Hamas has freed three Israeli hostages in Gaza, while Israel released 183 Palestinian prisoners in the latest exchange as part of an internationally brokered ceasefire deal. The three hostages – Eli ...

A powerful 7.6-magnitude earthquake has struck the Caribbean Sea triggering tsunami warnings for a number of countries, the US Geological Survey (USGS) has said. Officials say the earthquake’s ...

Little more than an hour after Grant Fisher’s historic performance in the 3000m, Yared Nuguse made history of his own at the Millrose Games, winning the Wanamaker Mile in a world record of 3:46.63* at ...

Ireland are well placed to complete a hat-trick of Test wins after setting Zimbabwe a target of 292 and reducing them to 38 for 3 at stumps. Andy Balbirnie and Lorcan Tucker struck fifties with ...

President Anura Kumar Disanayake invited Sri Lankan exporters to rebuild and thrive on a robust economic foundation. The ...

USA’s Grant Fisher broke the world indoor 3000m record at the Millrose Games, clocking 7:22.91* at the World Athletics Indoor ...

Rex Clementine in Galle With runs drying up like a parched wicket under the blazing sun, the writing had been on the wall for Dimuth Karunaratne. Before the selectors could raise the finger, he walked ...

Senior Sri Lanka Administrative Service (SLAS) officer and former Senior Consultant at the Sri Lanka Institute of Development Administration (SLIDA), Nimal Senadheera, has been nominated as Sri ...

A blistering onslaught from Glenn Philips in the final six overs of the first innings helped New Zealand ease to a crushing win over Pakistan in the first ODI of the tri-series in Lahore. The visitors ...

Public resist transfer of northern police chief By Norman Palihawadane DIG Samantha de Silva has been appointed as the new Commandant of the Special Task Force (STF), with the National Police ...

Lack of medical insurance deterred victims seeking early medical help By Norman Palihawadane and Chaminda Silva The tragic ...

HM Nissanka Warakaulla As a former employee of the then Ceylon Transport Board (CTB) whch commenced operations on January 1, 1958 when the SWRD Bandaranaike government was in power and Mr. Maithripala ...