Sports While highlighting the need to have sports events to keep the youth athletes interested in sports, Olympians Sunil Gunawardena and Sriyani Kulawansa backed the…
Crime Colombo Fort Chief Magistrate Ranga Dissanayaka yesterday (21), ordered former Minister Rishad Bathiudeen to provide a statement to the CID in connection with…
Travel COLOMBO — Yala National Park in Sri Lanka, the island’s most visited wilderness area, has introduced a new information center that lets visitors identify the…
General A probe is underway on a human trafficking racket reportedly masterminded by a former senior purohita of the yahapalanaya regime. A state body whose main…
Education At least 152 people including students had been subjected to quarantine after they are alleged to have maintained close links with a physics teacher of a…
Technology As soon as the date of the general poll was announced, some candidates had embarked on the propaganda campaign. They had lost no time in placing orders…
Crime Incumbent President of Sri Lanka Rugby (SLR) Lasitha Gunaratne today (20) threw his support behind Rizly Illyas’ bid to head SLR when the election of office…
Education Organised crime groups have used bank accounts of university students to transfer money to drug traffickers and other criminals, Western Province Senior DIG…
Technology Director of State Intelligence Service (SIS), Nilantha Jayawardena, had ignored a request made by the former head of the Terrorism Investigation Division (TID)…
General A nephew of a Green party stalwart from Puttalam has entered the upcoming race from the Colombo district ‘Telephone’ list. This young man who has come up in…
Weather without a ball being bowled on the third day of the second test between England and the West Indies as rain fell persistently over Old Trafford on Saturday.…
Health Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday dismissed fears of a second wave of COVID-19 infections sweeping the country, attributing them to statements made at…
Technology Edirisinghe Trust Investment (ETI) Finance Ltd had paid bribes amounting to Rs. 113.8 million to high ranking officials at regulatory agencies and several…
Politics A prominent government politico from Wayamba has begun distributing blue, red and yellow cards among his close supporters, they say. A former Diyawanna…
Sports Stokes (L) is congratulated by England's Dom Sibley (R) after reaching 50 on the first day of the second Test cricket match between England and the West Indies…
Business By Shabiya Ali Ahlam Sri Lanka’s apparel sector, which has been undergoing an extremely tough time due to the economic malaise created by COVID-19…
Technology England have dropped batsman Joe Denly and rested pacemen James Anderson and Mark Wood for the second Test against the West Indies starting on Thursday, with…
Health It is not necessary to impose a lock-down in the country in a situation where the COVID-19 is not widespread, Director General of Health Services, Dr Anil…
Business The Canned Fish Manufacturers Association of Sri Lanka (CFMASL), thanked the government for assisting local producers and industries during the Covid lockdown…
Sports Rizly Illyas is set to become the new Sri Lanka Rugby (SLR) President after the Western Province Rugby Football Union (WPRFU) confirmed his nomination for the…
Health President Gotabaya Rajapaksa today assured that the people would be protected from the COVID-19 pandemic by mitigating the risk of the virus spreading in the…
Health Rumours being spread that Covid-19 infected persons of the Kandakadu cluster have been reported from various parts of the island are baseless, Director General…
General ම්පහ දිස්ත්රික්කයේ ස්ථාන දෙකකින් කොරෝනා වෛරසය ආසාදනය වු පුද්ගලයින් දෙදෙනෙකු වාර්තා වී ඇති බව ගම්පහ දිස්ත්රික් පරිපාලන මහජන සෞඛ්ය පරීක්ෂක චමින්ද සමරදිවාකර…
Crime A Chief Inspector in charge of Ampara Police garage has been arrested by the Colombo Crimes Division (CCD), stated the Police Media Spokesman. The officer has…