Exclusive

Publication

Byline

Sports Ministry to spend more money on 'School Sports'

SriLanka, Sept. 22 -- The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports has launched a project to distribute exercise equipment to schools under the 'School Cricket Development Programme'. The project aims to ... Read More


Sri Lanka out to turn tables on Brook's men

SriLanka, Sept. 22 -- Sri Lanka will make the ODI series an opportunity to respond England's pace attack following their struggle in the T-20 format when they meet England at Riverside ground Chester ... Read More


History to repeat or rewrite today in Japan

SriLanka, Sept. 22 -- Sri Lanka women's team will meet India women in their Asian Games T-20 cricket final today in Nisshin, Japan at 10. 30 a.m (Sri Lanka time). In the 2023 Asian Games in China, Ind... Read More


Transit passengers also subject to Customs jurisdiction - SC

SriLanka, Sept. 22 -- The Supreme Court (SC) has brought to an end a 35-year-old legal battle over 50 slabs of gold seized at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in 1991, ruling that transit ... Read More


Verdict in case filed against 25 accused today

SriLanka, Sept. 22 -- The verdict in the case filed against 25 accused, including Naufer Moulavi, in connection with the Easter Sunday terror attacks that took place on April 21 in 2019, is scheduled ... Read More


Nearly half of SL's youth with post-secondary education are jobless - IMF

SriLanka, Sept. 22 -- Around 43 percent of Sri Lanka's young people with post-secondary education are unemployed, according to a recent article published by the IMF. Titled 'Graduating into Uncertaint... Read More


Speaker to announce SC's determination in Parliament today

SriLanka, Sept. 22 -- The Supreme Court's confidential determination on the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution has been received by Speaker Dr. Jagath Wickramaratne. The Speaker's Office confirmed ye... Read More


Yemenis flee across Red Sea as Houthis and Saudi-backed forces escalate war

SriLanka, Sept. 22 -- Ibrahim Issa, 50, is from the Yemeni coastal town of Dhubab, right on the front lines of the war between Yemen's Houthis and the Saudi-backed pro-government forces fighting them.... Read More


Parents of Sivarasa Anojan, sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia, appeal to President

SriLanka, Sept. 22 -- The parents of Sivarasa Anojan, a young Sri Lankan national who has been sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia, met President Anura Kumara Dissanayake at the Presidential secretaria... Read More


Sustainable solutions to mitigate human-elephant conflict in Ampara

SriLanka, Sept. 22 -- A meeting of the Ampara District Human-Elephant Conflict Management Committee was held, chaired by Environment Minister Dr. Dammika Patabendi on Sunday (20), with the objective o... Read More