Author: JF - Web Editor
Plans are afoot to enhance bilateral trade with New Zealand.
Trade Minister Nalin Fernando met with the New Zealand high commissioner David Pine yesterday, at the Trade Ministry premises. The minister said that Sri Lanka ... Read More
women’s cricket: Chamari Athapaththu has been nominated for ICC Women’s Player of July.
Sri Lankan all-rounder and Women’s Team captain Chamari Athapaththu has been nominated for ICC Women’s Player of the Month for July 2024 after leading her ... Read More
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigns and flees country as protesters storm palace.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has resigned and fled Bangladesh after anti-government protests in which hundreds of people have been killed. Reports say the former PM ... Read More
Historic Kandy Esala Perahera commences
The Sri Dalada Esala Perahera of the Scared Temple of the Tooth Relic in Kandy commenced with the ‘Kap Planting' ceremony yesterday. After completing the ... Read More
17 presidential candidates place deposits thus far
The Election Commission said three more candidates have placed their deposits yesterday in order to contest the 2024 Presidential Election. Accordingly, 17 candidates in total ... Read More
Deadline for applying for postal vote extended up to Friday.
Elections Commissioner General Saman Sri Ratnayake said that the deadline for accepting postal vote applications related to the Presidential Election, which was scheduled to end ... Read More
17.1 million voters are eligible for casting votes at the Presidential Election.
As per 2024 electoral register, 17,140,354 registered voters are eligible for casting votes at the Presidential Election scheduled to be held on September 21. Of ... Read More
Lyles wins sensational 100m gold by 0.005 seconds
US sprint star Noah Lyles won the Olympic 100m title by five-thousandths of a second from Jamaica's Kishane Thompson in a dramatic photo finish at ... Read More
Bangladesh PM leaves country for ‘safer place’ after resigning
Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has resigned after weeks of deadly anti-government protests as thousands of people stormed her official residence, demanding she step down. ... Read More
Majority of Sri Lanka Freedom Party Backs President Ranil Wickremesinghe
State Minister for Transport Lasantha Alagiyawanna announced that the Sri Lanka Freedom Party has officially decided to support President Ranil Wickremesinghe in the upcoming presidential ... Read More