Veteran Sri Lankan actress Miyuri Samarasinghe died yesterday. She was 81. Born in 1939 at Moratuwa, she was an alumnus of Musaeus College in Colombo. She...
Digital literacy 43% at present BY SURESH PERERA In keeping with the President’s vision, the Information and Communication Technology Agency (ICTA) of Sri Lanka has launched...
by Shamindra Ferdinando Ahead of the 46th sessions of the Geneva-based United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) scheduled to begin later this month, newly elected US...
The Colombo High Court yesterday served indictments on former Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake and Perpetual Treasuries Limited owner Arjun Aloysius over a bribery allegation. The case...
By CYRIL WIMALASURENDRE A group of children representing Sinhala, Tamil and Muslim communities in Udatenna jointly lit the traditional oil lamp on Independence Day to mark...
Prof. Peiris and Ambassador Sugiyama at the opening of the new facility in Kilinochchi (pic courtesy Education Ministry) Education Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris yesterday (5) emphasised...
by Saman Indrajith The SJB has urged Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena to take action to help MP Ranjan Ramanayake, who is serving a jail term, to...
No pressure to settle swap facility from India – CBSL The Central bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) yesterday said that it had settled its Swap facility...
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa yesterday inaugurated the ‘Waari Saubhagya’ National Irrigation Programme at the Mahamgaswewa in Palugaswewa, Anuradhapura. The government aims to renovate 5000 small irrigation systems...
…reissues 246 mining permits to operate in Kalu Ganga By Ifham Nizam The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on the exploitation of geological resources for prioritised development...