The insurers of the ‘X-Press Pearl’ ship, which sank off the western coast of Sri Lanka two years ago, had made an interim payment to the Sri Lankan government, Minister of Justice Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe told journalists on Sunday (24). The payment would cover the cost incurred by the Maritime Environment Protection Authority (MEPA) for the […]

Monday 25th September, 2023 Channel 4’s recent programme on the Easter Sunday attacks may have made the Rajapaksas squirm and landed President Ranil Wickremesinghe in an awkward position, but former President Maithripala Sirisena has become an unintended beneficiary thereof. It could not have come at a better time for him; he has had to pay […]

Recent address by Dr. Sarath Gamini De Silva to the Galle Medical Association It is indeed my privilege and pleasure to be given this opportunity to address the members of the Galle Medical Association (GMA). I am grateful to the President and the Council of the GMA for inviting me as the guest of honour […]

University teachers are scheduled to stage a protest opposite the University Grants Commission at Ward Place, Colombo, today (25) against what the Federation of University Teachers’ Associations (FUTA) calls the government’s irrational policy on education and unfair taxation. FUTA General Secretary Dr. Athulasiri Samarakoon said that the university teachers also opposed the government’s inability ...

By Norman Palihawadane A 50-year-old textile shop owner was shot dead at Dickson Road in Galle on Saturday. The victim was identified as Lalith Wasantha Mendis, a relative of State Minister DV Chanaka, according to the police. A T-56 assault rifle had been used for the killing, police said, adding that preliminary investigations had revealed […]

The Lawyers’ Collective condemns the latest version of the Anti-Terrorism Bill and the Online Safety Bill gazetted in September 2023. The Government of Sri Lanka has failed to respond to the serious and fundamental concerns raised about the Anti-Terrorism Bill gazetted in March this year. The government also failed to adopt any transparent and accountable […]

suggests someone else be appointed to that post MP Weerasekera seeks Speaker’s intervention by Shamindra Ferdinando Controversy surrounds an alleged suggestion by the US that Parliament name a member from a minority community to represent the Parliamentary Oversight Committee on National Security, as incumbent Chairman of the committee Rear Admiral (retd.) Sarath Weerasekera, MP, cannot […]

A seven-year space voyage came to its climactic end Sunday when a NASA capsule landed in the desert in the US state of Utah, carrying to Earth the largest asteroid samples ever collected.

Telangana Tourism Minister V Srinivas Goud called on Sri Lanka s Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena and briefed him about initiatives being taken by the Telangana government in promoting temple and medical tourism and discussed the advent of Buddhism and the Buddhist roots found in Telangana.

After sustaining a grade 3 hamstring strain, Sri Lanka spin bowling all-rounder Wanindu Hasaranga is likely to miss out on the ICC Cricket World Cup in India starting from October 5 onwards. As per ESPNCricinfo, he may even need surgery to fully heal from the injury.

The Chairman of the Planters Association of Ceylon, Senaka Alawattegama says that the country should focus on profitable industries such as palm cultivation as a measure in the agriculture sector to retain the foreign currency outflow and earn more foreign income by catering to the international market.

Police have arrested a 39-year-old woman who had allegedly engaged in drug trafficking on a large scale with her 23-year-old son along with a haul of heroin in Piliyandala, the police said.

The Public Health Inspectors Association states that a programme will be launched in order to regulate the canteens of schools across the island.

Sri Lanka outplayed Pakistan on a slow and sticky surface in Hangzhou to advance to the final of the Asian Games. Chasing a small target of 76, Sri Lanka took the game till 17 overs to set up the gold-medal contest with India – who beat Bangladesh in a low-scoring, one-sided contest earlier in the […]

A 58-year-old man this week became the world s second patient to receive a transplant of a genetically modified pig heart, the latest milestone in a growing field of medical research.

Sri Lanka s High Commissioner to India Milinda Moragoda inspected the progress of the ongoing renovation work at the Sri Lanka Buddhist Pilgrims Rest (SLBPR) in New Delhi.

Sri Lanka defeated Pakistan in the Asian Games 2023 women s cricket even t semi-final to face India in the gold medal match. Earlier in the day, the Women in Blue took Bangladesh with a nine-wicket margin to clinch the spot in the final.

The insurers of the X-Press Pearl ship, which sank off the western coast of Sri Lanka after being gutted in a massive fire two years ago, have made an interim payment to the Sri Lankan Government in order to cover the cost incurred by the Maritime Environment Protection Authority (MEPA) for the beach clean-up operations

At least 35 people have been killed in Benin after a fuel depot exploded into flames, sending a black cloud of smoke into the sky, according to officials and witnesses. The fire broke out on Saturday at a warehouse for smuggled fuel in the town of Seme-Podji near the border with Nigeria, where cars, motorbikes […]

A 46-year-old bus driver has been abducted in the Gampola area this morning (24), the police said.