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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Jehan Perera International Peace Day was observed on 21 September. It finds Sri Lanka with a genuine achievement to record and a demanding test to meet. The UN’s theme this year was “Invest in Peace: ...