Minister of Tourism, Lands,  Sports and Youth Affairs Harin Fernando, participating at a press briefing held at the President’s Media Centre today (31) under the theme ‘Collective Path to a Stable Country’ said that he expected 2.2 million tourists to visit Sri Lanka  in 2024 and bring in a revenue of US$ 4billion. He revealed […]

In further vindication of England’s alternative (and aggressive) approach to Test cricket, Ben Stokes’s side secured a famous victory over India in Hyderabad on Sunday. England did so by overturning a first-innings deficit of 190 runs – second on the list of biggest deficits overturned to win a Test in India, behind India’s famous win […]

Sri Lanka’s star cricketer Chamari Atapattu has been named as the ICC ODI Cricketer of the Year after an exceptional 2023. She is the first Sri Lankan woman to win the award. She made significant contributions with the bat and as captain, notably leading the side to a first bilateral series win over New Zealand. […]

Friday 26th January, 2024 The recent burglary of the residence of former President Maithripala Sirisena’s daughter has triggered a social media feeding frenzy. Sirisena has come under a cyber piranha attack, as it were. He took great pains in Parliament on Wednesday to have the public believe that there was no truth in the media […]

by Rex Clementine  On occasions, Zimbabwe (or Rhodesia as earlier known) have turned the cricketing world upside down. In the 1983 World Cup, they beat a star-studded Australian side. Yes, an Australian side that had Lillee, Thomson, Yallop, Hookes, Wessels, Border and Marsh ! Zimbabwe themselves had some quality players on that occasion. They were […]

Under 19 Cricket by Reemus Fernando   Trinity cruised to an innings and 25 runs victory over St. Thomas’ College, Matara as Malith Rathnayaka ripped through the visitors’ batting line up with a seven wicket haul in the Under 19 Division I Tier ‘A’ tournament match which ended with more than a session remaining on the final […]

By a Special Sports Correspondent The much looked forward to clash between table leaders Kandy SC and Ceylonese Rugby & Football Club (CR&FC) will decide the top team in the inter-club 15-a-side league rugby first round when they clash at Nittawela grounds on Saturday (January 20). The match, according to a SLR communiqué shared in […]

Friday 19th January, 2024 Gotabaya Rajapaksa landed this country in such a mess, on his watch as the President, that it has apparently been left doing only two things at present—undoing what he did and doing what he undid. His much-advertised Vistas of Prosperity and Splendour was like the Dhammika Peniya or the herbal syrup […]

Police have fired tear gas to disperse a protest march organized by the university non-academic staff near the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Ada Derana reporter said.

Thursday 18th January, 2024 Various remedies are being tried for Sri Lanka’s economic crisis, prominent among them being exponential tax and tariff increases and the divestiture of state ventures. The SLPP-UNP government is making the public undergo untold suffering in the name of economic recovery, but nothing will help revive the ailing economy and prevent […]

Injury and surgery had sent leg-spinner Wanindu Hasaranga to the cold and after being unavailable for six months, he made his presence felt in the third ODI against Zimbabwe picking up three wickets in just two overs. The star bowler who has been named Sri Lanka’s T-20 captain was in the squad from the start […]

On his comeback to international cricket, leg-spinner Wanindu Hasaranga picked up career best figures of seven for 19 as Sri Lanka beat Zimbabwe by eight wickets to secure the three match series 2-0 at Colombo’s R. Premadasa Stadium on Thursday. In a game that was severely affected by rain and reduced to 27 overs, Zimbabwe […]

By Sanath Nanayakkare When a country is in an economic crisis, it creates an environment conducive to implementing economic reforms which would be difficult to do in good times, however, it still depends on how far the reformist leaders can shape the opinion of the people and the people’s willingness to take those reforms on […]