Hosts Qatar have been eliminated just two games into the World Cup after a 3-1 defeat to Senegal at Al Thumama Stadium.

Although the prevailing high interest rate regime may discourage investments, Central Bank (CB) Governor Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe asserted that curtailing inflation is more critical for the survival of businesses over low interest rates and to avert

The tourist arrivals to the country for the first 20 days of November totalled 37,490, resulting in the total number of international visitors entering the country crossing the 600,000 mark.

Former Central Bank governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal in his recently released publication on the current economic meltdown ‘Amidst Economic Hit Men’ says that if anyone is to blame for the current predicament, it is not only him but the previous adm

The National Sports Council (NSC) headed by Chairman Arjuna Ranatunga is set to propose to the Sports Minister to appoint only reputed veteran players in their field as members of the respective National Sports Associations (NSA’s) including c

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today sought Sri Lanka’s support for sustainable, safe and voluntary repatriation of the forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals, Rohingyas, to their ancestral land in Rakhine state of Myanmar.

The Delhi High Court on Friday passed an interim order restraining unauthorised use of actor Amitabh Bachchan’s voice, image, name or any other trait exclusively identifiable with him by any individual.

The Civil Aviation Authority denied paying a single cent on behalf of any ceremony held at the airport on the day of Mr Basil Rajapaksa’s arrival.

The Colombo Fort Magistrate has permitted the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) to record statements from owner of Thico Group Private Ltd. Thilini Priyamali who is in remand at the Welikada Prison.

The main prosecution witness in the Hejaaz Hizbullah trial, Mohomed Malik today admitted of taking contradictory stances before judges at different times.

While commenting on the proposal made to paste security stickers on liquor bottles, the Excise Department had gained a 20% income when compared with the sales done in the past 10 years, Finance State Minister Ranjith Siyambalapitiya said.

The results of the GCE Ordinary Level (O/L) Examination 2021 (held in 2022) were released this evening, Examinations Department Commissioner General L.M.D. Dharmasena said.

New Zealand all-rounder Jimmy Neesham and T20 World Cup winning West Indian Carlos Brathwaite are among the overseas players signed for this year’s Lanka Premier League (LPL).

A two-year-old male child was reported to have been thrown out of the Samagipura Flats this morning, the police said.

Claiming that the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) is incurring a loss of Rs. 423 billion even after the recent tariff revision, Power and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekara said today increasing eletricity tariffs will be inevitable for continuation

The Colombo Fort Magistrate today issued an order dismissing a private plaint filed against SSP Roshan Dias and ASP Nalin Dilruk over a criminal accusation that they wrongfully prevented and obstructed a peaceful protest near Galle Face on October

Discussions are in progress with British Council and other international academic institutions to get their assistance to implement the activity-based oral English for grade one students from the first term starting from March next year, Education Mi

The Civil Aviation Authority has paid a bill of Rs.60,000 to Sri Lankan Airlines Catering Services for the refreshments served at the Gold Route Service during the arrival of former Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa last Sunday, after the Daily Mirror

As per the 2023 budget proposal, the Immigration and Emigration Department has decided to increase the fees of visas, and other charges with effect from December 1.

The Colombo High Court today served indictments on five accused including the Captain of the fire-ravaged container ship MV X-Press Perl and four other directors of the Local Agent of X-Press Perl vessel for causing damages to the country’s oceanic

Five people belonging to a family from Killinochi district, Sri Lanka, reached the Indian waters at Dhanuskodi first islet at around 5 a.m. on Thursday.

The United Kingdom is providing GBP 880,000 (USD 1,043,395) to strengthen the food and nutrition security of marginalised fishers in nine Fisheries Districts in the country.

The Central Bank forewarned that it would be compelled to bring in administrative controls such as deposits and lending rate caps unless the markets adjust their interest rates to reflect the easing inflation and improvement in money market liquidity

Subsequent to his revelation in the Parliament about forging the security sticker pasted on liquor bottles, Opposition MP Buddhika Pathirana yesterday said several hundred thousand liquor bottles with forged security stickers have already entered the

Former President Maithripala Sirisena yesterday said his party colleague Chandrika Kumaratunga is seeing things in the night and is imagining things.

Former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga set the stage for another controversy as she said the Easter Sunday terrorist attack was something orchestrated to enable former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to come to power in 2019.

In the wake of Central Committee of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) decision to suspend the membership of nine members, Ports, Aviation and Shipping Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva said that they would not leave the party even if they hit or cha

The Supreme Court in a judgment delivered on Wednesday (23) has held that the category of special promotion which granted discretionary power to IGP in a scheme of recruitment adopted in 2020 is violative of the fundamental rights of the Police Offic

President Ranil Wickremesighe should seek a fresh mandate if he wants to make fresh policy decisions with regard to security or any other matter, MP Channa Jayasumana told Parliament today.

The government has relaxed the restrictions imposed on several items through a Gazette Extraordinary.