Nanayakkara has been summoned to appear before the Financial Crimes Investigation Division’s Bribery and Corruption Investigation Unit on Wednesday...
Sri Lanka Railways has revealed that it payed more than Rs. 5 billion as overtime to its staff last year (2024), locomotive operators accounted for over...
Monday 18th August, 2025 The Opposition is a kind of space of penance and purification, where politicians ousted due to corruption, abuse of power and incompetence,...
When Prime Minister, Dr. Harini Amarasuriya, began speaking about new education reforms, earlier this year, many people had high hopes. Despite the government’s decision to continue...
The Island of 14 August draws attention to the difficulties faced by Senior Citizens (over the age of 60). Despite the fact that so many of...
The government initiative to reform and revamp the education system in the country is timely and most welcome, provided it paves the way for meaningful change....
The Pathfinder Foundation (PF) recently hosted a productive and wide-ranging discussion with an Academic delegation from Beijing, China, at its headquarters at Riverpoint, Peliyagoda. The session...
USS Santa Barbara, an Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship and part of the US 7th Fleet, docked at the Port of Colombo on Saturday (16) morning for...
A Sri Lanka national has been arrested for the possession of narcotics during a raid conducted in Bukit Tambun, Malaysia. According to a report from Bernama...
