The Executive Committee of the Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA) has set a 10-day deadline for the NPP government to...
Minister of Fisheries, Aquatic and Ocean Resources Ramalingam Chandrasekar has said that extremists operate both in the South and, to...
A crane collapse has killed two people on the outskirts of Thailand’s capital Bangkok, one day after a falling crane...
India has shut down a medical college in Indian-administered Kashmir in an apparent capitulation to protests by right-wing Hindu groups...
Singapore’s Leader of the Opposition in parliament, Pritam Singh, has been stripped of his title by the prime minister following...
The Bangladesh Cricket Board has issued a show cause notice to its director M Nazmul Islam over his “objectionable comments”...
Sadio Mane fired Senegal into the final of the Africa Cup of Nations with a 1-0 victory over seven-time winners...
United States President Donald Trump has said he has received assurances that the killings of anti-government protesters in Iran have...
Prime Minister Dr Harini Amarasuriya in her ThaiPongal day message, called upon all Sri Lankans to build a new Sri...
Bangladesh’s cricketers have threatened a boycott of all forms of cricket unless BCB director M Nazmul Islam tenders his resignation,...
Daryl Mitchell and Will Young powered Bew Zealand’s highest successful chase in India to end their eight-match losing streak against...
There was a sense of deja vu as the equation for Delhi Capitals (DC) came down to 6 off 6,...
My heartfelt condolences on the death of a sensational musician who changed the landscape of this country’s music industry. He also had a side not very...
M. P. Dhanapala former Director, Rice Research and Development The agrochemicals, inclusive of chemical fertilizers, are to be replaced by non toxic organic manure and other...
By Sanath Nanayakkare Education Forum Sri Lanka headed by co-founders Dr. Tara de Mel and Dr. Sujata Gamage along with more than 20 signatories have written...
Collaboration with Education Ministry Dialog Axiata PLC, Sri Lanka’s premier connectivity provider, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Education to deploy 10...
It was in early 1966, as I worked in my office, a messenger came into announce a visitor. I did not expect anyone but unexpected visitors...
By Sanjeewa Jayaweera A couple of recent news items that got my attention were: (1)”The Government has decided to strictly restrict state expenses owing to the...
I was deeply saddened to hear of the recent death of Susil Sirivardana. He was the kind of person Sri Lanka could hardly afford to lose,...
(Excerpted from the memoirs of Chandra Wicremesinghe, Rtd. Addl. Secy to the President) I assumed duties as Additional Secretary in the newly created Ministry of National...
by S. N. Arseculeratne My basic belief is that experiences of past and contemporary events and personages will determine our current behaviour. Such experiences would have...
Srinath Jinadasa, 79, an American citizen of Lankan descent who miraculously came out alive from the World Trade Center (WTC) in New York 20 years ago...
Personal recollections of a great benefactor: Mr. R. Rajamahendran by Sidath Wettimuny I embarked on my working life towards the end of 1976. I had to...
Sri Lanka’s No. 1 smartphone brand, Samsung, has signed music artist and youth icon Yohani de Silva as the brand ambassador for its premium Galaxy Z...
