Special meeting on Z-score to be conducted: Bandula

Education Minister Bandula Gunawardane said yesterday that he would conduct a special meeting with the relevant officials this morning to identify the reasons for the irregularities in Z-score rankings of students who sat the Advanced Level Examination this time. […]



Wimal strikes independent line

National Freedom Front leader and Construction and Housing Minister, Wimal Weerawansa has expressed his party’s reservations over the proposed private university bill. […]



For Sri Lanka, India comes first – President

President Mahinda Rajapaksa said he considers India first and others later.“As soon as I came to power, I went to India and got their support; after that, I did not have to bother about the UN, UK, US, and so on. In fact, we got help from the US by way of vital information about […]




Sangakkara ton keeps Sri Lanka in charge

Tea Sri Lanka 338 and 207 for 5 (Sangakkara 101*, Chandimal 23*) lead South Africa 168 by 377 runs Kumar Sangakkara made his first important contribution of the series, while Thilan Samaraweera and Dinesh Chandimal made their second each of the match to steer Sri Lanka’s lead towards match-winning proportions. Sangakkara’s first century in South […]



Has the President pardoned KP? – UNP

Is Kumaran Pathmanathan enjoying freedom following a pardon for President Mahinda Rajapaksa, the UNP questioned today (December 28) while stating that it was hilarious that Sarath Fonseka should have to ask for such a pardon. […]



Further confusion over A/L results

More confusion was reported in the results of the G.C.E. Advanced Level Examinations yesterday with reports emerging that some students received results for some subjects which they did not sit for at the exam. […]





Air pistols instead of firearms

The Defence Ministry has decided to issue air pistols instead of firearms to farmers and cultivators to protect their cultivations and poultry farms, reports say. […]



Tangalle killing highlights LLRC concerns – UNP

The UNP yesterday said that Sunday’s killing of a foreign tourist, Kuram Shaika, an Arab-Israeli holding British citizenship and causing injuries to his female companion, at Nature resort at Medilla, Tangalle underscored the failure on the part of the government and the police to disarm politicians as recently pointed out by the Lessons Learnt and […]



Sri Lanka oil exploration continues

Colombo – Cairn India, a unit of the British exploration firm Cairn Energy, said on Monday that it hopes to start the second phase of drilling oil and natural gas deposits off Sri Lanka. […]






Mahela hits 10,000

Former Sri Lankan captain Mahela Jayawardena became the first Sri Lankan to score 10,000 test runs. he achieved this feat a short while ago during the second test match  currently underway in Kingsmead. Sri Lanka are currently 36/2. […]