News Room : Asian Paints Causeway Revives Sri Lankan Motorsport
Asian Paints Causeway, Sri Lanka’s leading auto refinish coatings company, has announced its role as the title sponsor of the Asian Paints Causeway SLADA Racing Championship 2025 – a series of four national racing events running from August to November. After years of disruptions caused by national tragedies, the pandemic, and economic challenges, this year’s championship marks a strong comeback...
News Room : Bribes via Friend’s Accounts: How SSP Sathish Allegedly Collected Rs 14M
Acting Director of the Cultural Division (Administration) of the Police Field Force Headquarters, SSP Sathish Ranjan Hiyare Gamage, has been remanded until 19 August over an alleged large-scale bribery scheme uncovered by the Bribery Commission. Allegations and Modus Operandi: Offences allegedly took place while he served in Galle and Embilipitiya police divisions. Three bank accounts were opened under the name of SSP...
News Room : Showers will occur in the Western, Sabaragamuwa, North-western and Uva provinces and in Ampara, Batticaloa, Kandy, Nuwara-Eliya, Galle and Matara districts
WEATHER FORECAST FOR 12 AUGUST 2025 Issued at 05.30 a.m. on 12 August 2025 by the Department of Meteorology Showers will occur at times in Western and Sabaragamuwa provinces and in Nuwara-Eliya, Kandy, Galle and Matara districts while several spells of showers will occur in the Northern and North-western province. Showers or thundershowers may occur at a few places in...
News Room : Ranuk Jayasuriya follows in father’s footsteps with maiden ton for SSC – The Island
After defeats in their first two games, Trent Rockets got their campaign up and running with an impressive all-round display at Lord’s, shaped around Nat Sciver Brunt’s ninth career half-century in The Hundred and her second in this year’s tournament. Spirit came into the match with three wins from three, but they were immediately on the back foot as Rockets’...
News Room : European leaders tentatively hopeful after call with Trump ahead of Putin summit
European leaders appeared cautiously optimistic after holding a virtual meeting with Donald Trump on Wednesday, two days before he meets his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Alaska to discuss ending the war in Ukraine. Trump reportedly told the Europeans that his goal for the summit was to obtain a ceasefire between Moscow and Kyiv. He also agreed that any territorial issues...
News Room : The Men’s 100: Graham Clark’s last-ball six clinches thriller for Northern Superchargers
A last-ball six from Graham Clark saw Northern Superchargers defeat Southern Brave on their home turf in a nail-biting finish. Put into bat, the Brave were soon in all kinds of trouble. Kiwi Jacob Duffy, fresh off the plane from a Test series with Zimbabwe, decimating their power-packed top-order, reducing them to 26 for 3 off 24 balls by dismissing...
News Room : Foreign Employment Official Arrested Over About Rs 1 Million Job Hoax
A manager of the Sri Lanka Foreign Employment Agency (SLFEA) has been arrested on suspicion of defrauding a youth of Rs 945,000 by promising employment in Romania. According to the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE), the suspect was apprehended during a raid at the agency’s office in Narahenpita. The arrest followed a complaint lodged by a youth from the...
News Room : Timekeeper Arrested for Rs 200 Bribe from Private Bus
A Time Keeper of the Western Province Road Passenger Transport Authority in Borella has been arrested by officers of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC). The arrest was made over allegations that the clerk demanded and accepted a bribe of Rs 200 per trip to sign the running chart of a private bus, arrange a schedule,...
News Room : Zelensky rules out ceding Donbas region as Russians make fresh advance
President Volodymyr Zelensky has said Ukraine would reject any Russian proposal to give up the Donbas region in exchange for a ceasefire, warning it could be used as a springboard for future attacks. Zelensky was speaking ahead of a meeting between US President Donald Trump and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday. Trump has said any peace deal would...
News Room : Brevis’ record-breaking 125* sets up series-levelling victory
Dewald Brevis scored South Africa’s highest individual T20I score, their second-fastest T20I hundred off 41 balls and became the youngest South African to hit a century in this format as they put on their best score against Australia to square the series at 1-1 in Darwin with the decider to come in Cairns on Saturday. Brevis, who already holds the...