MONETABRIEF –Sri Lanka plans to hire 121,000 state workers to fill identified vacancies over the next year as part of...
The government secured the required two-thirds majority in Parliament on Friday to pass the Twenty-Second Amendment to the Constitution Bill,...
Jos Buttler has been ruled out of England’s ODI series decider against Sri Lanka at The Oval on Sunday, with...
Tens of millions of people across the north-eastern US are in the path of a powerful storm bringing coastal flooding,...
US President Donald Trump has rejected an Iranian proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz to commercial shipping within a...
The National Building Research Institute has issued landslide early warnings to the districts of Colombo, Galle, Gampaha, Hambanthota, Kalutara, Kandy,...
Costa Rican President Laura Fernandez has fired Foreign Minister Manuel Tovar after he attended a US-led regional security summit with...
Seven years on from their last away ODI victory against England. – also at Headingley – Sri Lanka repeated the...
Muhammad Shazad has broken the record for the fastest first-class century by a Pakistani batter, reaching the mark in just...
WEATHER FORECAST FOR 24 SEPTEMBER 2026 Issued at 05.30 a.m. on 24 September 2026 by the Department of Meteorology The...
North Korean weightlifter Ri Song Gum has broken three world records en route to winning gold in the women’s 49kg...
United States President Donald Trump has welcomed Chinese President Xi Jinping as he arrived in the US for a three-day...
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WEATHER FORECAST FOR 27 SEPTEMBER 2026 Issued at 05.30 a.m. on 27 September 2026 by the Department of Meteorology Several spells of showers will occur in...
Sri Lanka Insurance Life (SLIC Life), the nation’s largest and strongest Life Insurer, is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Sameera Dharmasena as its new...
…Priath Fernando’s passion to create a legacy of learning, kindness and giving By Ifham Nizam Born into a world of Bulldozers and Golf Courses, but brought...
The Inland Revenue Department (IRD) has announced that a valid Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) Certificate will be mandatory for several specified transactions with effect from November...
The Frontline Socialist Party (FSP) on Friday accused the government of seeking to use the proposed Protection of the State from Terrorism Bill to suppress political...
Arshad Refai on World Tourism Day By Zanita Careem As the world marks World Tourism Day, attention is turning not only to the numbers that define...
Sri Lanka’s total exports surpassed the US$12 billion mark during the first eight months of 2026, reaching an estimated US$12.01 billion, the Export Development Board (EDB)...
A partnership between Kahawatte Plantations PLC and Australia’s Market Development Facility to develop a modern coffee processing centre and a smallholder farmer network NAWALAPITIYA, Sri Lanka...
“The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.” — Socrates By Prof. Asoka...
By Ifham Nizam Sri Lanka’s rooftop-solar boom is running into a new reality: the country may no longer need to aggressively incentivise more panels during the...
The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) and the Wildlife and Nature Protection Society (WNPS) being Sri Lanka’s oldest environmental conservation organisation Friday entered into a Memorandum...
The father of detained underworld figure Nadun Chinthaka Wickramaratne, alias “Harak Kata”, has lodged a complaint with the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL), alleging...
