Sri Lanka and Nepal came to Lauderhill searching for their first wins, hoping to put their T20 World Cup 2024 on track. However incessant rain, heavy enough to trigger flash-flood alerts for local residents, left both teams splitting one point apiece. That means Sri Lanka are almost certainly out of Super Eight contention while Nepal’s […]

SLPP leader and former President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday said that elections must not be postponed. Asked by reporters what he thought of the UNP’s efforts to put off the upcoming Presidential Election, Rajapaksa said the UNP would be doomed in such an eventuality. Speaking to the media, after an SLPP meeting held in Colombo, the […]

Ananda Walk 2024 will take place on July 07, with the participation of old and present Anandians, teachers and well-wishers. Addressing the media at the College on Monday, Executive President of the Ananda College Old Boys’ Association Prof. Athula Kaluarachchi said that this year’s walk would be organized to educate and empower the youth to increase their […]

Director-General of the International Labour Organisation Gilbert F. Houngbo has lauded the Sri Lankan government’s recent move to grant a 70 percent salary increment to plantation sector workers. Houngbo commended the government for increasing the estate workers’ salaries when Labour and Foreign Employment Minister Manusha Nanayakkara met him on the sidelines of the Annual International Lab...

Issue of Lankan mercenaries fighting for Kyiv ignored – Russian envoy in Colombo War in Ukraine: By Norman Palihawadane The Sri Lankan Embassy in Moscow said yesterday that Foreign Minister Ali Sabry, who is currently in Russia to participate in the BRICS 2024 Foreign Ministerial Session with developing countries, had a bilateral meeting with Russian […]

Recognizing the important role government systems play in contributing to building inclusive, responsive and resilient communities, the National Symposium on ‘Catalysing Change: Making Local Governance Future Fit’ was co-convened by the Ministry of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government, the European Union Delegation in Sri Lanka and the United Nations Develo...

In the wake of the SLPP reiterating its commitment to President Wickremesinghe, two groups of MPs – New Alliance and the SLFP among the ruling party – announced their partnership at a meeting held at Ambalantota on Saturday (08). Among the lawmakers present were Leader of the House Susil Premjayantha, Agriculture Minister Mahinda Amaraweera, Trade […]

By Prasanna Brahmana Arrangements are being made to hold a fellowship night of the Buddhist Overseas Tour organizers’ Association next Saturday at the Ramada Hotel in Gorakana, Moratuwa. The annual meeting of the Association could not be held for the past few years owing to many reasons, the organizing committee said, adding that a large […]

The 48th Annual Convention of Y’s Men International Sri Lanka Region (YSMISL) is scheduled to be held on 15th June 2024 at the “Rainbow” Room of the Grand Oriental Hotel in Colombo Fort. A media release said that the President of the Asia Pacific Area, representing the100 year old organization’ Y’s Men International Geneva (YMI). […]

The Madras High Court has directed the Indian Home Ministry to process an application filed by a Sri Lankan refugee, who has been reportedly residing in India since 1990, for Indian citizenship and pass a speaking order, either accepting or rejecting his plea.

Twenty newly-recruited officers to the Sri Lanka Foreign Service were welcomed to the Ministry by Foreign Secretary Aruni Wijewardane today (11).

Oman, represented by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Water Resources, and Sri Lanka, represented by the Ministry of Agriculture and Plantation Industries, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in the field of Agriculture.

The wreck of a plane carrying Malawi’s vice-president has been found with no survivors, President Lazarus Chakwera has said. Saulos Chilima and nine others were flying within the country on Monday morning when their aircraft disappeared from airport radars.  The plane, a military aircraft, was flying in bad weather. Soldiers had been searching Chikangawa Forest […]

මාධ්යවේදියෙකුගේ කටයුතුවලට බාධා කිරීමෙන් මූලික අයිතිවාසිකම් උල්ලංඝණය කිරීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් ඉදිරිපත් කර තිබූ පෙත්සමක් විභාග කර, අදාළ වින්දිත මාධ්යවේදියාගෙන් සමාව ගන්නා […]The post හිටපු දිසාපතිවරියක්, හමුදා සහ පොලිස් නිලධාරින් මාධ්යවේදියෙකුගෙන් සමාව ගනී appeared first on Lanka Truth | සිංහල | Latest and Breaking News from Sri Lanka.

මීලඟ ජනාධිපතිවරණය ඉලක්ක කර ගනිමින් සෑම දෙයක් ම තම ප්රචාරක වාසියට ලබා ගැනීමේ සැලසුම් සහගත ක්රියාවලියක යෙදී සිටින රනිල් වික්රමසිංහ […]The post රනිල් ක්රිකට් කැච් එක මිස් කර ගනී appeared first on Lanka Truth | සිංහල | Latest and Breaking News from Sri Lanka.

පත් කළ අනුප්රාප්තික ජනාධිපති රනිල් වික්රමසිංහ සහ සමගි ජන බලවේගයේ නායක සජිත් ප්රේමදාස ඇතුළු පිරිස ජාතික ජන බලවේගයේ දේශපාලන ක්රියාකාරී […]The post රනිල්ලා, සජිත්ලා කම්පනයට පත්වන ප්රබල ඉදිරි පියවරක්! appeared first on Lanka Truth | සිංහල | Latest and Breaking News from Sri Lanka.