Prof. C. A. Saliya The first of a five-part series on the business of gambling: legal, illegal, and everything murky in between. It is a Friday evening in Colombo. On the waterfront, a queue of ...

WEATHER FORECAST FOR 02 SEPTEMBER 2026 Issued at 05.30 a.m. on 02 September 2026 by the Department of Meteorology The atmospheric conditions are getting favorable for afternoon thundershowers in the ...

Representatives of 40 professional organisations and trade unions have jointly opposed the proposed 22ned Amendment to Sri Lanka’s Constitution, saying provisions extending the retirement age of ...

Wednesday 2nd September, 2026 Five suspects have been arrested over the recent detection of more than 471 kg of ‘ICE’ (crystal methamphetamine) concealed in a freight container. Three of the suspects ...

The sun is going to be directly over the latitudes of Sri Lanka from 28th of August to 07th of September due to its apparent southward relative motion. The nearest places of Sri Lanka over which the ...

Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya  departed  Sri Lanka on Monday, 31 August, to undertake an official visit to Bhutan to participate in the Global Conscious Food Systems Summit, scheduled to be ...

Maia Bouchier’s century led England to their highest successful ODI run-chase to defeat Ireland by six wickets in the opening ...

By Sanath Nanayakkare On the surface, the 41st Board Meeting of the India-Sri Lanka Foundation (ISLF) in New Delhi on August 28, 2026, was structured as a routine diplomatic engagement. Co-chaired by ...

Silent petty backbiting among Opposition may result in it grabbing defeat from victory over NPP There is no likelihood of the SJB and the UNP reaching consensus on a tangible arrangement in the near ...

Muneeba Ali braved the oppressive heat of Dubai before Pakistan’s  spinners put on a disciplined show to begin their T20 Asia ...

By Kasun Kariyawasam and Shiran Illanperuma In March 2027, Sri Lanka’s Extended Fund Facility with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will expire. It is the seventeenth arrangement the country has ...

The Colombo High Court yesterday sentenced former Civil Aviation Minister Piyankara Jayaratne to seven years’ rigorous imprisonment after finding him guilty of a corruption charge involving a Rs. 320, ...