The internationally recognized “Walk for Peace,” originating from the United States, is set to take place in Sri Lanka starting...
The World Bank Group and the Sri Lankan government on Thursday launched a new five-year country partnership framework to support...
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...
Iraq’s qualification for the FIFA World Cup 2026 has completed the lineup of 48 nations for the tournament hosted by...
A total of 365 US service members have been wounded in action since the start of the US-Israeli war with...
The head of Italy’s football federation (FIGC) has resigned, falling on his sword after the men’s national team failed to...
Iranian forces have said they struck down two fighter jets belonging to the United States military, one over the southwest...
Nasa has shared the first high-resolution images of the Earth taken by the Artemis II crew as they head on...
Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka They say, if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it is a duck. Well, if...
(PTI) Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has offered India to utilise the country’s ports in Chattogram and Sylhet, asserting that it would boost connectivity and enhance...
BP Peiris (Excerpted from Memoirs of a Cabinet Secretary) (Continued from last week) Mervyn’s first question on my reporting to him in response to his letter...
by Hugh Karunanayake Seventy five years ago, the Thurstan Road/ Cambridge Place thoroughfare was one of the most picturesque in Colombo. It was lined on either...
Excerpted from the authorized biography of Thilo Hoffmann by Douglas B. Ranasinghe In the 1950s and 60s Thilo kept a flat-bottomed aluminium boat fitted with an...
The other day I had gone to our temple to do a Bodhipooja for my granddaughter who was ill. This is is an age-old Buddhist practice...
by Dhammike Amarasinghe former Adviser to the President & former Chairman, Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation That ( I mean the title of this piece), is in...
The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the Center for Human Rights and Development (CHRD) have welcomed the findings recently made by a United Nations...
Do we consume more than we produce? by Kumar David There are gentlemen (and ladies too I presume) who pontificate in learned terms that it is...
Apparently there has been a proposal that our country’s plans for future energy requirements, has, among its options, included nuclear generation also as an alternative to...
by Vijaya Chandrasoma Former President Donald Trump held the first rally last week to announce his candidature for the Republican nomination for the 2024 presidency at...
AIA Insurance was humbled to be a part of Run For Their Lives 2023, in raising funds for the Apeksha Cancer Hospital. The charity run aligns...
