Heavy and persistent rains lashed several parts of Sri Lanka yesterday, triggering flooding, transport disruptions, flight diversions and multiple disaster...
Twenty-one alleged underworld operatives, deported from Dubai, were taken into custody by the CID, upon their arrival at the Mattala...
Sunrisers Hyderabad [SRH] won, and yet it didn’t feel like a win. Royal Challengers Bengaluru [RCB] lost, but it didn’t...
The warning mentioned in the flood warning message No. 01 issued for the Aththanagalu Oya basin on 22.05.2026 at about...
WEATHER FORECAST FOR 23 MAY 2026 Issued at 05.30 a.m. on 23 May 2026 by the Department of Meteorology The...
A discussion with the Catholic Council was held on Thursday (21) afternoon at the Presidential Secretariat under the co-chairmanship of...
Italian Navy’s ITS GIOVANNI DELLE BANDE NERE, which arrived in Colombo (21 May 2026) on a replenishment visit, departed the...
The National Building Research Institute [NBRI] has issued Landslide Early Warnings to the Districts of Colombo, Gampaha, Kalutara, Kegalle, Nuwara...
Based on the heavy rainfall currently being received in the Kalu River Basin and the analysis of water level data...
A considerable rainfall has occurred in the catchment areas of the Aththanagalu Oya Basin as atb5.00 AM today (22). By...
A significant rainfall of nearly 300 mm has been recorded in the upper catchment areas of the Kelani River Basin....
The National Building Research Organisation (NBRO) has issued landslide early warnings to the districts of Gampaha, Kalutara and Ratnapura valid...
Dr Sarah Fazy, also known as Dr Cherry, recently marked a major professional milestone by recieving the ISO certification. It is more than a professional achievement...
Electronic or digital financial fraud is the current, extremely distasteful description of a blight that has hit the entire globe; a menace that is perpetrated through...
The passing of Professor M S M Mookiah is a great loss to the National Peace Council of Sri Lanka and to all who knew him....
Sri Lanka is facing a growing “triple burden” of child malnutrition that demands urgent, science-driven intervention, a senior health official said at a recent forum organised...
The Sinharaja Rainforest Community recently provided school supplies to students of the Kalawana North Veddagala School. The donation was carried out by members of the Sinharaja...
A Russian language course aimed at expanding education and employment opportunities has been formally launched through an agreement signed between the National Institute of Language Education...
The Sri Lanka Red Cross Society (SLRCS) joined the global Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement on May 8 in commemorating World Red Cross and Red...
Srimani Athulathmudali wanted me but Richard Pathirana prevailed Before, I leave this chapter, I thought it would be appropriate to say something about the Minister and...
When Sri Lankans were rushing to train stations to go home to celebrate Sinhala and Hindu New Year on April 14, 2026, Vietnam’s Paramount Leader and...
By Uditha Devapriya Last year, the Open Society Foundations (OSF) launched the Seven Cities Fellowship, focusing on public intellectuals from seven countries: Argentina, Indonesia, Lebanon, Nigeria,...
May 12 marked the commemoration of the 109th birth anniversary of Al Haj M.A.Bakeer Markar, who was considered the foremost son of the Beruwala community as...
“The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters” Antonio Gramsci, (around 1930). Reflection on W.B.Yeats...
