Trade unions of the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB), backed by the powerful Ceylon Electricity Board Engineers’ Union, have warned of accelerated trade...
Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya yesterday (19) revealed allowances and benefits provided to Members of Parliament at present.She did so...
Donald Trump had been warning for months that a Supreme Court decision like this would be catastrophic. If the court...
41: That’s the number of times New Zealand and Pakistan faced each other across formats in a 30-month period between...
It was a result that one could have foreseen from a distance. As much as Oman have shown glimpses of...
Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shadab Khan and Harris Rauf are among more than 950 players to have registered for the Hundred’s...
US President Donald Trump says he will direct US agencies, including the defence department, to “begin the process of identifying...
Oman have suffered three heavy defeats to Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka, and Ireland at the 2026 T20 World Cup, and had...
In an alternate world, Australia would have been running final system checks in their last group game against Oman on...
Several countries which have signed up to Donald Trump’s Board of Peace have contributed more than $7bn (£5.2bn) towards a...
President Donald Trump says the world will find out “over the next, probably, 10 days” whether the US will reach...
Having reached the semifinals of the previous edition, Afghanistan will have harboured loftier ambitions, and a group stage exit from...
Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya stated that development activities in schools within plantation areas should be carried out in coordination with District Coordinating Committees, and that...
A co-founder of online fashion giant Asos died after falling from a high-rise apartment block in Thailand, police have said. Quentin Griffiths has been named by...
A Japanese city has received a hefty donation to help fix its ageing water system: 21kg (46lb) in gold bars. The gold bars, worth an estimated...
WEATHER FORECAST FOR 20 FEBRUARY 2026 Issued at 05.30 a.m. on 20 February 2026 by the Department of Meteorology Misty conditions can be expected at some...
Sri Lanka is not among the 85 United Nations member states that have condemned Israel’s de-facto expansion into the occupied West Bank.The Palestinian Mission to the...
Friday 20th February, 2026 The JVP-NPP government finds itself in an unenviable position over the Provincial Council (PC) polls, which have been in abeyance for nearly...
BNP rightly deserves our congratulations for winning a decisive victory in the 13th parliamentary election. This outcome reflects an unequivocal mandate that is both politically and...
A 22-year-old monk from the Muruthalawa area in Kandy has been arrested by the Central Crimes Investigation Division (CCID) for allegedly defrauding various companies and individuals...
The Communist Party of Sri Lanka (CPSL) will hold its 23rd National Congress from February 20 to 22 in Colombo, with party leaders set to deliberate...
The SJB has called for a parliamentary debate while urging the government to make a humanitarian appeal to Pakistan over the continued detention of former popular Prime Minister Imran Khan.SJB...
HNB PLC, Sri Lanka’s leading private sector bank, has come on board for the first time as the Official Banking Partner of the 147th edition of...
International Distillers Limited (IDL), one of Sri Lanka’s foremost spirits manufacturers with a distinguished legacy spanning over four decades, achieved a major milestone by winning the...
