More than 200 Iranian sailors left stranded in Sri Lanka after a US torpedo attack are returning home after being...
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, issuing a New Year message, extend his heartfelt wishes to all Sri Lankans for a peaceful...
Three Sri Lankan leopard cubs that were born at the Singapore Zoo on Jan 1 have now made their public...
The Sri Lanka Navy has seized a local multi- day fishing trawler, it’s four man crew together with a consignment...
US President Donald Trump has threatened to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell if he does not step aside at...
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) bowled Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) out for 146 and chased it down with nearly five overs...
Warm Weather Advisory Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre Issued at 3.30 p.m. on 15 April 2026, valid...
Pakistan’s army chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, has landed in Iran as part of a delegation to hold high-level talks...
The Indonesian Navy Sailing Ship KRI BIMA SUCI – 945 arrived at the Port of Colombo on a goodwill visit...
Chennai Super Kings left the bottom of the table and joined four other teams on four points by achieving two...
About 250 Rohingya and Bangladeshis, including children, are missing after their boat capsized last week in the Andaman Sea, according...
President Donald Trump has suggested talks aimed at ending the war in Iran could resume this week, after negotiations collapsed...
By Rathindra Kuruwita President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s National People’s Power (NPP) has achieved a historic victory in the November 14 general election, securing a two-thirds majority...
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake will press ahead with sweeping constitutional reforms following the unprecedented parliamentary mandate he won under the proportional representation system, JVP General Secretary...
The Ceylon Chamber congratulates the National People’s Power led by the President on securing an overwhelming mandate and majority in the Parliamentary election, a news release...
Rex Clementine at Pallekele Every now and then, Kusal Mendis dazzles with a blistering display, prompting the press to proclaim he’s finally turned a corner. Yet,...
By SHIHAR ANEEZ ECONOMYNEXT –Sri Lanka’s parliamentary election results showed unity among the island nation’s different ethnic and religious people in backing President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s request...
Emeritus Professor of English, DCRA Goonetilleke is a contributor to a new Joseph Conrad centenary volume by Linda Dryden & Robert Hampson (ed.), “Joseph Conrad’s Cultural...
The UNP extended its congratulations to the NPP on Friday, lauding their recent electoral victory, particularly their success in securing the trust of Northern voters. Speaking...
The results of Thursday’s parliamentary election were still trickling in as this is being written on Friday but it was clearly evident that President Anura Kumara...
by Rajan Philips More than the actual numbers, it is the extent of the NPP’s sweep, from north to south and from west to east that...
Characterized by its golden exterior, Sri Lankan King coconut or thambili is endemic to the island. In a bid to tap a premium global niche market...
By Anuradha Hiripitiyage D.V. Chanaka, the newly elected Member of Parliament for Hambantota district says that the SLPP recorded the highest percentage increase in its vote...
By Hiran Senewiratne Congenital heart defects are responsible for the loss of around 1,500 infants before they can celebrate their first birthday each year in Sri...
