No-faith motion to be taken up today Former Foreign Minister Prof. G. L. Peiris yesterday (9) said that President Anura...
The Frontline Socialist Party (FSP) has alleged that two recent coal tenders awarded for 2026 are illegal, citing irregularities in...
The 1.5 million-strong Malaiyaha community is landless, overworked and underpaid, say activists (UCAN)Hundreds of people from Sri Lanka’s historically oppressed Malaiyaha (hill country) community held demonstrations...
Bangalore-based hepatobiliary surgeon, Dr. H. R. S. Girn, recently visited Sri Lanka on the invitation of Amart Holding’s Medical Tourism Division, where he shared valuable insights...
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment, and Tourism, Wijitha Herath has informed Indonesian Ambassador Dewi Gustina Tobing that the Sri Lankan government expects to finalize the...
The Association of Licensed Foreign Employment Agencies has raised alarm over a sharp decline in Sri Lanka’s foreign employment sector, warning that the drop could severely...
Former Executive Director of the National Lotteries Board (NLB), Thusitha Halloluwa was further remanded on Friday(6) until June 13 by the Fort Chief Magistrate’s Court. Halloluwa is...
A friend recently sent me a couple of interesting video clips on the opinions of Morgan Freeman, legendary African American actor, on race in America.In one...
The Court of Appeal on Thursday ( 5) scheduled the hearing of an appeal filed by former Minister Prasanna Ranatunga for June 16. The appeal pertains...
The Vidudaya J’pura 74–78 Shasthra Peeta Sansadaya, an alumni group formed by the 1974 batch of students from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, is set to...
Burdened with woes and many to spare? foregoing is a pastiche of the first two lines of the Welsh poet W H Davies’ poem ‘Leisure’ (1911),...
In the lush hills and tropical lowlands of Sri Lanka, a quiet revolution is stirring—one that seeks not just to revive but to radically transform the...
A newly published and widely acclaimed book ‘The Apostles of Development- Six Economists and the World They Made,’ by Yale historian Dr. David C. Engerman casts...
By Uditha Devapriya The Martin Wickramasinghe Collection at the National Library in Colombo contains over 5,000 books. Most of them are worn out and dusty, though...