The NPP government is trying to maintain a balance between continuing demands for releasing north-east land held by the military...
Colombo Chief Magistrate Lahiru de Silva yesterday granted bail to Yoshitha Rajapaksa, second son of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, on...
Leaders of the G7 have pledged at a summit in France to strengthen Ukraine’s air defences and increase pressure on...
Ghana’s fans and players celebrated wildly as Caleb Yirenkyi finished a sweeping counterattack with a tap-in goal in the fifth...
Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson, Esmaeil Baghaei, has announced that a memorandum of understanding with the United States has...
A game that began with the prospect of a chastening defeat for Pakistan at South Africa’s hands did, indeed, end...
Australia gave themselves another significant net run-rate boost by dispatching Bangladesh with ease at Headingley, restricting them to 77 for...
In overcast Headingley conditions, an all-round performance from Shafali Verma, who scored her first fifty at a T20 World Cup,...
Several tankers carrying Iranian oil have crossed the United States blockade line in the Strait of Hormuz, according to a...
An ODI between Canada and Netherlamds in King City Toronto on Tuesday was abandoned due to a dangerous pitch. The...
Joshua Da Silva and Amir Jangoo have earned recalls to West Indies’ squad for the two-match World Test Championship series...
England’s spin attack, led by Sophie Ecclestone’s three-wicket haul, secured their second win in as many games as they beat...
A nerveless Super Over from Kugathas Mathulan, the 19-year-old slinger, helped Sri Lanka A pull off a thrilling win over India A in their tri series...
There are heists, and then there are heists, and the one at Sabina Park on Sunday will live long in the memory of those who watched...
Smriti Mandhana and Deepti Sharma bailed India out with bat and ball respectively to fire them to an emphatic opening win over Pakistan in front of...
WEATHER FORECAST FOR 15 JUNE 2026 Issued at 05.30 a.m. on 15 June 2026 by the Department of Meteorology Several spells of showers will occur in...
Harsha rejects what he called frivolous accusations Chairman of Committee on Public Finance (CoPF) Dr. Harsha de Silva dismissed Free Lawyers’ claim that his Committee had...
The number of patients hospitalised due to viral illnesses, including dengue fever, had increased significantly, health officials said yesterday, adding that there had been a rise...
Former President and UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe has warned that Sri Lanka is heading towards a severe economic crisis, alleging that the current administration is steering...
The government has launched an ambitious drive to attract global investment into green hydrogen and green ammonia production, a move expected to reshape the country’s energy...
Police have launched an investigation to arrest two assailants who broke into an ashram in Srawasthipura, Anuradhapura, and assaulted a former bhikkhu known as Rajanganaye Saddharatana,...
Two organised crime suspects, identified as Ranasinghe Arachchige Sanka Shirantha alias Bloemendhal Sanka and another known as Modera Chathura, the brother of Modera Nipun, were arrested upon...
Beyond the Forex Crossfire: “The emergency measures of today have a way of becoming the permanent institutional arrangements of tomorrow, unless we actively dismantle them.” —...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is acting quickly and decisively with $4 billion in financing to help countries withstand the impact of the Middle East conflict,...
