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...
By Uditha Devapriya “My name is Karim Amir, and I am an Englishman born and bred, almost.” Hanif Kureishi, The Buddha of Suburbia The appointment of...
Edited by Amaya Vershuur On Sunday, July 3, a week prior to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s resignation, I wrote an article called ‘’ in which I reflected...
We had constitutions since 1931 when Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) was a colony of the British. What we have to see now is whether the constitutions...
The new tax structure sounds frightening. Not being familiar with tax calculations, I don’t know where exactly we stand, but what I do know is like...
By Dr Nihal D Amerasekera The heights by great men reached and kept Were not attained by sudden flight. But they, while their companions slept, Were...
The Physiological Society of Sri Lanka (PSSL) annually honours the memory of the second Ceylonese Professor of Physiology, Professor K N Seneviratne, one of the most...
by Sir. Henry Monck-Mason Moore Last British Governor of then Ceylon The writer outlines his career prior to his return to Ceylon Towards the end of...
Bombshell disclosure to Madam Chou in China Excerpted from volume two of Sarath Amunugama’s autobiography I had always followed developments in Communist China with great interest....
But he was the best bet The trend these days has been to bash Ranil left, right and centre. In fact it has now become fashionable...
by -Rajan Philips The ascent of Rishi Sunak as the new British Prime Minister is an individual achievement of stunning proportions. It is also a testament...
by Anila Dias Bandaranaike Sunday, October 23, 2022 was the 100th birth anniversary of Ena de Silva, nee Aluwihare. During the past week, her unique contribution...
by ECB Wijeyesinghe Every year at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, sirens are sounded and a grateful world stands in...
