Easter Sunday carnage: By Nishan S. Priyantha The Colombo High Court Trial-at-Bar yesterday (22) found 15 out of 24 accused in the high profile 2019 Easter Sunday massacres case guilty. Among them was ...

WEATHER FORECAST FOR 22 SEPTEMBER 2026 Issued at 05.30 a.m. on 22 September 2026 by the Department of Meteorology The low-pressure area that was prevailing over the sea area of the Bay of Bengal, to ...

India Women won the toss and chose to bat first in the Asian Games  women’s cricket final in Nishin, Japan. India:  Smriti Mandhana,  Shafali Verma, G Kamalini,  Harmanpreet Kaur (capt),  Richa Ghosh ...

At 67 for 5 in the 12th over, Pakistan  were under the cosh against Bqngladesh  in their bronze-medal playoff at the  Asian Games women’s competition. That’s when Fatima  Sana  walked out, slammed 45 ...

By Shamindra Ferdinando The ruling NPP yesterday (21) dismissed claims of a widening rift, within the government, over the proposed 22nd Amendment. Asked whether the NPP was concerned over a section ...

What began quietly as a single-storey tourist hotel, on the edge of Katunayake-Seeduwa has, five years later, morphed into a looming five-storey cement factory and with it, a storm of fear, anger and ...

Indian High Commissioner Santosh Jha and Transport, Highways and Urban Development Minister Bimal Rathnayake jointly laid the foundation stone for the construction of the Moragahakanda Bridge, in ...

By Shamindra Ferdinando A senior police official said that the Special Investigation Unit (SIU), inquiring into alleged loopholes and irregularities in the August 31 raid carried out at the Colombo ...

Can Sri Lanka compete with China and India in Africa? By Kana V. Kananathan Former Ambassador Sri Lanka has spent decades concentrating its exports on traditional markets in Europe, North America and ...

Halloween is celebrated in most parts of the world on 31st October. In Colombo, it has grown in popularity, especially at clubs with DJ music. Halloween is spooky, yes … but there’s nothing extra ...

By Chandre Dharmawardana chandre.dharma@yahoo.ca) The official narrative surrounding Sri Lanka’s economic recovery is optimistic and up-beat. President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has repeatedly assured ...

A discussion to review the further measures that could be taken regarding Sivarasa Anojan, a young Sri Lankan national who has been sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia, was held at the Presidential ...