By Shamindra Ferdinando The absence of Agriculture Minister Lal Kantha and his Deputy Namal Karunaratne at the NPP’s farmers’ rally...
A demonstration was held in Jaffna on Sunday (14) demanding an international investigation into the Chemmani mass grave, which protesters...
The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the resolution furnished by the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Land and Irrigation to provide...
The 8th Asian Regional Conference of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) and the 3rd Joint Asian and South-East Asian Regional...
The Energy Centre of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) has planned to conduct a training workshop under...
Nairobi and Munich have been selected to host the 2029 and 2031 World Athletics Championships, respectively, following one of the...
Pakistan were deducted 11 points in the World Test Championship and their players docked 50 percent of the match fees...
In flashing bright neon the warning signs are there, clear for all to see. And if you’re of Sri Lankan...
The “Mehewara Pasasum” programme to recognise Divisional Secretariats in the Eastern Province that demonstrated the highest level of performance in...
A commanding opening stand between Shafali Verma and Smriti Mandhana, followed by an excellent overall bowling effort, gave India their...
Rumesh Tharanga outsmarted a strong field including his closest rivals this season, Anderson Peters and Julian Webber to clinch...
The head of AI company Anthropic has called for the pace of development of artificial intelligence models to slow down...
Approval of the Cabinet of Ministers was granted to the preparation of the Appropriation Bill for the financial year of 2027 at their meeting held on...
Sri Lanka commemorates Children’s Day on 1st October every year with the objective of further strengthening social attention towards protecting the rights of children, education, health,...
The US Supreme Court has rejected President Donald Trump’s bid to allow the US Postal Service to enforce a rule targeting mail-in ballots. On Monday, the...
A group of students from Rahmaniya Maha Vidyalaya, Eravur, Batticaloa visited the Presidential Secretariat and President’s House on Monday (14) afternoon . The students were given this...
WEATHER FORECAST FOR 15 SEPTEMBER 2026 Issued at 05.30 a.m. on 15 September 2026 by the Department of Meteorology The low-level atmospheric disturbance still persists in...
by N. A. de S. Amaratunga At a time when the word genocide is used with political motive and defensive war misconstrued as genocide, and a...
Former Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva has appointed former Minister Jayaratne Herath SLFP Kurunegala District Leader and the party’s organiser for the Polgahawela electorate. He has...
Tuesday 15th September, 2026 Printing is becoming increasingly challenging in Sri Lanka. This is more so about printing newspapers and books owing to the ever-rising cost...
by Dr Laksiri Fernando “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” – Nelson Mandela Apart from Nelson Mandela, there...
The government is mulling an increase in fuel prices amidst further supply disruptions due to Houthi attacks on the world’s largest exporter Saudi Arabian oil infrastructure....
Acting Secretary-General of Parliament Hansa Abeyratne has informed the Chairman of the Election Commission that a vacancy has arisen in Parliament of a Member of Parliament...
Music lovers in this part of the world know her as Kay Jay the singer, and that’s because she was very active in the local music...
