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SportsPremasara EpasingheSri Lanka captain Arjuna Ranatunga just after receiving the 1996 Wills cricket World Cup from then Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.Tags: Print EditionIn my five and half decade cricket commentary career,…

PoliticalMahinda P.LiyanageTags: Print EditionThe country should be handed over to former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe without further delay as it is proved that he is the only leader who can alleviate the suffering of thousands…

LocalTags: Sri LankaEnvironment Minister Mahinda Amaraweera yesterday (15) instructed the Geological Survey and Mines Bureau to launch a comprehensive investigation into the Walewatta village in Ambalantota, which has been devastated…

Law & OrderDilshan TharakaTags: Print EditionThe Colombo High Court yesterday temporarily lifted the travel ban imposed against Samagi Jana Balawegaya MP Patali Champika Ranawaka over the case for an alleged motor accident that…

PoliticalTags: Print EditionThe Second Reading Debate on the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) (Amendment) Bill will be held on March 22. This was decided at the Committee on Parliamentary Business, chaired by Speaker…

WorldTags: ChinaCOVID19coronavirusChina has posted a steep jump in daily Covid-19 infections with new cases more than doubling from a day earlier to a two-year high as a virus outbreak expanded rapidly in the north-east. A total of…

Two more journalists killed :WorldPeople look at damage caused by a shelling of an apartment block in the Podilskyi district of Kyiv, Ukraine on Tuesday.Tags: Print EditionUKRAINE: Nearly three weeks into the war, the number of…

PoliticalAsela KURULUWANSATags: Print EditionSri Lanka Podujana Peramuna MP Jagath Kumara yesterday said protests organized by the Opposition in Colombo will not affect the government but will only bloat the egos of some Opposition…

WorldTags: UkraineRussiaKyivCurfewRussian attacksKyiv will impose a 35-hour curfew from Tuesday night amid a “difficult and dangerous moment” after several Russian strikes in the capital, according to Mayor Vitali Klitschko.   The…

WorldTags: Print EditionUS: A three-year-old American child accidentally shot and killed his mother while playing with a gun in the suburbs of Chicago, the police said on Monday (March 14). The tragedy, all too common in the US, took…