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Sri Lanka’s ace bowler Wanindu Hasaranga jumped to the top of the standings in the ICC T20I All-rounder’s rankings on Wednesday, May 15. Hasaranga joined the veteran Bangladeshi cricketer Shakib Al Hasan at the top after impressing with both bat and ball in the recent T20I games. Hasaranga, 26, is enjoying excellent form with a ball in […]
TNA MP M.A.Sumanthiran told Parliament yesterday that the Tamils’ struggle was a struggle for justice. “It is a reasonable struggle for political rights. Our struggle may be too long and hazardous. But we will attain a just solution if we continue in the non-violent path without deviating from it,” he said, making a statement to […]
Sri Lankan writer Ganeshananthan’s novel Brotherless Night has won the 2024 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction. She was awarded a cash prize of $150,000. All the shortlisted authors were also awarded an additional $12,500. This is the richest English-language literary prize in the world for women and non-binary authors. The other four shortlisted authors were: Eleanor Catton […]
A Malaysian company is to partner with Supreme Global Holdings in its bid to acquire and restructure SriLankan Airlines. MMAG Holdings Bhd’s wholly-owned subsidiary MMAG Aviation Consortium Sdn Bhd (MAC) has entered into a partnership with Supreme Global Holdings (Private) Limited to collaborate on the aviation sector in Sri Lanka. In a filing with Bursa […]
The star prosecution witness in Donald Trump’s hush money trial, Michael Cohen, has taken the stand to testify against the former United States president. Trump’s former lawyer and personal fixer began giving his highly anticipated testimony on Monday morning, the latest day in the first-ever criminal trial against a US president. Cohen’s appearance in the […]
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Police have used water cannons to disperse protesting university non-academic staff near Diyatha Uyana Junction at Battaramulla, Ada Derana reporter said.
The Sri Lanka Freedom Party s (SLFP) faction led by former President Maithripala Sirisena has decided to appoint Attorney-at-Law Keerthi Udawatte as the Acting General Secretary of the party, Ada Derana reporter said.
Swiss singer Nemo has won the Eurovision Song Contest in Sweden, with their song The Code. A compelling hybrid of opera and hip-hop, it topped the jury vote, helping the 24-year-old gain an impressive score of 591 points. The singer becomes the first non-binary artist to win Eurovision. Fittingly, they wrote the song to explain […]
Fifteen Sri Lankan fishermen, who were detained in Myanmar prisons, have been released and repatriated to Sri Lanka. They arrived at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in Katunayake this morning (11), Ada Derana reporter said.
Zimbabwe again got close to Bangladesh’s total but couldn’t quite get the job done. This time in Dhaka, Bangladesh beat them by five runs to extend their lead in the T20I series to 4-0. With big hits towards the end, tailenders Wellington Masakadza and Blessing Muzarabani got everyone excited and nervous – depending on which […]
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Donald Trump’s defence lawyer is cross-examining adult film star Stormy Daniels, the most high-profile witness to testify so far in the former United States president’s New York criminal trial. Daniels’s account of an alleged sexual encounter with Trump in 2006 riveted jurors earlier this week and served as a reminder to US voters of the […]
Stormy Daniels and Donald Trump have been locked in a years-long public battle over an alleged sexual encounter, a hush-money deal paid by the former president’s fixer, and their respective efforts to own the very public narrative. Those tensions – and the salacious details that surround them – spilled out in court on Tuesday when […]
Shakib Al Hasan, the Bangladesh allrounder, was involved in a physical confrontation with a fan who attempted to take a selfie with him without consent. The incident occurred before the match between Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club (SJDC) and Prime Bank Cricket Club in the Dhaka Premier League (DPL) 2024. In the video, it can be […]
An unidentified body has been recovered by police in the Diyawanna Lake along the Parliament Road, Ada Derana reporter said.
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by Rex Clementine Excitement among cricket enthusiasts is high with the T-20 World Cup less than a month away. After years of disappointing performances and underachievement, the team’s fortunes are back on track thanks to meticulous planning. A semi-final finish in the 20-team competition will be highly appreciated. The national selection panel under Upul Tharanga […]
Hayley Mathews ended her dream tour of Pakistan as she started it, with yet another commanding performance as West Indies coasted to an eight-wicket win in Karachi. Smashing 78 in 59 balls, the West Indies captain made light work of Pakistan’s first innings total of 134, with the visitors getting there with ten balls to […]
Kolkata Knight Riders further embedded themselves near the top of the IPL table, and Mumbai Indians’ hopes of qualifying for the final four took another big hit. How MI managed to lose a match in which they took five KKR wickets in the first 37 legal deliveries, will require some examination from the franchise brains […]
by Dr B.J.C.Perera Specialist Consultant Paediatrician and Honorary Senior Fellow, Postgraduate Institute of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. John Fitzgerald Kennedy or JFK was the 35th President of the United States of America. He served as President from 20th January 1961, until his assassination on 22nd November 1963. Though his presidency lasted only a […]
Philosopher and intellectual Professor Nalin de Silva has passed away at the age of 79 years, sources told Ada Derana.
Riot police in Georgia fired tear gas and water cannon into crowds protesting against a bill seen by the opposition as targeting media freedoms. Thousands waving Georgian and European Union flags gathered outside parliament for a second night to protest what they see as a Russian-inspired law. MPs approved the second reading of the controversial […]
Leading Sri Lankan Political party, National People's Power (NPP) has issued its official message for May Day.The post May Day Message of the National People’s Power appeared first on Sri Lanka News | Breaking News & Top Stories in Sri Lanka | ONLANKA.
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A fake TV executive, originally from Sri Lanka, has been sentenced to two years jail in Australia over “highly sexual phone calls”, the Australian media reported. Gerard Cecil Vamadevan, 56, had reportedly made hundreds of harassing phone calls, telling one mother he would “rape her daughter and cut her into pieces”. Vamadevan was sentenced in […]
Thailand and United Arab Emirates (UAE) registered thorough wins in Monday night’s matches of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Qualifier at Tolerance Oval and Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi. The wins kept alive the teams’ hopes of a place in the tournament’s semi-finals. At Tolerance Oval, Thailand bested Uganda by nine wickets, while […]
Having just hosted a run-fest where 262 was chased down with eight balls to spare, Eden Gardens reverted to a former template familiar to fans of its home team, and Kolkata Knight Riders returned to winning ways and moved to second place on the IPL table with a confident, net-run-rate-boosting seven-wicket victory over Delhi Capitals. […]
One of the few openly gay players on the WTA Tour, Daria Kasatkina, says she has been assured about her safety if she qualifies for the season-ending WTA Finals in Saudi Arabia. The WTA Finals will be staged in Riyadh for the first time this November, with the 26-year-old Russian in contention to qualify. Human Rights Watch […]