Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) announced that it has increased player fees for all categories of Sri Lanka s international players with immediate effect.

The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) has raised significant concerns regarding the prolonged delay in appointing judges to fill vacancies in the Court of Appeal.

The Sri Lankan military veterans, who had illegally joined Russian mercenaries and subsequently escaped from such groups in the conflict zones to returned to the island, claim that around 1,000 Sri Lankans are currently fighting in the Ukraine ÂRussia warfront.

U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, Donald Lu, is scheduled to visit Sri Lanka this week, as part of his broader tour of the region from May 10th to 15th, which includes India and Bangladesh.

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has apprehended a retired Major General and a Sergeant in the Lake Round area in Kurunegala on suspicion of illegally sending Sri Lankans for employment in the Russian army.

Mujibur Rahman of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) is scheduled to be sworn in as a Member of Parliament today (10).

About 46% of women and 10% schoolchildren in Sri Lanka are obese, Secretary to the Ministry of Health Dr. Palitha Mahipala has said. Speaking at a lecture to educate journalists on health related issues, on Wednesday, Dr. Mahipala said that 89% of deaths in Sri Lanka were caused by non-communicable diseases such as cancer, heart […]

Friday 10th May, 2024 Derrick Borte’s edge-of-seat psychological thriller, ‘Unhinged’, has an appropriate tagline: ‘He can happen to anyone!’ We were reminded of this suspense flick full of gratuitous violence, and its catchphrase while reading newspaper reports that former Minister Mervyn Silva had recently been granted bail in a case pertaining to an incident which […]

Colombo Chief Magistrate Thilina Gamage yesterday imposed an overseas travel ban on former State Minister of Tourism Diana Gamage.Chief Magistrate Gamage issued the order after considering a request made by the lawyers appearing for the person who had filed a case aganst her on the basis of her British citizenship. The Chief Magistrate also instructed that the copies […]

Pakistan legend Sana Mir predicts the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Qualifier 2024 finalists, Sri Lanka and Scotland, to cause major upsets in the upcoming ICC Women’s T20 World Cup in October. Sri Lanka defeated Scotland by 68 runs in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Qualifier 2024 final on 7 May. However, by virtue […]

President Ranil Wickremesinghe told Parliament yesterday, making a statement, that he had assumed leadership of the country without any conditions, despite being a sole Member of Parliament from his party. The President said he expected to conclude all negotiations with external creditors by the middle of this year, and that the ultimate goal of debt restructuring […]