A tournament of firsts has an addition: this is the first time South Africa and Nepal will meet on the international circuit. And they do so from opposite ends of the group’s points table. South Africa advanced to the Super Eight after the Nepal-Sri Lanka washout, but would have likely made it there anyway. They […]

Minister of Sports Harin Fernando, while speaking to the media this afternoon (14), expressed his views regarding Sri Lankan team s early elimination from the ICC T20 World Cup 2024.

Six suspects in a multi-day fishing trawler have been arrested by Police Narcotics Bureau personnel along with over 100 kilograms of narcotics, the police said.

Sri Lanka s year-on-year GDP growth rate for the first quarter of 2024 has been estimated as 5.3% of positive growth rate, according to the Department of Census and Statistics.

More than 1.5 million Muslim pilgrims have gathered in Saudi Arabia’s Mecca for the start of Hajj, taking place this year against the harrowing backdrop of Israel’s continued onslaught on the Gaza Strip. The annual pilgrimage began on Friday with crowds of robed worshippers circling the Kaaba, the black cubic structure at Mecca’s Grand Mosque, […]

The Maligakanda Magistrate’s Court today [14] ordered that former Minister of Health Keheliya Rambukwella and seven others be further remanded until June 28 by over the import of substandard human Immunoglobulin vials.  

Former Minister of Health Keheliya Rambukwella and 07 others have been further remanded until June 28 by the Maligakanda Magistrate s Court over the import of substandard human Immunoglobulin vials.

Florida is in the midst of a tropical disturbance  that has brought intense rainfall. And there’s no respite for the remainder of the week. A flash-flood emergency in the region threatens to wash out the entire leg of matches at Central Broward Park. Two days ago, Nepal vs Sri Lanka was washed out before there […]

President Ranil Wickremesinghe officially launched www.publiclearn.lk a new education platform aimed at transforming Sri Lanka’s learning landscape at the Chamber Hall of the Presidential Secretariat, on Thursday [13] Public Learn is a platform that guides users to free courses from the world’s top universities. . Emphasizing the importance of adapting to a knowledge-intensive society, the […...

The Attorney General s Department today informed the Supreme Court that it will not appear on behalf of former Health Minister Kehiliya Rambukwella and arrested NMRA officials over the case of purchasing medicines from two allegedly unregistered companies.

Sri Lanka s economy is expected to expand by 2.2 percent in 2024, according to the World Bank s latest Global Economic Prospects report issued on Friday (14).

The Colombo Magistrate s Court has ordered for five luxury vehicles, seized by the Bribery Commission after it was found that they had been imported by submitting false information to the Department of Motor Traffic, to be handed over to Sri Lanka Customs.

Senior officials of South Korea and the United States held an emergency phone call over a possible impending visit by Russian President Vladimir Putin to North Korea, Seoul s foreign ministry said on Friday (June 14).

The US Ambassador in Colombo Julie Chung says that the United States welcomes the International Monetary Fund s (IMF) approval of Sri Lanka s second review of the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) programme.

The Sri Lankan delegation, led by Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Aruni Wijewardana, is set to participate in the 13th round of Diplomatic Consultations with the People s Republic of China to be held on June 17 in Beijing.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe emphasized that he has not deviated from the principles of the democratic socialist system in Sri Lanka. He noted that two key objectives have been incorporated, ensuring that all citizens have an adequate standard of living and promoting rapid development across the country through public and private economic activities aimed at social objectives and the public good...

State Minister for Home Affairs, Ashoka Priyantha, announced that the Grama Niladhari Service Constitution has been approved by the Public Service Commission following the approval of the Cabinet Ministers.

The Colombo High Court has sentenced seven Pakistani and Iranian nationals to life in prison after they were convicted of possession and trafficking heroin.

An individual has been apprehended last night (June 13) for allegedly attempting to bribe police officers at the Nagollagama Police Station to secure the release of two arrested suspects.

Afghanistan booked their place in Super Eight, thereby knocking New Zealand out of men’s T20 World Cup 2024 after a seven-wicket win over PNG in Tarouba. Their win was set up by new-ball spells from fast bowlers Fazalhaq Farooqi and Naveen-ul Haq that saw PNG lose five wickets inside the powerplay. A total of four […]