The ongoing West Asia war, triggered by joint Israel-US attack on Iran on 28 Februar, has benefited the China-run Hambantota...
A three-day “study visit” by the subject Minister to the Norochcholai coal power plant has triggered concern among power sector...
United States President Donald Trump has threatened to attack civilian infrastructure inside Iran, including bridges and power plants, if the...
Defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru [RCB] razed Chennai Super Kings’ [CSK] attack and the record books, in front of their...
Mohammed Shami’s miserly 2 for 9 and Rishabh Pant’s uncharacteristic half-century helped Lucknow Super Giants [LSG] open their account in...
On the apparent northward relative motion of the sun, it is going to be directly over the latitudes of Sri...
Warm Weather Advisory Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre Issued at 3.30 p.m. on 05 April 2026, valid...
Sameer Rizvi picked up his second Player-of-the-Match award in as many games in IPL 2026, this time scoring 90 off...
On the apparent northward relative motion of the sun, it is going to be directly over the latitudes of Sri...
Warm Weather Advisory Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre Issued at 3.30 p.m. on 04 April 2026, valid...
Iran has executed two men convicted of being members of the banned People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) opposition group,...
An earthquake in Afghanistan has killed eight members of the same family when their home collapsed in the Gosfand Dara...
Foreign Minister Ali Sabry has summoned the Canadian High Commissioner to reiterate Sri Lanka’s strong objections against the laying of a foundation stone for the construction of...
by Kumar David Gauging Bahu’s political legacy is in progress with many commentators making piecemeal contributions. Eulogies and commentaries have appeared in recent months but the...
My introduction to rugby by Lorenz Pereira “Roti” Sivaratnam was Captain of the Royal College Rugby Team in 1957. He was also Captain of Boake House,...
Former President Maithripala Sirisena announced on Friday that he will not support any candidate in the 2024 Presidential Election. In a statement, Sirisena denied recent claims...
By Jayantha Perera The tall snake charmer with a thick moustache stared into my eyes and smiled. His eyes were large. His rugged, good looks were...
DirectPay, a company in Sri Lanka’s digital payment sector, has reached two significant milestones. The company has achieved compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security...
“I was always coming third in the class – the first was Wilfred Jayasuriya and Carlo Fonseka was second” (Excerpted from *Leo Fernando’s Biographical sketches of...
Parliament’s committee on high posts has approved the appointments of six new ambassadors, a high commissioner, two ministry secretaries and a chairman of a statutory body.The...
Arul excelled in studies and sports at Royal College and the University of Ceylon. He read political science at the university and was appointed a lecturer....
By Sravasti Dhammika The ancient region known as Gandhara encompassed parts of what is today northern Pakistan’s Punjab region and parts of eastern Afghanistan. Buddhism came...
From the 1910 Diary of the Assistant Government Agent, Hambantota Mr. L. S. Woolf – C.C.S. Edited by S.D. Saparamadu 1852-1939 JULY 07, 1910 Rode 20...
Beijing (PTI) Lei Muzi, a 13-year-old school student scripted history when she performed Bharatanatyam “Arangetram” in China, a landmark in the journey of the ancient Indian...
