Close on the heels of the USD 2.5 mn theft from the Treasury, the Welfare Benefits Board has reported payment...
NDF MP Ravi Karunanayake on Tuesday (05) raised in Parliament what he described as a matter of “grave national importance”,...
The India and Zimbabwe women’s teams are all set to play an international fixture against each other for the first...
Oil prices have dropped and global stock markets have risen following reports that the US and Iran are close to...
Sadaf Shamas and Gull Feroza struck centuries as Pakistan Women piled up their second-highest total in ODIs – 343/4 –...
Catches win matches is probably one of the oldest and most overused clichés in cricket. But it couldn’t have been...
United States President Donald Trump says he has had “very good talks” with Iran over the past 24 hours and...
The schedule for the IPL 2026 playoffs has been announced, with matches set to be held in Dharamshala, New Chandigarh...
The California man who allegedly tried to assassinate President Donald Trump at a Washington gala has been indicted on a...
The US operation to guide stranded vessels through the Strait of Hormuz will be paused for a “short period of...
Chennai Super Kings came into IPL 2026 with a dodgy look about their bowling attack. They lost three games straight...
Three prison guards attached to the Welikada Prison have been arrested by Borella Police following the death of an inmate...
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Monday 21st July, 2025 The NPP government, which drew heavy flak, a few weeks ago, for trying to use the Nuwara Wewa bund as part of...
It was not just yesterday, or the day before, that this subject was discussed. In fact, it was over a century ago that George Bernard Shaw,...
Emeritus Professor N. A. de S. Amaratunga FDSRCS, PhD, DSc, is being awarded the honourary degree of Doctor of Literature at the forthcoming Convocation of the...
Swarna Sedera, 79, wife of author and journalist Dr. Nimal Sedera, passed away in Brisbane, Australia.An alumna of Ibbagamuwa Central College, she entered the University of...
A new report on the global crocodilian trade reveals shifting patterns in the world’s most lucrative reptile industry — one that spans high-end fashion, exotic meat...
The creametorium at the public cemetery in Matara is a death trap in itself, and notices warning the public to stand away from the building have...
In 2021, Sri Lanka suffered one of its worst environmental disasters when the MV X-Press Pearl caught fire off the coast of Colombo. The vessel, carrying...
Twenty Sri Lankan youth working in Israel’s agricultural sector had narrowly escaped a fiery disaster when the bus they were travelling in caught fire near Kiryat...
The US Embassy in Colombo, in collaboration with the National Dangerous Drugs Control Board (NDDCB), concluded a two-week regional training initiative focused on identifying and analyzing...
The Young Men’s Buddhist Association (YMBA), Kelaniya, recently appointed its new office-bearers for the term 2025 at the YMBA Kelaniya office in Kiribathgoda. In the photo,...
Sri Lanka’s fiscal performance in the first five months of 2025 has shown signs of improvement, with the overall budget deficit narrowing and a reduction in...
The National Shoora Council (NSC) has urged the public to strengthen the government’s poverty alleviation project. The NSC in a statement says: “We wish to draw the...
