The 5th edition of the Lanka Premier League 2024 will be held from July 1st to 21st this year, the Sri Lanka Cricket said.

A young woman who fell into the Upper Kotmale reservoir in Thalawakele, was rescued by the police with the help of the residents of the area.

A fundamental rights application filed by retired High Court Judge Padmini Ranawaka challenging the findings of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry relating to the controversial telephone conversations with former Deputy Minister Ranjan Ramanayake

The Talaimannat Police have launched an investigation after the body of a 10-year-old girl, who had been reported missing, was found half naked.

Greece has become the first Christian Orthodox-majority country to legalise same-sex marriage.

The Congress party on Friday alleged that four of its main bank accounts have been frozen by the Income Tax department on “flimsy grounds”.

Israel’s Minister of Transport and Road Safety Brig. Gen. Miri Regev met President Ranil Wickremesinghe and discussed matters concerning the safe return of Israeli hostages.

KPMG’s forensic audit into discrepancies at Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) and Ceylon Petroleum Storage Terminals (CPSTL) has revealed substantial losses attributed to alterations and deletions in SAP data related to stock holdings.

The government has been able to ensure continuous supply of gas, fuel and other necessities right now as Sri Lanka had suspended repaying external debt, Minister Bandula Gunawardena said yesterday.

A total of 169 rubber harvesting assistants were awarded the NVQ-3 certificates for the first time in Sri Lanka at the Agalawatta Rubber Research Institute after two weeks of intensive training.

Rs. 14.5 million was given to the supplier to purchase substandard human immunoglobulin injections, which was intended to be used for purchasing oxygen, Deputy Solicitor General Mrs. Lakmini Girihagama informed Maligaknada Magistrate Mrs. Lochani Abe

The crisis involving the Executive and the Legislature has heightened to a new level with the judiciary also coming into play over the Constitutional Council’s (CC) rejection of appointment of Court of Appeal President Nissanka Bandula Karunaratne

Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) is to expel its MP Sarath Fonseka from the post of party chairman shortly over his latest remarks affecting the party politically, a source said.

Sri Lanka’s private sector and government are to get fresh insights from a chief of a Commonwealth trade and investment organisation next week besides opportunities to expand businesses across the 56 Member States of the Commonwealth.

Sri Lanka will host the first-ever Chinese marathon this May, where over 2000-3000 Chinese athletes will arrive under the ‘Ni Hao Zhong Guo’ programme, Sri Lanka Institute of Tourism and Hotel Management Chairman Shirantha Peiris announced.

Tourism authorities are in the process of creating a Buddhist trail in Sri Lanka, a fresh effort towards luring religious travellers.

Sri Lanka’s tourism sector is gearing up for a major transformation, as the authorities unveil an ambitious plan to make the country one of the world’s most dynamic and sought-after destinations.

Parliamentarian M.A. Sumanthiran has filed a fundamental rights application before the Supreme Court, challenging the Speaker’s act of certifying the Online Safety Bill as enacted into law.

Apart from medical professionals such as doctors and nurses, no one has the capability to collapse the hospital system. If such an occurrence does happen for two days, the subsequent consequences are unpredictable, Government Medical Officers’ Foru

The LGBTIQ+ community representatives breifed Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardana on the issues faced by the LGBTIQ+ community in Sri Lanka.

Claiming that the proposed electricity tariff revision by about 3 percent is not at all sufficient, the National People’s Power (NPP) said the tariffs should be reduced by at least 28 to 33 percent.

Former Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella who was arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) over the importation of substandard Immunoglobulin injections, was further remanded until February 29.

The Officer-in-Charge (OIC) of the Kalpitiya Police Station who was charged over sexually assaulting a female police constable, has been interdicted by the National Police Commission with immediate effect.

Former President and MP Mahinda Rajapaksa expressed the opinion that it will be preferable to abolish the Executive Presidency and said that he had enjoyed having held the position.

Since Sri Lanka’s economy is showing growth, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) said they will support the construction of the second terminal of the Katunayake Airport after the financial restructuring process is implemented by the

In a bid to address the substantial financial outlay of over USD 500 million spent annually on importing medicines, Minister of Health and Industry, Dr. Ramesh Pathirana, underscored the need for domestic production.

A doctor of the Peradeniya Children’s Hospital who was arrested by the Ethgala police during a raid in Jayamalapura, Gampola on suspicion being involved in the selling of intoxicant tablets, was remanded till February 19.

UK based club cricketer Rizwan Javed has been banned from all cricket for 17 ½ years after he was found guilty of five different breaches of the Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) Anti-Corruption Code for Participants (the ‘Code’).

Tickets for the first T20I match to be played at Rangiri Dambulla International Cricket Stadium on Saturday (17) have been sold out.

Acting Inspector General of Police Deshabandu Tennakoon said 42 international red notices have been issued so far for criminals who have fled the country after underworld and drug crimes.