US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that prevents transgender women from competing in female categories of sports. The order provides guidance, regulations and legal ...

Ireland’s Aimee Maguire has been suspended from bowling in international cricket with immediate effect after an Independent ...

India’s Foreign Minister S Jaishankar has told parliament the government is working with the US to ensure Indian citizens are not mistreated while being deported. His statement came a day after a US ...

Unrelenting accuracy from Australia’s versatile attack and superb tactics from stand-in captain Steven Smith had Sri Lanka in trouble on day one of the second Test as the dry surface in Galle started ...

Defying expectations so far, the dry surface in Galle has not gone wild and Sri Lanka’s top-order capitalised with opener Dimuth Karunaratne kick-starting his farewell by batting through the first ...

Thousands of employees at the US Agency for International Development (USAID) will be placed on leave from Friday night, the agency says. A USAID statement said the order would affect all “direct-hire ...

More than 100 female prisoners were raped and then burned alive during a jailbreak in the Congolese city of Goma, according to the UN. Hundreds of prisoners broke out of Munzenze prison last Monday, ...

The government plans to simplify the application process for the President’s Fund, allowing citizens to apply at the Divisional Secretariat Division level, Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya ...

Privacy challenges in the rollout of digital ID scheme also come into focus By Sanath Nanayakkare Key officials of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Asian Development Bank taking ...

By Saman Indrajith The SJB yesterday accused the JVP/NPP-led government of having violated tender procedures in awarding a contract for a 50 MW Mannar Wind Farm project to Dhammika Perera’s Fentons.

Dr Sirimewan Dharmaratne, former Senior Analyst, HMRC, UK. Although this may not be doable at all times, it is possible to retrospectively assess the economic impact of crucial decisions. While ...

Nationalist Organisations have strongly objected to government providing refugee status to Rohingyas from Myanmar. In an open letter to Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananda ...