Proposed education reforms have drawn sharp criticism from education professionals, teacher unions and student organisations, who warned on Thursday that...
Opposition and SJB Leader Sajith Premadasa on Friday told Parliament that the Buddhism textbook contained a “serious error,” citing the...
Rescue workers are racing to find dozens of people still missing following a landslide at a landfill site in the...
US President Donald Trump has asked for at least $100bn (£75bn) in oil industry spending for Venezuela, but received a...
The US and its partner forces have carried out large-scale strikes against Islamic State (IS) group targets in Syria, the...
Georgia Wareham towered over the rest with an impressive all-round show to lead Gujarat Giants to an impressive opening match...
After a nail-biter slipped through their hands in the last over of the opening night of WPL 2026, defending champions...
That Sri Lanka is experiencing an especially nasty north-east monsoon over the past several months is clear. It washed out...
Warning for depression to the East of Sri Lanka Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre, Department of Meteorology ...
It isn’t often that India get a 22-day break from international cricket. Rarer still for the most commercially lucrative team...
Nadine de Klerk’s sensational late onslaught, eerily reminiscent of the heist that turned the tables on India at the 2025...
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has called anti-government protesters “troublemakers” and “a bunch of vandals” just trying “to please...
A recent incident in Sri Lanka’s insurance industry has raised significant concerns about the ethical conduct and professionalism within the sector. While insurance is meant to provide...
Donald Trump – Bible salesman par excellence by Vijaya Chandrasoma “March Madness” is an annual ritual in the USA, the climax of the National College Basketball...
Yet professionally rewarding and personally satisfying (In tribute to the Late Major General Asoka K. Jayawardhana RWP RSP VSV USP) These lines are penned in honour...
A report says that former President Maithripala Sirisena has informed court that it is not necessary for him to make a statement in a court as...
The following office bearers of the Colombo chapter of the Ceylon Society of Australia (CSA) for 2024-25 were recently elected, a news release said. Convenor/Local President:...
I was interested to read the article reprinted in The Sunday Island on Mar. 31 titled ‘Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948) the Greatest Indian Since the Buddha.’ I...
The Sri Lanka Chapter of Women in Tech, a global movement committed to empowering women and girls in STEAM sectors, recently concluded two insightful sessions in...
Avurudu is traditionally the most looked forward to holiday for most Sri Lankans and is celebrated across the country with seasonal food, traditional customs, and fun...
Bulath in Sinhala, Vettila in Tamil and Malayalan, Paan in Hindi, Plu in Thai, Sirih in Malay are local names for betel (Piper betle) the tender...
By Hiran W. Jayewardene Kachchativu island when I visited it in 1974 was an uninhabited and desolate place occasionally visited by fishermen to dry their nets....
The poems, termed didactic – Lovada Sangarava and Subhasitaya – have been translated as Towards Universal Well-being and Well Spoken respectively, and published as a second...
India’s ruling BJP aims to score over domestic opponents, and may not want a diplomatic row over Kachchatheevu in the Palk Strait By Nirendra Dev, New...
