Sri Lanka’s banking sector has provided a collective and categorical assurance that it remains stable, resilient, and secure despite a...
Most of the country’s major rivers remained at normal levels despite intermittent overnight rainfall, according to the Irrigation Department’s Hydrology...
Rajat Patidar led defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) into the final with the quickest innings of 90 or more...
Vijay Shankar, who retired from Indian domestic cricket and the IPL recently, headlines the Lanka Premier League 2026’s marquee signings....
The Paddy Marketing Board has approximately 115,000 metric tonnes of paddy stocks purchased from farmers, which are currently stored in...
The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the resolution furnished by the President in his capacity as the Minister of Finance,...
With the objective of improving the productivity of paddy cultivation, a Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation in the agricultural sector...
The National Building Research Institute [NBRI] has extended the landslide early warnings issued to the districts of Kalutara, Kegalle, Nuwara...
A meeting between Upcountry Hindu Priests and the Secretary to the President, Dr. Nandika Sanath Kumanayake, was held this morning...
Royal Challengers Bengaluru [RCB] might look at Gujarat Titans [GT] across the ring in Qualifier 1 of IPL 2026, and...
The United States has launched strikes on targets in southern Iran, the US military has said, as Tehran’s top negotiators...
Pope Leo XIV has called for the “disarming” of artificial intelligence (AI), warning that “new forms of slavery” are tied...
President Anura Kumara Disanayake stated that the success of the “Clean Sri Lanka” initiative depends solely on the active participation of the public. The President made...
When Ashoka* heard boots approaching, he began to shiver in fear. The 23-year-old was in the engine room of his boat, as three Sri Lanka Navy...
Stunning election wins by a new left-leaning president and his party have changed Sri Lanka’s political landscape – but the cash-strapped island’s new rulers are quickly...
Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 01 January 2025 by the Department of Meteorology Misty conditions can be expected at some places in Western, Sabaragamuwa...
Armed forces protection won’t be available for any politician In line with the NPP government’s policy in respect of provision of security to those who faced...
The National Movement for Social Justice (NMSJ) has urged President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, who is also the leader of the JVP-led ruling NPP, to take appropriate...
Some government institutions had suffered cyberattacks, Police Spokesman Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) K.B. Manathunga told the media on Tuesday.SSP Manathunga said that the official YouTube...
By Shamindra Ferdinando Senior lecturer in economics and head of the IT Department at the University of Colombo, Professor Priyanga Dunusinghe, recently declared that the new...
By Norman Palihawadana Prisons officers have thwarted an attempt by a woman to smuggle in narcotics concealed in a broom she brought to Kalutara remand prison...
The Commissioner General of Examinations, Amith Jayasundara, yesterday (31) said that a final decision regarding the release of the 2024 Grade 05 Scholarship Examination results would...
The government has declared the Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) station in Mullaitivu as a detention centre. The announcement was made through a special gazette notification...
by Tissa Jayatilaka (This article is based on a talk given to the members of the Sri Lanka Foreign Service Association on the 10th of December,...
