Hard-hitting middle-order batter Bevon Jacobs has been handed his maiden New Zealand call-up by being picked for the upcoming three-match home T20I series against Sri Lanka.
Jacobs was part of the New Zealand XI side that took on Sri Lanka...
A suspect has been arrested in New York over the death of a woman who was set on fire on a subway train in Brooklyn.
Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch described the incident on Sunday as “one of the most depraved...
Monday 23rd December, 2024
The much-awaited good news has come at last. On Friday, Fitch Ratings upgraded Sri Lanka’s Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to ‘CCC+’, from ‘RD’ (Restricted Default). Heartening as this positive development is, it by no...
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The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) has appointed Hambantota district MP D.V. Chanaka as the new National Convener of the party.
This had been decided at the Politburo/Executive Committee meeting of the SLPP held on Friday in Colombo, under the...
At the launch of a book “Ranil Wickremesinghe and the emasculation of the United National Party” by Rajiva Wijesinha last Wednesday, Dr. Dayan Jayatillake, the keynote speaker quoted a message he had received from Nirgunan Tiruchelvam, a son of...
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Fitch Ratings said it was upgrading Sri Lanka’s foreign currency rating out of restricted default (RD) status, to CCC+ after 98 percent of bondholders accepted an offer to restructure defaulted bonds with new securities issued on December 20.
“The upgrade...
An amphibious mouse with webbed feet and a blob-headed fish are among 27 new species scientists have discovered in Peru.
They were found in an expedition to Alto Mayo – which includes the Amazon rainforest – by scientists from the...
A poetry collection in Tamil The Return to Life (வாழ்க்கைக்குத் திரும்புதல்) by poet and writer Kirishanth Sivasubramaniyam was officially launched recently at the auditorium of the Jaffna Public Library. The event was organised by the Kumarathevan Reader Circle and...
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Police officers have reported that many traffic speed measuring devices used to detect those who drive at excessive speeds are currently detective. This has made it difficult to apprehend drivers who break speed limits.
A senior Police officer mentioned that...
Two individuals have been arrested following the circulation of a video on social media showing a dog being brutally beaten with a stick by two men.
The dog’s owner lodged a complaint with the Akmeemana Police Station on 18 December...