According to conventional wisdom, a country should have its own national airline. The aim, according to the proponents of this theory, is to project the country’s image in foreign countries and draw ...

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has arrested the former Chairman of the Kataragama Pradeshiya Sabha, Ashoka Wickremasinghe. Ashoka Wickremasinghe, who was the former Chairman of the ...

Sri Lanka Rugby is caught in a worrying situation just days before their crucial Asian Rugby Emirates Men’s Championship match against Malaysia, scheduled for April 19 at the Racecourse Grounds in ...

Colombo Additional Magistrate Keminda Perera yesterday ordered the Colombo Chief Judicial Medical Officer (JMO) to exhume the remains of the youth who died while in the custody of Welikada Police. He ...

With a view to cater to both local and foreign tourists the first ‘Calypso tourist train’ implemented by Sri Lanka Railways commenced its inaugural journey from the Nanu Oya Railway Station to the ...

Bimandee Bandara of Hillwood College and Chanul Dulsen of Old Sokians SC emerged women’s and men’s champions at the Sabaragamuwa Province Open Table Tennis Tournament concluded yesterday at the Indoor ...

The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) has invited bids from registered suppliers for the purchase of five shiploads, totaling approximately 300,000 barrels (+/- 5%) of Petrol 92 Unl, for the period ...

The leader of Sri Lanka’s indigenous Vedda community, Uru Warige Wannila Aththo recently joined on a visit to Dubai and returned aboard Sri Lankan Airlines. In a post on its official Facebook page, ...

Minister of Labour and Deputy Minister of Economic Development, Dr. Anil Jayantha Fernando, announced that a new system will be implemented in consultation with the Ministry of Labour for submitting ...

The Colombo Magistrate’s Court has ordered the release on bail of former Minister S. Viyalendran, who was arrested and remanded on suspicion of aiding and abetting a bribe of Rs. 1.5 million from a ...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has appointed Evan Papageorgiou as the new Chief of Mission for Sri Lanka, succeeding Peter Brewer, who played a pivotal role in the country’s recent economic ...

The Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court has directed the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka (TRCSL) to block access to websites and social media accounts that distribute or publish ...