Black Caps singing in the rain with opening Twenty20 win over Sri Lanka
The hitting power of Ross Taylor and Colin de Grandhomme steered New Zealand to a five-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in the Twenty20 international cri...
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Kiwi quicks take 4 as rain strikes again
New Zealand’s fast bowlers made the most of favourable conditions to place Sri Lanka in a tricky position on day two of the second test match of the...
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Landslide tragedy…
About 10 shops were destroyed in a landslide in Ginigatthena this morning where one person was killed...
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Women’s National Junior Hockey Pool training from July 27
The Technical Committee of the Sri Lanka Hockey Federation has selected a 54 member Junior National Women’s Hockey Pool for the Junior Women’s U-2...
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India dominate New Zealand before rain forces reserve day in Manchester
India’s disciplined bowling attack dominated New Zealand before intermittent rain washed out the rest of Tuesday’s play in the first Cricket World...
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365 runs!?Windies duo Campbell, Hope create world record
DUBLIN, Sunday - John Campbell and Shai Hope created history during the ODI encounter between West Indies and Ireland in Dublin as the Windies duo ...
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France in a rush to train skilled workers to restore Notre-Dame
(Paris) REUTERS: France is in a hurry to rebuild world famous Notre-Dame Cathedral and Romain Legoube, an 18-year-old apprentice carpenter, hopes to b...
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World Bank supports climate resilient agriculture projects in Lanka
The International Development Association (IDA) of the World Bank has provided financial assistance of USD 125 Million to implement a climate resilien...
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Dambulla gets temperature humidity controlled warehouse
In a bid to minimize the post harvest loss and have better storage facilities for agro based products, ground was broken to construct a 5,000 ton temp...
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Pre-training to enter national politics!
A local politico hailing from a Nuwara of Denuwara fame is said to be behaving like a typical thug. He would often menacingly lunge at even wo...
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Foundation for Civilian Bravery trains ex award receivers to combat drugs in Sri Lanka
On Saturday 12 January, a training camp at the Panagoda Army Cantonment on drug prevention was held for past awardees of the Civilian Bravery Award. T...
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He has begun reaping the whirlwind!
A big-mouthed Diyawanna politico had to do the vanishing trick while attending an important party meeting when he came under fire from speakers one af...
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A shift from brains to brawn?
November 16 that witnessed the Speaker’s chair being carried away and desecrated has already gone into history as a day of infamy and horror of the ...
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647 people in Mullaitivu affected by heavy rains
Nearly 647 people were affected while six others had gone missing when the bunds surrounding six irrigation tanks in the Mullaitivu district had breac...
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Climate resistant apparel industry for SL
The adverse effects of climate change, such as floods, erosion and landslides are increasingly hitting businesses in coastal regions. A new projec...
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Rain could spoil Herath’s party
There was a slight distraction for Sri Lanka ahead of the three match Test series against England as fast bowler Lahiru Kumara was sent home on discip...
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12,453 persons relocated due to bad weather
In its latest assessment, the Disaster Management Centre says, despite a reduction in heavy rain fall, a total of 12,453 persons belonging to 2,641 fa...
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Seychelles President requests military training from SL
Seychelles President Danny Faure had requested President Maithripala Sirisena to assist in granting military training opportunities to Seychelles secu...
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Heavy rain, wet outfield forces abandonment
Sri Lanka's monsoon season was the only winner in Dambulla as the first ODI was abandoned after just 15 overs of play. England had reached 92 for 2 af...
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Sri Lanka vs England, 1st ODI: Match called off due to bad weather
Only 15 overs were bowled in the entire contest. England were 95/2 when rain interrupted play and no overs were bowled thereafter. The first ODI betw...
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Three more elephants killed in collision with train
Train services on the Polonnaruwa-Batticaloa railway line as a train had collided with three wild elephants on the track. According to the Railway ...
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Floods
Floods in May 2016 and May of last year, killed and injured several and made hundreds or more homeless and destitute in Colombo and in the suburbs. ...
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