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...
Like a theme song, “Paradise lost” is on everybody’s lips. Yes, we’ve lost a lot but not all of our wondrous nature, so I do not...
by Amal Jayasinghe Sri Lanka’s Central Bank chief has disclosed for the first time how warnings of an impending calamity were ignored by the then president...
Export of rilawas to China disturbed a hornet’s nest. All stake holders monkeyed with it, The official stand was to reduce their population as they were...
Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka The Communist Party of Sri Lanka can be proud of itself. A relatively small party, it’s 80th anniversary event was a big splash...
by Nilantha Ilangamuwa The Gang of Eight in the US was thrilled, expecting a larger spectacle in the Western alliance’s fight against Russia. The CIA, with...
NATIONS TRUST WNPS MONTHLY LECTURE By Dr Shyamala Ratnayeke 6 pm, 20th July, Jasmine Hall BMICH It seems strange that while elephants and leopards gain the...
When my sister Naomi was born it was another child in the De Silva Wijeyeratne family to bridge the gender ratio. Our mum who had 10...
The Colombo High Court last week sentenced a Nigerian man to death for possession and trafficking of over 245 grams of cocaine.After a lengthy trial, Colombo...
The British were ruthlessly exploiting our tea industry and its workers Excerpted from the autobiography of Merril. J. Fernando I was deeply distressed by the ruthless...
The National Trust – Sri Lanka, Presient’s report for 2022-23 by N G Wickremeratne It would be a hard task to claim some success in heritage...
By Amal JAYASINGHE A Sri Lankan jail witnessed a rare moment of accord last year when both prisoners and guards clamoured to greet its newest inmate: the man...
Justice Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe last week revealed a distressing truth that nearly one-third of the cases awaiting resolution in Magistrates’ courts throughout the country involve child...
