Alyssa Healey hammered a 38-ball 55 in her 150th T20I appearance to seal Australia’s come-from-behind 2-1 series win against India. Her initial assault put Australia well ahead at the ten-over mark, while fellow opener Beth Mooney hit her first...
Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 09 January 2024 by the Department of Meteorology
Rainy conditions are expected to be enhanced in the Northern, Eastern, Uva, Central, and Southern provinces today and tomorrow, and cloudy skies can be expected...
Uncollected taxes, penalties and interests amount to Rs 1,000 bn
By Shamindra Ferdinando
The Urban Development and Housing Ministry yesterday (08) announced plans to raise Rs 21 bn by leasing state lands, over a period of three years, commencing 2024.
A statement issued...
By DEVENDRA SAKSENA
Currently, the words ‘debt trap’ have a distinctly Chinese connotation. According to the Western press, the Chinese, as part of their geostrategy, have inveigled poor nations into borrowing huge amounts from them for fanciful infrastructural projects; almost...
Sheikh Hasina has secured her fifth term as Bangladeshi prime minister in an election whose outcome was decided the moment its schedule was announced in early November when the main opposition boycotted the poll.
The surprise was who came second.
Instead...
President Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Saturday that comprehensive solutions would be offered to address the challenges encountered by businessmen in the Northern Province within the next two months.
He said that officials from relevant ministries would visit the Northern Province...
Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 07 January 2024 by the Department of Meteorology
Showery weather condition is expected to enhance over Northern, North-central, Eastern and Uva provinces from today (07).
Misty conditions can be expected at some places in...
by Rex Clementine
Following Sri Lanka’s embarrassing exit in the ICC Cricket World Cup, where they finished ninth and suffered first ever losses to Afghanistan and Bangladesh and missed out on the Champions Trophy, you expected many changes to...
The National Medicines Regulatory Authority has called on the President of the Government Medical Officers’ Forum (GMOF), Dr. Rukshan Bellana, to submit to the CID any information he may have regarding an alleged rape that reportedly occurred on the...
A money-hungry pooch was in the dog house for chewing up $4,000 (£3,153) cash that his owners had left out.
Cecil, a golden poodle from Pennsylvania, has gone viral for snacking on the envelope of money his owners had set...