Sri Lanka have received a massive boost ahead of this year’s ICC Women’s T20 World Cup with a group of their best white-ball players achieving career-best ratings on the latest ICC Women’s ODI Player Rankings.

Sir Keir Starmer says the government will be ’’taking decisions’’ on outdoor smoking to reduce the number of preventable deaths linked to tobacco use.

The Samagi Jana Balawegaya’s (SJB) presidential candidate and opposition leader, Sajith Premadasa, has launched his presidential election manifesto today.

UNP General Secretary Range Bandara today denied a news report that he had resigned from his post in the party and is going to cross over.

Almost 4 million people in southern Japan have been urged to evacuate as Typhoon Shanshan made landfall Thursday, leaving thousands of residents without power and lashing Kyushu island with hurricane-force winds, torrential rain and dangerous storm s

Indian National Security Advisor Ajit Kumar Doval arrived in Sri Lanka today. He is tipped to meet several Presidential candidates, including President Ranil Wickremesinghe and Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) candidate Sajith Premadasa.

The manifesto of independent candidate Ranil Wickremesinghe was launched today with the presence of Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena, a host of ministers and state ministers. Pix by Pradeep Pathirana

Human brain samples collected at autopsy in early 2024 contained more tiny shards of plastic than samples collected eight years prior, according to a preprint posted online in May. A preprint is a study which has not yet been peer-reviewed and publis

Colombo district Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) MP Jagath Kumara pledged his support to Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa at the upcoming Presidential election.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe said he will appoint a committee to look into matters regarding the enactment of new laws against corruption.

Western technology and finance are helping Ukraine carry out hundreds of long-range strikes inside Russia.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s Presidential election manifesto titled ’’Five Years of Winning the Country with Ranil,’’ was officially launched at the Taj Samudra Hotel, Colombo a short while ago.

The first payment towards the implementation of the Hybrid Power Projects on three islands off Jaffna was handed over to Secretary, Minister of Power and Energy Sulakshana Jayawardena and Chairman of Sri Lanka Sustainable Energy Authority (SLSEA) Ran

A former Western Provincial Councillor has been arrested for allegedly aiding the second gunman and the car driver involved in the murder of two individuals, including businessman Surendra Wasantha Perera, also known as ’Club Wasantha’.

Sri Lanka faces a crucial challenge as they head into the second Test against England on Thursday at Lord’s, a venue that has often served as an unlikely home away from home for the visiting side.

Following the release of the NPP manifesto, I find many of the items in their manifesto to be aspirational, they resonate with me, but I would like to have more details about the specifics when it comes to implementation.

The Test Series between England and Sri Lanka continues today, with the second Test beginning at Lord’s.

While the current International Monetary Fund (IMF)-backed debt sustainability path presents no silver bullet for the economy, possible attempts to stall the reforms in the aftermath of the upcoming presidential elections are likely to result in a su

Port City Colombo has officially registered over 100 companies as Authorised Persons (APs) within its Special Economic Zone (SEZ) as of August 24, China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC), the primary project company of the zone, announced yesterday.

A future National People’s Power (NPP) government will develop the Trincomalee oil tank farm as a joint venture with Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) and a foreign investor, NPP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake said today.

The Government is in the process of initiating a discussion with IMF to revise Pay As You Earn (PAYE) tax, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said today.

The Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) is copying the election manifesto which was launched by the National People’s Power (NPP) and it will be the second copy of the NPP’s manifesto, NPP politburo member Sunil Handunnetti said today.

Independent Presidential candidate Ranil Wickremesinghe participated in a rally at Nugegoda where he revealed a plan to revise the Pay As You Earn (PAYE) tax. Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena was also present. Pix by Pradeep Pathirana

The Elections Commission has issued a gazette notification declaring the appointment of Karunarathna Paranawithana as a Member of Parliament to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Thalatha Athukorala.

Five individuals including two Chinese nationals and an Indian national have been arrested by the airport Customs while attemtping to smuggle in a stock of foreign cigerattes, whiskey and satellite television transmission equipment, worth more than R

The closing ceremony of the 150th anniversary of the Panadura Wadaya was held at the Kularatne Hall of the Ananda Vidyalaya, Colombo today. The ceremony was organised by the Bauddhaloka Foundation and attended by Buddhist monks. Chairman of the Found

Renegotiating with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is a very serious and unsuccessful endeavour, Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Sabry said today.

SLPP presidential candidate Namal Rajapaksa today pledged to resume services on the Yarl Devi railway lines which have been halted for months due to inefficiency under the current administration.

Sri Lanka were comfortably defeated by England in the first of the two-match Test series in Manchester last week with the home team taking a 1-0 lead.

Dawid Malan, England’s former No.1-ranked T20I batter, has announced his retirement from international cricket at the age of 37.