MP Dayasiri Jayasekera informs House: By Saman Indrajith Parliament was yesterday informed that two Indians were recruiting ex-Sri Lankan servicemen...
Iranian President Dr. Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi and President Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday (24) inaugurated the Uma Oya Multipurpose Development Project (UOMDP)....
Pirates have seized a Bangladesh-flagged bulk carrier off the coast of Somalia and taken its 23-member crew hostage, the ship’s owners said. The MV Abdullah was...
Four others gunned down in separate incidents by Rathindra Kuruwita An Army deserter, 32, arrested by police at Hambegamuwa, Moneragala, over the killing of a Buddhist...
Japanese Ambassador Mizukoshi Hideaki on Monday (March 11) signed grant contracts with A.N. Manuneethy, President of the Moolai Cooperative Hospital, and V. Ketheeswaran, President of the...
The groundbreaking ceremony for the Business Centre at the Colombo Port City took place yesterday morning with the participation of Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena and Chinese...
Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) has granted USD 7.1 mn for the modernization of the plant quarantine system of Sri Lanka. According to a KOICA statement,...
The Hambantota International Port (HIP) yesterday (12) announced that in January and February this year there were six cruise ship calls at the HIP carrying over...
by Rex Clementine Sri Lanka suffered a huge blow ahead of the three match ODI series against Bangladesh that gets underway today after fast bowler Asitha...
Three trawlers, 22 fishers held EPDP leader and Fisheries Minister Douglas Devananda has told Tamil Nadu Fisheries Minister Anitha R. Radhakrishnan that Indian fishing fleet must...
Trade Minister Nalin Fernando yesterday (12) announced that the price of milk powder would be reduced by Friday (15 March). The announcement was made in the...
President of the Bar Association Kaushalya Nawaratne, PC, yesterday (12) said that custodial deaths were unacceptable. Referring to the latest killing of a suspect, within 48...
Long ago, about 65 or more years ago, when I was a schoolboy, I wrote an essay on the above subject. Don’t ask me what I...
BY CYRIL WIMALASURENDRE KANDY _ A third year female engineering student of the University of Peradeniya is among the 06 undergraduates of the university to join...