Monday 4th May, 2026 Rice farmers are in a paddy. They are complaining that they have been left without fertilisers for the current cultivation season. The government has reportedly announced that it

The apparent suicide of an Assistant Director of the External Resources Department (ERD) of the Ministry of Finance, who was among the four officials suspended over the alleged USD 2.5 million cyber f

The 59th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors is set to commence this week, bringing together finance ministers, central bank governors, policymakers and development leaders from across Asia and b

Rudy Giuliani, former mayor of New York City, is in the hospital “in critical but stable condition”, his spokesperson said on Sunday evening. Ted Goodman, the spokesperson, posted on social media: “M

The Pakistan Super League will have a popular winner this season. It is either Peshawar Zalmi and their adored leader Babar Azam triumphing at what is his home ground, or Hyderabad Kingsmen, a flawed

Hilton Colombo celebrates Mother’s Day with ‘Graze Her with Love,’ a thoughtfully curated brunch experience at Graze Kitchen, the hotel’s signature all-day dining restaurant. Presenting delicious cuis

Sri Lanka’s newly appointed Cricket Interim Committee will pad up for its first outing on Wednesday and high on the agenda is a glaring void that has left purists fuming – the alarming lack of Test cr

Nirmala M. Pieris’s The Abeyesundere Family of Galle: A Family History of Nine Generations positions itself within a distinguished but relatively underexplored literary and historical tradition in Sri

LOLC Finance PLC has strengthened its nationwide network with the inauguration of a new branch in Angunakolapalassa on 5 March 2026, complemented by the strategic relocation of its Baddegama and Divul

At the Best Management Practices Company Awards 2026, Omega Line Ltd secured nine accolades, including the prestigious Overall Silver Award, positioning the company among the highest-performing organi

Building on its 2025 performance, during which the Bank doubled its bottom-line Union Bank has commenced 2026 with strong momentum, reinforcing its trajectory as one of the fastest-growing commercial

Amana Takaful Insurance has been recognized as Sri Lanka’s Most Awarded Insurance Company for 2026 by LMD Magazine, marking its third consecutive year of achievement. This recognition reflects the com

Nations Trust Bank PLC (NTB) has announced that the transfer of Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation’s (HSBC) Retail Banking business in Sri Lanka to NTB has officially been completed, with the a

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Un incident spectaculaire s’est produit dimanche après-midi à l’aéroport international de Newark (New Jersey, États-Unis), tout près de New York, lorsqu’un avion de la compagnie United Airlines a heur

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Cade Cunningham had 32 points and 12 assists, Tobias Harris added 30 points and the Detroit Pistons beat the Orlando Magic 116-94 in Game 7 on Sunday to win a playoff series for the first time in 18 y

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Zoe Williams is right to question if voters can ever be satisfied (Are our prime ministers the problem – or is the UK ungovernable?, 27 April). The problem governments face is trying to make social pr

Un hôpital touché par un tir de missile russe, à Kamianske, dans la région de Dnipro, en Ukraine, le 29 juillet 2025. MYKOLA SYNELNYKOV / REUTERS Les chefs de l’Organisation mondiale de la santé (OMS

A plane crashed into a bakery truck while traveling northbound on the New Jersey Turnpike on Sunday at 1:50 p.m. EST. The bakery truck was headed towards Newark, New Jersey, hauling product from Schmi

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The first beagles removed from a Wisconsin dog breeding and research facility that was the site of recent protests seemed to know right away that they were safe. "They st

In response to recent letters (26 April) about the Arts Everywhere Fund, it is important to note that this programme was heavily oversubscribed, reflecting the acute need for capital investment across

Emma Beddington is spot-on (There are two kinds of people: those who enjoyed school PE lessons – and the rest of us, 27 April). PE at school in the 1980s was a mix of sadism and masochism, with the ma

As a parent of two primary schoolchildren, I read your article with recognition and concern (The Guardian view on screens in schools: big tech is finally under the microscope, 27 April). Our school ha

The two-year decline in healthy life expectancy in Britain, set out in new analysis from the Health Foundation thinktank, is devastating. In a wealthy country like the UK, at a time of rapid advances

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