(AFP) Sri Lanka’s maritime authorities were monitoring a fleet of 11 US-sanctioned Iranian oil tankers just off the island’s southern...
Parliament is to debate next Wednesday the Government’s proposal to abolish the post of Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), with...
The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CEYPETCO) has announced a reduction in the prices of Petrol 92 and Petrol 95, effective from...
Seven people have died after a passenger boat capsized near northern Cyprus, the Turkish Cypriot PM says. Search and rescue operations...
Iceland has voted against resuming talks on joining the European Union 13 years after they were broken off. Public broadcaster...
Turkish and Somali forces have freed a cargo ship held captive by pirates off the coast of Somalia’s semi-autonomous Puntland...
A ferry carrying around 260 people has capsized off the coast of northern Cyprus with a search underway for survivors,...
Imam ul Haq is unlikely to play the rest of Pakistan’s Lord’s Test against England after being diagnosed with a...
Voting has closed in Iceland’s referendum on resuming membership negotiations with the European Union. Voting stations closed on Saturday, but...
The sun is going to be directly over the latitudes of Sri Lanka from 28th of August to 07th of...
Thirty-six (36) naval personnel completed an eight-month Basic Marine Qualification Course and received their Marine insignia at the main parade...
Water levels in the lake which formed amid the debris of the landslide in Tibet are rising once again, according...
by Janaka Samarakoon I learnt music with her, by listening to what she did with it. I learnt poetry with her, by deciphering the lyrics she...
Mohan Sahayam, former Trinity Bradby skipper Bradby memories come in many shades. Over the years, many a scribe has written of victors and the vanquished; rolling...
In Facebook from Chamila Talagala Recently, I watched a television interview with Professor Savitri Goonesekere that had been shared on Facebook by several news channels. After...
The Sri Lanka Surgical Congress 2026 (SLSC ’26), the 55th Annual Academic Sessions of the College of Surgeons of Sri Lanka, will be held from September...
By Dammika Kobbekaduwe, FIPM (SL), Member-CIPM (SL), MBA (HRM) Founder Director of the Proprietary Planters Alliance (Pvt) Ltd Sri Lanka has every reason to be proud...
by Dr Nihal Jayawickrama Last Sunday, “A Nonagenarian” writing on the current debate on the extension of the retirement date of judges, reflected on “some memories...
by Nilantha Ilangamuwa Delhi’s intellectual discussion on China is indefensible in its intensity, while much of the wider social discussion rarely rises above the level of...
The Probationary Officers’ Course, Intake 45 of the National Cadet Corps (NCC), concluded successfully last week at the Sri Lanka Army Volunteer Force Training School in...
By Katie J. (peacecorps.org) August 27, 2026: I remember being at the Uva Province Regional English Competition, surrounded by teachers from nearby rural schools who seemed...
Politics is more about pure theatre than actual delivery anywhere in the world. This is arguably more so about Sri Lankan politicians, their parties, and successive...
A dedicated Coral Conservation Centre and Laboratory being established in Nilaveli, Trincomalee, is expected to strengthen Sri Lanka’s capacity to conserve and restore vulnerable coral ecosystems, while...
Vestiges of a Badulla Household Badulla, colonial Ceylon and the material inheritance of a family household From the Pathfinder Collection By Jennifer Moragoda jennifermoragoda787@gmail.com In my...
