Over a dozen SJB MPs, Maithripala skip vote By Shamindra Ferdinando In spite of differences between President Ranil Wickremesinghe and...
… condemns govt. move, finds fault with Office of AG for failing to ensure justice for Easter Sunday victims The...
Justice Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe told Parliament yesterday that nearly one-third of cases, pending before the Magistrates’ courts countrywide, were related to child abuse and rape cases...
By Hiran H.Senewiratne The government intends to restructure the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) by September this year and would be unbundling the sector to run all...
Sri Lanka has received USD 200 mn loan from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to implement a water management programme, the Water Supply and Estate Infrastructure...
By Prof. Susirith Mendis (First part of this article appeared in The Island Midweek Review of 05 June 2023) Is civil disobedience violence or a prelude...
‘Prez exploited Wimal’s claim to his advantage’ By Shamindra Ferdinando Patriotic National Movement (PNM) Secretary Dr. Wasantha Bandara said on Tuesday (04) that Sena Thoradeniya’s ‘Galle...
… frowns on Premadasa’s presence at COPF meeting By Saman Indrajith Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena told Parliament yesterday that the Leader of the Opposition could summon...
By Norman Palihawadana Police have questioned the boyfriend of a girl, who was found hanging in a room at a guesthouse on the Panawala-Rakwana road. Police...
By Rathindra Kuruwita The Health Ministry’s Epidemiology Unit said yesterday that the number of reported dengue cases for 2023 had passed the 50,000 mark by 05...
Thursday 6th July, 2023 It is said that when a government fears the people, there is liberty, and when the people fear a government, there is...
Thailand’s Natural Resources and Environment Minister Varawut Silpa-archa has ruled out the possibility of sending back ‘Muthu Raja’ (Sak Surin) now under the patronage of the...
By Rathindra Kuruwita The Cabinet of Ministers has approved a proposal by President Ranil Wickremesinghe to commence discussions with the Japanese mission in Colombo on recommencing...
by Rex Clementine The Prime Ministers of United Kingdom and Australia have been drawn into the debate of ‘Spirit of Cricket’ after England wicketkeeper Johnny Bairstow...