COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka head coach Graham Ford has told Sri Lanka Cricket not to renew his contract when it expires at the end of January. "Sri Lanka Cricket wishes to announce th...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has expressed its readiness to assist Sri Lanka in its negotiations with international bondholders, according to a Reuters report. An IMF spokesperson has been quoted as saying that a formal assessment will be provided once a preliminary agreement is reached. The spokesperson has expressed hope that an agreement aligning with […]
By A.J.A Abeynayaka and Rathindra Kuruwita The Colombo District Court yesterday (18) extended the interim injunction preventing former President Maithripala Sirisena from functioning as the Chairman of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), until May 09. District Court judge Sandun Vithana directed all parties to submit objections to the decision. The order was issued when […]
Sri Lanka’s Piyumi Wijesekara is among the crew of four volunteers, selected by NASA, to participate in a simulated mission to Mars within a habitat at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Jason Lee, Stephanie Navarro, Shareef Al Romaithi, and Wijesekara will step into the agency’s Human Exploration Research Analog, or HERA, on Friday, […]
Chamari Atapattu smashed the third-highest individual score in women’s ODIs to help Sri Lanka pull off the highest-ever successful run-chase in women’s ODIs.Atapattu was at her brutal best as Sri Lanka stunned South Africa with a record run-chase in Potchefstroom to level the three-match ICC Women’s Championship ODI series and end a highly successful bilateral […]
Apropos our news items (in The Island of 18 April) “Australia-based doc alleges her flat illegally occupied by diplomatic mission employee”, the High Commission for the People’s Republic of Bangladesh in Colombo has sent us the following response: “We draw your kind attention to the publication of the news item titled “Australia-based doc alleges her […]
Unions call it ‘disastrous’ Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekara announced on Thursday (18) that the proposed reforms to the electricity sector, titled the ‘Sri Lanka Electricity Bill,’ had been gazetted on Wednesday. Wijesekara revealed in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, that the bill would be introduced in Parliament during the […]
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