The Sri Lanka Land Development Corporation performs vitally important functions such as minimizing the risk of inundation in urban and lowland areas, maintaining drainage systems efficiently, carrying ...

WEATHER FORECAST FOR 23 SEPTEMBER 2026 Issued at 05.30 a.m. on 23 September 2026 by the Department of Meteorology The Depression over the Northwest Bay of Bengal, to the northeast of Sri Lanka, has ...

By Saman Indrajith Speaker Dr Jagath Wickramarate yesterday informed Parliament that the Supreme Court had determined that several provisions of the Anti-Corruption Amendment Bill could be passed by a ...

The Cabinet of Ministers approved the resolution furnished by the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Lands and Irrigation to appoint Ms. P. M. Jayadeera (Engineer) in the Special Grade of Sri Lanka ...

The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the resolution furnished by the Minister of Public Administration, Provincial Council, and Local Government to appoint a Cabinet Sub-Committee chaired by the ...

As per the decision taken at the cabinet meeting held on 27-06-2017, the administrative activities of the Dr. Nevil Fernando Hospital were transferred to the Ministry in charge of health, with effect ...

England are finally on the rise again in ODIs, after a long period of stagnation and decline. They pulled off their lowest ...

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 ...

Approval has been granted at the meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers held on 08.06.2026 to prepare a draft bill for restructuring Sri Lanka Cricket. Accordingly, the Legal Draftsman has formulated Sri ...

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 ...

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 ...

If India  playing T20I cricket in Japan  is the modern equivalent of Don Bradman playing in Ceylon  during a whistlestop in 1930, there was nearly a repeat of Bradman’s first-ball hit-wicket dismissal ...