Port trade unions say scheduled strike suspended

Australia captain Pat Cummins likely to miss tour of Sri Lanka

Australia captain Pat Cummins hinted that he may skip the tour of Sri Lanka later this month to be present for the birth of his second child. Australia are scheduled to play two Tests in Sri Lanka on January 29 and February 6, around the same time his wife — Becky — is due to give birth. “It’s pretty hard to plan exactly the day, but definitely (I might miss the Sri Lanka tour),” Cummins told ‘The Daily Telegraph’ at the launch of the Pink Test, starting on Friday. In Cummins absence, Steve S

02 Jan, 2025

Sri Lanka keen to be fully independent and sovereign

Sri Lanka is keen to be fully independent and sovereign and not agree on certain matters with some countries purely because of the issues with the local economy, Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath said. Speaking at the Foreign Ministry as it commenced work for the new year, Herath said that Sri Lanka’s main goal is to strengthen the economy towards an independent and sovereign nation. “Even though we may not like it when we become economically bankrupt, we have had to take certain measures while

01 Jan, 2025

Graveside memorial service to mark 16th anniversary of Lasantha?s assassination

The 16th anniversary of the assassination of The Sunday Leader founder Editor-in-Chief Lasantha Wickrematunge, which falls on 8 January, will be marked with a service at his graveside. Family, friends, former colleagues and others will gather at Borella Kanatte at 9 a.m. to mark the anniversary and remember Lasantha. Assassinated on 8 January 2009, Lasantha was one of Sri Lanka?s leading journalists and an outspoken critic of the then Rajapaksa Government. He was attacked as he drove to work a

02 Jan, 2025