The founding chairman of Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP), Prof. G.L. Peris says that implementing the state of emergency within the country in view of the current situation, is against the principles of their party.

Hundreds of Iraqi protesters breached Baghdad s parliament Wednesday chanting anti-Iran curses in a demonstration against a nominee for prime minister by Iran-backed parties.

Social media activist Pathum Kerner has been arrested in connection with the unruly incidents reported at the entry road to the parliament near Polduwa Junction earlier this month.

The Ministry of Power and Energy states that almost 50 percent of filling stations in the country have already adopted the National Fuel Pass system.

A default on local-currency debt could erode local banks’ capital positions

New govt dominated by Rajapaksa linked party

Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) will meet President Ranil Wickremesinghe today (July 28) to discuss the forming of an all-party government, the party s chairman Former President Maithripala Sirisena says.

Four Sri Lankan athletes and a coach have been sidelined by Commonwealth Games health authorities in Birmingham as they have tested positive for Covid-19, Ada Derana reporter said.

Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wikesekara says that businesses with multiple vehicles can now register all their vehicles with their Business Registration Number on the National Fuel Pass.

The Police Special Task Force (STF) has arrested a youth who transfers foreign currency overseas through the informal money transferring method of Undiyal .

On July 27, 158,208 users have pumped fuel through the system

The Foreign Ministry announces with deep sorrow the passing away of Mr. Moragodage Christopher Walter Pinto, famously known as Mr. Chris Pinto, on 21 July, 2022, in the Hague, Netherlands. Mr. Pinto was the first Legal Advisor of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs who established the Legal Division of the Ministry in 1967. Mr. Pinto […]

President Ranil Wickremesinghe and the government were planning to impose the most draconian Emergency regulations in the post-independence history and they would further diminish the country’s chances of receiving assistance from the international community, Education Secretary of the Frontline Socialist Party (FSP) Pubudu Jagoda, said yesterday.Jagoda said the Emergency passed in Parliament woul...

The world has just been given a grim reminder of the mind-numbing costs of legitimate political dissent against state repression in Myanmar. The country’s military rulers have had no qualms about executing four pro-democracy activists, including well known political activist Kyaw Min Yu and former legislator Pho Zayar Thaw. Besides being made to witness absolute […]

From 2024 to 2027, three of the four ICC tournaments in women’s cricket will likely be played in the Indian subcontinent. India has won the rights to host the ODI World Cup in 2025 whereas the T20 World Cup will be hosted by Bangladesh in 2024 and by England in 2026. Sri Lanka will host […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Sarvapakshika Aragalakaruwo(all-party agitators), in a statement issued yesterday (27) strongly condemned the arrest of one of their key members, ‘Dhanis Ali’ by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) while he was about to leave the country, in a complete new look, sans his overgrown beard and hair. […]

Rex Clementine in Galle There’s been some spectacular cricket played by Sri Lanka over the last four weeks here in Galle although all the results have not gone their way. They had dominated the second Test against Pakistan and were looking good to square the two match series with a win in the second Test […]

UK Guardian journalist Aakash Hassan has been barred from boarding a SriLankan Airlines flight UL 196 scheduled to depart the Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi on Tuesday (26) evening.Hassan tweeted that he was on his way to report on the developing crisis in Sri Lanka. Hassen alleged that immigration authorities at the New Delhi […]

Bangladesh has formally requested for a USD 4.5 bn loan from Washington-based multilateral lender International Monetary Fund (IMF) to tackle the ongoing financial crisis in the country, the country’s media reported.Bangladesh has asked for the loan from the IMF in view of rapidly declining foreign exchange (Forex) reserves, Dhaka Tribune reported. In a letter to […]

SJB Gampaha District MP Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka told Parliament yesterday that he and his party would join the final battle to get rid of corrupt rulers from this country on 09 August.Participating in the debate on Emergency Regulations, Fonseka said that incumbent Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena could become the President of the country once […]

SINGAPORE: Former Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has obtained a 14-day extension of his short-term visit pass (STVP), which will mean he can stay in Singapore until Aug 11, CNA understands.He was ousted from office over his country’s economic collapse and fled to the Maldives before arriving in Singapore on July 14. CNA understands that […]