At a media brief held at the Ramada Hotel, Colombo, Sri Lanka Rugby (SLR) announced an under 16 Boy’s 10 a side tournament with the participation of 30 schools’ rugby teams covering seven provinces of the island will be organized by Central Province Rugby Football Union (CPRFU) powered by Sri Lanka Rugby (SLR).  The tournament is scheduled to be held ...

President’s College Mahara from Western Province will meet Sri Parakrama National School Kobeigane from North Western Province in the final of the Under 13 Division Three Inter Schools cricket tournament conducted by Sri Lanka Schools Cricket Association with sponsor Sri Lanka Cricket tomorrow (01st February) at Ananda Sastralaya ground Kotte. 510 teams from the whole Island participated in this tournament ...

Photo courtesy Ruki Fernando Panama is a remote village at the southern end of the eastern province in the Ampara district. The slogan often used in land struggles, land is life, is true for most people in Panama as it is for many agricultural and fishing villagers. Land is central to their livelihoods; social, cultural and religious life and cannot ...

Unbeaten Dhammissara National School Naththandiya from North Western province emerged champions of the Under 19 Division 3 Tier ‘B’ Inter Schools Limited Overs Cricket Tournament. Dhammissara National School Naththandiya beat Lalith Athulathmudali College Mt. Lavinia by 85 runs in the final played at Wesley College Ground (Campbell park) Colombo. Hasith Nayanajith’s all-round performances steered Dhammissara National School to the victory ...

St. Anthony’s Girls College Katugastota from Central province will meet Anura Vidyalaya Matara from Southern Provice in the final of the Under 19 Girls Division Two Inter Schools Cricket tournament conducted by Sri Lanka Schools Cricket Association sponsored by Sri Lanka Cricket tomorrow (20th January) at Nalanda College Grounds Colombo. 64 teams participated in the tournament in the first round ...

Unbeaten Lalith Athulathmudali College, Mt. Lavinia from Western Province will meet unbeaten Dhammissara National School Naththandiya from North Western Province in the final of the Under 19 Division 3 Tier ‘B’ Inter Schools limited overs Cricket tournament tomorrow (19th January) at Wesley College Ground (Campbell park), Colombo. 191 teams from the whole island participated into 42 groups and played league. ...

Highlights • Fairly heavy rainfall is predicted for the Southern province and moderately heavy rainfall is predicted for the rest of the country during 12th - 18th January. The seasonal forecast shows a higher tendency for above-normal precipitation from January - March, 2023. • During the last week, maximum daily rainfall over Sri Lanka was 80.0 mm and hydro ...

Highlights • Moderately heavy rainfall is predicted for Eastern province and less rainfall is predicted for rest of the country during 29th December - 4thJanuary. Seasonal forecast shows higher tendency for above normal precipitation to the country for January - March, 2023. • During the last week, maximum daily rainfall over Sri Lanka was 106.5 mm & hydro catchment ...

The tournament director of Lanka Premier League (LPL) Samantha Dodanwela has revealed that the next edition of the LPL will be a six-team tournament. According to Dodanwela, the 2023 edition of the tournament will see the debut of a team from either the Northern Province or North Central Province. “Due to the success the LPL has witnessed in the last ...

Highlights • Heavy (> 100 mm) rainfall is predicted for the Eastern province and fairly heavy (≥ 55 mm) rainfall is predicted for the rest of the country during 30thNov - 6th Dec. • During the last week, the average daily rainfall over Sri Lanka was 0.6 mm & hydro catchment areas received 4.5 mm on average and the ...

The All Island School Games – Swimming Championships 2022, organized by the Ministry of Education, concluded their 3-day meet today evening at Sugathadasa Swimming Pool Complex. The Championship was held at two levels – a Provincial level followed by the All-island level, where the top 3 winners of each province competed. Visakha Vidyalaya, Colombo and St. Peter’s College, Colombo of ...

Photo courtesy of Kumanan Kanapathippillai Women of the north have been one of the most affected communities of the war; they are a socially excluded community. Approximately 60,000 households in the Northern Province were estimated to be female headed as of 2015. However, the current numbers are estimated to be lower. Men died in the war, were injured or disappeared. ...

Air Force sports club clinched the club sevens title by defeating Havelocks sports club 24 points to 12 in the cup final of the Sri Lanka sevens competition held today at Race course grounds, Colombo. Army Sports Club won the women’s title while Western Province took home the provincial segment. Day 02 of the Sri Lanka Sevens competition kicked off ...

Highlights • During the next week (23rd- 27th September) moderate rainfall is predicted for the Sabaragamuwa and Western province, and less rainfall is expected for the rest of the country. • During the last week, the average daily rainfall over Sri Lanka was 0.4 mm and hydro catchment areas received 0.1 mm on average. • From 12th- 18th September, ...

Image Courtesy Kanya D’Almeida When I began researching the life and work of Father Michael Rodrigo, a Sri Lankan Catholic priest who was murdered in the Uva Province in 1987, I was directed to a nun by the name of Sister Milburga Fernando.  No one knows more about Father Mike than she does, various people assured me. One afternoon with ...

The Western Province School Games Under 17 and Under 20 basketball tournaments will commence today (16th September). 81 school teams will be featured in the tournament with 27 boys’ teams and 16 girls’ teams participating in the Under 17 category and 25 boys’ teams and 13 girls’ teams in Under 20 category. Matches scheduled up to quarterfinals will be played ...

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Highlights • Moderate rainfall is predicted for the Western province, and less rainfall is expected for the rest of the country during 9th-13th September. • During the last week, the average daily rainfall over Sri Lanka was 12.7 mm and hydro catchment areas received 80.9 mm on average. • From 29th August- 4th September, up to 10m/s of South-westerlies were ...

Photo courtesy of Daily Mirror Over the last two months, six unidentified bodies have washed up on the shores of the Western Province creating fear and suspicion of a new trend of targeted violence. The lack of information from the relevant authorities on the status of investigations regarding the cause of death or the identity of the victims has intensified ...

Highlights • Fairly heavy rainfall is predicted for Central province and less rainfall is expected for the rest of the country during 19th - 23rd August. • During the last week, the average daily rainfall over Sri Lanka was 0.4 mm and hydro catchment areas have received 0.9 mm on average. • From 8th- 14th August, south-westerlies of 15m/s ...