Interdicted Deputy Director at the National Hospital, Sri Lanka (NHSL) Dr. Rukshan Bellana yesterday (29) alleged that the powers that...
BIA unions, including those affiliated to political parties, are demanding bonuses equal to five months’ basic salaries. A group of...
Donald Trump said he hoped to reach phase two of the Gaza peace plan “very quickly”, as he warned Hamas...
Bangladesh’s first female prime minister Khaleda Zia has died at the age of 80 after suffering from a prolonged illness....
President Volodymyr Zelensky has denied allegations by Russia that Ukraine launched a drone attack on one of President Vladimir Putin’s...
After three one-sided, low-scoring encounters, the fourth T20I between India and Sri Lanka exploded into a run-fest in Thiruvananthapuram, with...
Polls have opened in Myanmar’s first general election since the country’s military toppled Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi’s democratically...
Family sources have confirmed that the interment of singer Latha Walpola will be performed at the General Cemetery Borella on...
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has been jailed for 15 years for abuse of power and money laundering, in...
New York has woken up to its heaviest snowfall in nearly four years after a winter storm blanketed parts of...
Thousands of flights have been cancelled and delayed in the United States due to winter storm Devin, airline monitoring website...
Thailand and Cambodia said they have signed a ceasefire agreement to end weeks of fierce fighting along their border that...
Today is World Diabetes Day The prevalence of diabetes worldwide has nearly doubled since the 1980s. Globally about 422 million people have diabetes according to the...
by Nalaka Mendis Emeritus Professor, University of Colombo The three kilometers of road (B396) from the turn off to Diyatalawa on the Haputale – Bandarawela road...
by Dr NiHAL DAMErAsEkErA Janaka Chandana Fernando (JC)– the name raises a smile on everyone’s face. He is a force of nature that brings happiness to...
by Ifham Nizam The Environment Ministry on Friday claimed success for its campaign to ban plastic sachets (small packages) and lunch sheets, with the Central Environmental...
The relaunched Kandos shop outlets at Homagama and Moratuwa were ceremonially opened this week. The re-launched Homagama Kandos shop outlet is located at No 195/197, Highlevel...
My title indicates I will write on two topics; both of which I feel compelled to deal with since they are of current interest and neither...
At a time of national emergency, in early June 2021, Senior Medical Officer, Dr. Upul Ranasinghe of the Bandarawela Hospital saw a rising wave of Covid...
by Maheen Senanayake ‘St. Peter denied Jesus no less than three times before he went on to start the Catholic church –’JOHN 18:25-27 Luke 22:58-62, The...
by Kumar David Socialism mercifully was avant-garde the world-over in the 1960s and up to the mid-1970s, my salad days as undergrad, postgrad and junior lecturer....
Rex Clementine in Dubai There’s nothing spectacular about Darren Sammy the cricketer; just one five-wicket haul to his credit and no half-centuries in T-20 cricket. But...
The Port City Colombo project will add 13.8 billion U.S. dollars to the country’s economy once fully operational, says a study by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). The PwC...
My journey as Miss Sri Lanka for Miss World by Zanita Careem Selections for ‘Siyatha Miss Sri Lanka for Miss World 2021’ took place at the...
