Minister of Foreign Affairs, Vijitha Herath, held talks with Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Andrey Rudenko at the Foreign Ministry,...
Police yesterday arrested 157 foreign nationals in connection with an alleged organised online financial scam, conducted from a hotel in...
Iran has executed two men convicted of being members of the banned People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) opposition group,...
An earthquake in Afghanistan has killed eight members of the same family when their home collapsed in the Gosfand Dara...
Iraq’s qualification for the FIFA World Cup 2026 has completed the lineup of 48 nations for the tournament hosted by...
A total of 365 US service members have been wounded in action since the start of the US-Israeli war with...
The head of Italy’s football federation (FIGC) has resigned, falling on his sword after the men’s national team failed to...
Iranian forces have said they struck down two fighter jets belonging to the United States military, one over the southwest...
Nasa has shared the first high-resolution images of the Earth taken by the Artemis II crew as they head on...
With the US-Israeli war with Iran waging on, the White House earlier announced that it will ask the US Congress...
Punjab are the Kings of 200 plus chases in the IPL. They’d done it eight times before Friday night, and...
Warm Weather Advisory Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre Issued at 3.30 p.m. on 03 April 2026, valid...
The thought behind my title and my decision to expand on it in my column this Sunday was triggered by an article that appeared in the...
Sunday short story “The sun does not forget a village just because it is small”- African proverb. Our story goes back to 1947 when I was...
by Sarala Fernando Great Powers dispose of various systems of espionage, within established domestic institutions and hidden intelligence assets in foreign countries for purposes of gathering...
This year marks the 117th birth anniversary of entrepreneur, financier, senator and the first Sri Lankan Governor of the Central Bank, the late Desamanya NU Jayawardena....
By Uditha Devapriya Attempting a sociology of a cricket encounter is not as hard as it may seem, especially in Sri Lanka, where cricket has become...
by Tissa Jayatilaka Firstly, my thanks to the Director of the Bandaranaike International Diplomatic Training Institute for the invitation to offer introductory remarks at today’s seminar...
Gnana Moonesinghe, who passed away recently had a multi-faceted life although never a career. A woman of many interests – in literature, politics, diplomacy, journalism –...
Letter to Editor I was appalled at the headline in an article by Mr. Uditha Devapriya, “The US in a brave new world”, in the Sunday’s...
(Excerpted from Rendering Unto Caesar by Bradman Weerakoon) The Ampara district’s government agent’s role was peripheral to all activities within the valley. In fact it was...
Sri Lanka’s poverty rate, which had declined significantly from 26.1% in 1990 to 4% by 2016, has sharply reversed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and economic...
The National Chamber of Commerce of Sri Lanka (NCCSL) and the British Institute of Management and Technology (BIMT Campus) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)...
LESSONS FROM MY CAREER; SYNTHESISING MANAGEMENT THEORY WITH PRACTICE – PART 6 by Sunil G Wijesinha Having joined as a trainee and completed around eight years,...
