Three experienced players and former Sri Lanka national captains Dinesh Chandimal, Angelo Mathews and Dasun Shanaka combined to guide Kandy Falcons to record a comfortable six-wicket victory over Dambulla Sixers in the first match of the Lanka Premie

A total of eleven trains on the upcountry and coastal railway lines have derailed in the past month due to maintenance errors with the rail tracks, train engines, compartments and geological reasons, the Railways Department said.

Members of the former Afghanistan women’s team have called on the International Cricket Council to help them form a refugee team based in Australia.

The Railways Department has suspended the services of the driver of a Colombo to Kandy train (No. 1019) and initiated an investigation at Departmental level.

The five-member Election Committee has suspended the voting rights of 13 affiliated members out of the 32-strong District Associations membership ahead of the Netball Federation of Sri Lanka (NFSL) 2024-2026 elections on July 25 in Colombo.

French President Emmanuel Macron and his allies this morning launched a fresh week of intense campaigning hours after their party was humiliated last night in the first round of parliamentary elections by the hard-right National Rally (RN).

The fifth edition of the Lanka Premier League (LPL) T20 Cricket Tournament commenced at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium in Kandy.

Injuries continue to exact a devastating toll on Sri Lankans, with at least 32 individuals succumbing to injuries every day, according to the latest data released by health authorities.

The debate on the agreement which Sri Lanka has singed with creditor nations on the debt restructuring process which was to begin tomorrow in Parliament has been postponed.

The South Korean Foreign Affairs Ministry has decided to readjust Sri Lanka’s travel alert from level 2 to level 1, effective today (July 01).

The fifth edition of the Lanka Premier League is set to kick off today (July 1) in Kandy with the defending champions Kandy Falcons taking on Dambulla Sixers in the opener in Pallekele.

The Transport Ministry has announced a 5% reduction in bus fares, effective from tonight, as part of the 2024 annual bus fare revision.

North Korea fired two ballistic missiles on Monday and the second may have failed and blown up during an irregular flight, possibly raining debris inland, South Korea’s military said.

The bail application (bail pending appeal) filed on behalf of former Colombo district Parliamentarian Hirunika Premachandra was today fixed for July 4 by the Colombo High Court.

Sprinter Yupun Abeykoon’s hopes of obtaining direct qualification for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games were shattered when he pulled out of the Sri Lanka Athletic (SLA) Special Selection Trials held at the Mahinda Rajapaksa Sports Complex in Diyagama.

Kadiravel Shanmugam is to enter Parliament filling the vacancy created by the demise yesterday of TNA leader R. Samanthan.

A rocket that accidentally launched after getting separated from its launch pad crashed in China on Sunday.

The Bandaragama police report that seven people, including two young children, were injured in a head-on collision at Maragas Junction in Galthude on the Bandaragama-Kalutara Road.

Star India all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja has announced his decision to retire from T20 internationals following India’s T20 World Cup 2024 triumph.

Outlook in the next three months remains positive as many expect an increase in the availability of new and bigger projects

Senior Additional Solicitor General Parinda Ranasinghe PC took oaths as the Acting Attorney General before the Chief Justice a short while ago.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi condoled the death of former Tamil National Alliance (TNA) leader R. Sampanthan.

Model Piumi Hansamali arrived at the Criminal Investigation Department’s (CID) Illegal Assets Investigations Division to give a statement following allegations that she has acquired substantial properties through organized crimes.

The Sri Lankan fisherman who was critically ill after consuming an unknown substance found in a bottle floating in the sea was handed over to the SLNS Vijayabahu from the Singaporean merchant ship ’MV Kota Camil’.

Australia said on Monday it had more than doubled the visa fee for international students, the latest move by the government to rein in record migration that has intensified pressure on an already tight housing market.

Laundrywatte, a locality in the heart of Colombo, is home to the dhobi community, who have been engaged in washing loads of dirty linen collected from various places for generations. This community, residing around the Beira Lake, has been in this pr

Responding to a request made by some government ministers that he should contest for the presidential election, President Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday said he is ready to work with everyone who made this request.

Sri Lanka tourism reached a key milestone on Saturday, welcoming its one millionth tourist for 2024. The millionth tourist was Patricia Roe and her husband Paul from Ireland, who arrived on 29 June on UL 504 from London. According to the Sri Lanka To

With the medical brain drain back on the increase after a period of decline, the Health Ministry is in a tight spot as they run out of options to tackle the matter.

Five people were killed and at least 63 injured in a gas explosion at a restaurant in Turkey on Sunday, the country’s interior minister said.