The NPP government is trying to maintain a balance between continuing demands for releasing north-east land held by the military...
Colombo Chief Magistrate Lahiru de Silva yesterday granted bail to Yoshitha Rajapaksa, second son of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, on...
The United States provided details of the 14-point memorandum of understanding it reached with Iran on Wednesday. Neither has released...
Scotland take on West Indies in Leeds at 18:30 local time (17:30 GMT) in Group 2 of the Women’s T20...
Moscow has come under the largest Ukrainian attack since the start of the full-scale war, with close to 200 drones...
Oil prices have dropped following the United States and Iran’s signing of an interim peace agreement, resuming a slide interrupted...
Leaders of the G7 have pledged at a summit in France to strengthen Ukraine’s air defences and increase pressure on...
Ghana’s fans and players celebrated wildly as Caleb Yirenkyi finished a sweeping counterattack with a tap-in goal in the fifth...
Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson, Esmaeil Baghaei, has announced that a memorandum of understanding with the United States has...
A game that began with the prospect of a chastening defeat for Pakistan at South Africa’s hands did, indeed, end...
Australia gave themselves another significant net run-rate boost by dispatching Bangladesh with ease at Headingley, restricting them to 77 for...
In overcast Headingley conditions, an all-round performance from Shafali Verma, who scored her first fifty at a T20 World Cup,...
A discussion on the modernisation initiatives required within the Sri Lanka Customs and measures to encourage exporters in support of implementing the National Export Development Plan...
WEATHER FORECAST FOR 18 JUNE 2026 Issued at 05.30 a.m. on 18 June 2026 by the Department of Meteorology Several spells of showers will occur in...
India has stepped in to help the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) to undertake a high profile military mission, under UN command, in Haiti. Having accepted the...
“Vision without execution is hallucination.” – Thomas Edison Introduction: Stabilisation Is Not Transformation Sri Lanka has come a long way since the economic collapse of 2022....
Thursday 18th June, 2026 Social media debates on issues connected to the Easter Sunday terror attacks have got down and dirty, with religious and political leaders...
The intelligence existed, the targets were known and the warnings were delivered. What followed was one of the gravest failures of governance in modern Sri Lankan...
Sanath Wijewardane Associates, on behalf of former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, in terms of Article 140 of the Constitution, has requested a copy of the Commission of...
Rumesh Tharanga will arrive at Friday’s Doha Diamond League as the athlete to beat following a commanding victory at the Ostrava Golden Spike meeting on Tuesday....
Manori, wife of Maj. General Suresh Sallay, held under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), since 25 February, 2026, has appealed to the Catholic Bishops’ Conference...
Yes, let’s fire away with homemade tips for my readers who keep asking me what to do when pimples crop up. * Honey and Cinnamon Spot...
Sri Lanka women’s fast bowling coach Chamila Gamage hailed the efforts of middle order batter Nilakshika Silva after her side pulled off a stunning victory over...
Former Energy Minister Kumara Jayakody yesterday said that he was not guilty when charges against him were read out in the Colombo High Court yesterday (17)....
