… as Lakvijaya falters, power plants need over 2 mn litres of fuel daily By Shamindra Ferdinando The SJB yesterday (06) said that...
UN Women Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific, Christine Arab, concluded a two-day official visit to Sri Lanka (25–26 March),...
Approval has been granted at the Cabinet Meeting held on 30-03-2026 to provide relief by granting up to rupees 20/-...
The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the resolution furnished by the President in his capacity as the Minister of Digital...
The Galle fort which has been declared as a World Heritage by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization...
Seven players from the Eritrean football squad that scored a historic victory in Eswatini last week have failed to return...
The Artemis II astronauts are bound for Earth after conducting a historic lunar fly by and witnessing a total solar...
Matheesha Pathirana and Wanidu Hasaranga are among 15 Sri Lankan players under central contracts yet to take their mandatory fitness...
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 06 April 2026, valid...
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...
by Prof. Rajiva Wijesinha I was saddened a month or two back to read of the death of Punyakante Wijenaike, a pioneer in the field of...
(Excerpted from the authorized biography of Thilo Hoffmann by Douglas. B. Ranasinghe) In the development of the Society Thilo received the loyal support of Sam Rajendran,...
Excerpted from the memoirs of Senior DIG (Retd.) Kingsley Wickramasuriya Superintendent of Police Lionel Senanayake was in charge of the Gampaha Police Division. The Police District...
“Serendipitous discoveries are made by chance, found without looking for them but possible only through a sharp vision and sagacity, ready to see the unexpected and...
by Maj Gen AMU Seneviratne (Rtd) Since independence from the colonial powers in the middle of the last century, we the ordinary Sri Lankans have been...
When one thinks of sports in Kandy in the last century the most important thing that comes to mind is the achievement of Duncan White. He...
By Chandu Epitawala Since the unprecedented crisis in the country in 2022, many people (experts as well as laymen) have weighed in on what ails Sri...
by Rajan Philips Those of us who have not been in contact with Jayantha Sivanathan over the last few years, received the news of his passing...
by Dr Sarala Fernando The UN Secretary General seems to think so when he recently urged the Security Council and the Bretton Woods institutions to undertake...
by Nilantha Ilangamuwa Within specific communities, there exists a committed cohort of individuals who tirelessly endeavor to protect and preserve the essence of Buddhism. Employing a...
by Vijaya Chandrasoma I have already written about the basic flaws in the Constitution of the United States, framed as it was to serve the legal...
SLT-MOBITEL unveiled its technologically advanced, high tech Operational green Headquarters, first in the history of SLT, located at Welikada, Colombo recently. Designed with state-of-the-art aesthetics and...
