Sri Lanka skipper Dasun Shanaka questioned the batters as to whether they were prepared to face the Afghanistan pace duo of Fazalhaq Farooqi and Naveen-ul-Haq, in the backdrop of his side sliding to a massive loss in the opening game of Asia Cup 2022. The Afghanistan pair generated swing and picked up the key scalps […]

(AL Jazeera) The death toll from ravaging monsoon floods in Pakistan has crossed 1,000, as several countries, including Qatar and Iran, pledged emergency support in the wake of a deluge that has been described as a “humanitarian disaster of epic proportions”. The country’s National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said on Sunday that the toll since […]

A car which was used by the late Diana, Princess of Wales has sold for £650,000 at auction, a BBC dispatch said.It said: Princess Diana, who died nearly 25 years ago, drove the black Ford Escort RS Turbo for nearly three years from August 1985. She was pictured with the car outside the boutique shops […]

Blood thinners reduce the risk of heart attack, and stroke, by reducing the formation of blood clots, within the arteries and veins Blood clotting is a normal and necessary function of the human body. However, sometimes, it can malfunction, which leads to serious medical conditions. If you have some kind of heart, or blood vessel […]

BY S VENKAT NARAYAN Our Special Correspondent NEW DELHI: The Chinese satellite and ballistic missile tracking ship Yuan Wang 5, which left Hambantota port on August 22, is currently mapping ocean bed 400 nautical miles (741 kilometres) south-southeast of Dondra Head, the southernmost tip of Sri Lanka, the Hindustan Times has reported. According to available information, […]

Talks with IMF delegation: Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena told an International Monetary Fund (IMF) team led by Peter Breuer and Masahiro Nozaki that the country’s social security net had to be strengthened.The Prime Minister’s Media Division has said the country is facing the worst-ever economic and social crisis since Independence. The Prime Minister told the […]

By Norman Palihawadane Police during a night patrol, on Saturday, took into custody a large quantity of drugs including cocaine, hash and Kush cannabis with a street value of over Rs. 230 million near the State Engineering Corporation, in Peliyagoda. Three suspects were arrested with one kilo of cocaine, 24.5 kilos of hash, and eight […]

Sri Lanka Navy personnel have intercepted an Indian trawler with 06 Indian fishermen, while poaching in Sri Lanka s waters off Talaimannar, via the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL).

The Director General of Health Services has confirmed another two Covid-19 related deaths for yesterday (Aug. 27).

Ishara Lakmal Heenkenda of Kendagolla Maha Vidyalaya in Badulla has been ranked the first in the island in the Arts stream at the G.C.E. Advanced Level examination 2021 (2022).

This week 4.7 million kilograms were offered for sale.

Fuel shortages drive power cuts despite coal plant

The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) says it has approved power cuts of 3 hours for tomorrow (August 29).

Sri Lanka Police has sought public assistance in identifying several more suspects who are accused of forcibly entering the premises of the Presidential Secretariat and damaging its properties.

Veteran Sri Lankan cinematographer Donald Karunaratne has passed away at the age of 77 in Los Angeles, United States.

Chief of Defence Staff General Shavendra Silva has been bestowed with the honorary title of ÂMahamanya Prathapadi-keshwara by the Asgiri Maha Viharaya.

Requests the public not to distress unnecessarily

Three suspects have been arrested with a large quantity of drugs including cocaine, hash and Kush cannabis worth with estimated street value of over Rs. 230 million.

The results of the 2021 G.C.E. Advanced Level examination have been released online, the Department of Examination announced.

A sixteen-year-old school girl has died this morning (28) following a wild elephant attack at Pahe-Ela in Gangeyaya, Hasalaka.

But now even without the bridging financing we are managing the situation

The death toll from monsoon flooding in Pakistan since June has reached 1,033, according to figures released on Sunday (Aug 28) by the country s National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA).