Environment Minister Dammika Patabedi said yesterday he had ordered an inquiry into the withdrawal of China-based Amber Adventures (Private) Ltd.,...
Balangoda Kassapa Thero, held in Trincomalee remand prison over alleged violations of the Coastal Conservation Act, reportedly refused meals yesterday...
West Indies kickstarted their campaign at the 2026 Men’s U19 World Cup with a drubbing of Tanzania for the first...
Five-time champions India began their 2026 Men’s Under-19 World Cup campaign with a six wicket win (via DLS) over United...
A fired-up UP Warriorz (UPW) side breathed some life into their WPL 2026 campaign by earning their first points of...
The Bangladesh Cricket Board has removed Nazmul Islam as chairman of the board’s finance committee, following the CWAB’s player boycott...
A crane collapse has killed two people on the outskirts of Thailand’s capital Bangkok, one day after a falling crane...
India has shut down a medical college in Indian-administered Kashmir in an apparent capitulation to protests by right-wing Hindu groups...
Singapore’s Leader of the Opposition in parliament, Pritam Singh, has been stripped of his title by the prime minister following...
The Bangladesh Cricket Board has issued a show cause notice to its director M Nazmul Islam over his “objectionable comments”...
Sadio Mane fired Senegal into the final of the Africa Cup of Nations with a 1-0 victory over seven-time winners...
United States President Donald Trump has said he has received assurances that the killings of anti-government protesters in Iran have...
NSBM Green University has been honored with the Gold Award as the ‘Best Government Institution that Contributes to the Environment’ at the Presidential Environment Awards Ceremony...
Professor Veranja Karunaratne, the Vice Chancellor of SLT Campus, in his capacity as the Chairman of the National Science and Technology Commission, represented the Government of...
A copy of the coffee table book titled ‘Celebrating 100 Years at Reid Avenue’ by Royal College, Colombo, was presented to President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Tuesday...
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)-led Green Innovation Challenge initiative, organized under HackaDev, has partnered with Curve Up (Pvt) Ltd, a consultancy specializing in ed-tech and...
The Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing (SLIM) announced its strategic partnership with Derana and Astra for the “Astra Derana Home Baker 2024” initiative. This island-wide endeavour...
Human Rights activist Chirantha Amerasinghe filed a complaint last week against the State Intelligence Service (SIS) regarding the controversial forced cremations of Muslim COVID-19 victims. In...
The Faculty of Social Sciences and Languages at Sabaragamuwa University is gearing up to host its second International Conference on Social Sciences and Languages (ICSSL) on...
by HM Nissanka Warakaulla It was 65 years ago on June 29, 1959, that a batch of 378 students from all parts of Ceylon entered the...
I caught the infection of admiring almost anything Indian from my eldest brother – kind and pacifist like Gandhi; superb gentleman like Jawaharlal Nehru. His most...
We were a bunch of 220 excited schoolboys, joining Royal College in 1959. Around a 100+ came from Royal Primary School (RPS), while the rest joined...
Dr. Chandana () Jayawardena DPhil President – Chandi J. Associates Inc. Consulting, Canada Founder & Administrator – Global Hospitality Forum chandij@sympatico.ca Teaching at Historic Wickham Court...
by Jayantha Perera Seniors’ ragging of ‘freshers’ was rampant on the Peradeniya campus. Marcus Fernando Hall, where I was a fresher, was notorious for ragging. A...
