Two-day strike by principals & teachers
The trade unions of teachers and principals launched a strike yesterday (26) based on six issues including salary disparities that had existed for over 22 years. Read More »
Cinnamon FOT 2019 analyses post-Easter tourism industry
Cinnamon Hotels & Resorts held the third edition of its globally recognised Future of Tourism Summit (FOT 2019) under the pertinent theme ‘Challenges and Growth in Crisis' recently. Read More »
SL vs. Pakistan series live on TV
Sri Lanka versus Pakistan ODI and T20I series will be shown live in Sri Lanka via ‘Channel Eye’ of the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation, the Sri Lanka Cricket announced on Thursday Read More »
White House ‘tried to hide Trump Ukraine call transcript’
Trump administration officials tried to "lock down" the transcript of the US president's controversial phone call to Ukraine's leader, according to a whistleblower's report. Read More »
Ranil to continue as UNP leader and PM
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe is to continue as the leader of the United National Party and as Prime Minister in a United National Front government. Read More »
Abolishing Executive Presidency not our duty anymore: SLFP
Sri Lanka Freedom Party(SLFP) Spokesperson Weerakumara Dissanayake said the SLFP will not take the responsibility of abolishing the Executive Presidency as many attempts to do so had proved futile. Read More »
Bangladesh ‘A’ series rescheduled
The torrential rains in Colombo over the last week prompted SLC to reschedule the current series between Sri Lanka and Bangladeshi ‘A’ teams Read More »