Rex Clementine in Dallas If the recent bilateral series between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh were any indication, the former world champions should cruise past Chandika Hathurusinghe’s side in their day-night fixture on Friday here in Dallas, a city in the southern US state Texas. Sri Lanka overcame Bangladesh in the recent T-20 series between the […]

The Locomotive Operating Engineers Union of Sri Lanka Railways says they have launched a strike from midnight yesterday (06).

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says there is a strong expectation that Sri Lanka will soon reach agreements with external commercial creditors consistent with program parameters.

By Saman Indrajith Power and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekara told Parliament yesterday that there would be a power tariff reduction from July 1. The Minister moving the Electricity Amendment Bill for the second reading debate said that the CEB would submit its proposal for electricity tariff revision to the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka […]

Granting Presidential pardon to convicted murderer of Swedish-Lankan girl By Shamindra Ferdinando The Supreme Court has directed Attorney General Sanjay Rajaratnam, PC, to take tangible measures to secure the custody of convicted killer Don Shramantha Jude Anthony Jayamaha, who was granted a presidential pardon on Nov 09, 2019 by the then President Maithripala Sirisena during […]

Sri Lanka-Singapore Free Trade Agreement By Gomi Senadhira senadhiragomi@gmail.com “You might tell fairy tales, but the progress of a country cannot be achieved through such narratives. A country cannot be developed by making false promises. The country moved backward because of the electoral promises made by political parties throughout time. We have witnessed that the […]

Friday 7th June, 2024 The SLPP-UNP government is going hell for leather to make bad laws as if there were no tomorrow. It is abusing its parliamentary majority, which has been retained with the help of some crossovers, for that purpose. The Opposition, the media and trade unions are up in arms, and understandably so. […]

The People of Puttalam have raised the failure on the part of successive governments to provide quality education for children living in the North Western Province district and the woeful state of the healthcare system there. They have pointed out the dearth of teachers and medical staff, particularly doctors, when the Interim Secretariat for Truth […]

By Uditha Devapriya A book on Ravindra Randeniya was long incoming, and now we have two. Full disclosure: I am the author of one of them. Gamini Weragama, arguably the most knowledgeable and reputed film critic writing in Sinhala today, has authored the other. Weragama’s book was published by Sarasavi, mine by FastADS. Both were […]

The Locomotive Operating Engineers Union of Sri Lanka Railways says they have decided to launch a strike from midnight today (06).

Sri Lanka and a group of creditors are in advanced talks over a deal aimed at restructuring the nation s debt with bilateral lenders, according to people familiar with the matter.

The second reading of the draft Sri Lanka Electricity Bill was passed in the Parliament this evening (06) with a majority of 44 votes.

Speaker of the Parliament Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena announced to the House this evening (06) that the third reading of the Sri Lanka Electricity Bill was passed in the Parliament with amendments.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Maldives, Moosa Zameer has called on Sri Lankan Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena at Temple Trees in Colombo today (June 6).

Ven. Balangoda Kassapa Thero has been arrested by police this afternoon (06), while engaging in a protest against the proposed Sri Lanka Electricity Bill .