Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage told Parliament today that both he and the government are not happy or satisfied with the performance of the Sri Lanka Cricket as it has adopted a policy of entertaining clubs rather than improving the game.    “No cricket board in the world spends

The  people for the past three decades have suffered the steady rise in the cost of living with great forbearance. We have no ready index to point to for this Himalayan climb other than the price of bread which Chandrika Kumaratunga in her presidential bid vowed to reduce to Rs 3 per loaf. Now the ...

The UNP has said it would ensure legal action against persons found guilty of robbing public funds and gambling with public funds. Deputy Leader of the UNP, Karu Jayasuriya says that a series of recent events have awakened Sri Lankans to gross mismanagement and rampant corruption within nearly every branch of governance and to the ...

By Paneetha Ameresekere Hambantota Port costs may escalate by another US$ 148 million (Rs. 15.9 billion), state run Sri Lanka Ports Authority Chairman Dr. Priyath Bandu Wickrama told The Sunday Leader in an email interview. Those additional costs are due to having to blast and remove the bedrock found in the harbour which would cost ...

(This piece posted on facbook by a Sri Lankan youth and is reproduced here) First: It was a great game and India were the better team at the final, and during the tournament. I mean to take nothing away from...