Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa yesterday called on the government to begin negotiations immediately for a successor programme with the International...
Minister of Buddhasasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs Hiniduma Sunil Senevi yesterday told Parliament that 42 ancient paintings were missing from...
A discussion with the Catholic Council was held on Thursday (21) afternoon at the Presidential Secretariat under the co-chairmanship of...
Italian Navy’s ITS GIOVANNI DELLE BANDE NERE, which arrived in Colombo (21 May 2026) on a replenishment visit, departed the...
The National Building Research Institute [NBRI] has issued Landslide Early Warnings to the Districts of Colombo, Gampaha, Kalutara, Kegalle, Nuwara...
Based on the heavy rainfall currently being received in the Kalu River Basin and the analysis of water level data...
A considerable rainfall has occurred in the catchment areas of the Aththanagalu Oya Basin as atb5.00 AM today (22). By...
A significant rainfall of nearly 300 mm has been recorded in the upper catchment areas of the Kelani River Basin....
The National Building Research Organisation (NBRO) has issued landslide early warnings to the districts of Gampaha, Kalutara and Ratnapura valid...
WEATHER FORECAST FOR 22 MAY 2026 Issued at 05.30 a.m. on 22 May 2026 by the Department of Meteorology The...
A French appeals court has found Airbus and Air France guilty of manslaughter in 2009 Rio de Janeiro – Paris...
Israel has deported hundreds of foreign activists abducted by Israeli forces who stormed a Gaza aid flotilla earlier this week,...
By Ifham Nizam Some senior officials of the Ministry of Power are blocking the release of reports revealing those responsible for the blackout in the Kotte...
Saturday 8th January, 2022 A government in trouble becomes so paranoid that it sees more devils than vast hell can hold. This may explain why the...
It may border on sacrilege to question the validity and purpose of the franchise and the party system in search of ‘democracy’ and governance. But looking...
by Rex Clementine Sri Lanka Cricket decided to lift the one year ban imposed on three of their contracted players yesterday after the players made an...
Title: ALLEN ABRAHAM (Ambalavanar Subramaniar) and the Halley’s Comet Author: Allen L. Thurairatnam Publisher: Neptune Publishers, BATTARAMULLA (Sri Lanka) 2021; 96pp; LKR 2500.00 Reviewed by E.A....
At Home By Ransiri Menike Silva Kate was an integral part of our complex. She was already there when I moved in. Not a prominent member,...
By Dinasena Ratugamage TNA MP Selvam Adaikalanathan has said the political parties representing the Tamil speaking people could not send a letter to Indian PM Narendra...
By Uditha Devapriya (with Uthpala Wijesuriya) Most accounts of education reform in British Ceylon focus on officials and administrators, rather than the people on the ground...
A fundamental rights petition challenging the agreement signed between Sri Lanka and India to develop the Trincomalee Oil Tank Farm was filed yesterday in the Supreme...
By Rathindra Kuruwita An agreements signed on Thursday night to develop the Trincomalee Oil Tank Farm as a joint venture between Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) and...
By Dinasena Ratugamage Samagi Jana Balavegaya (SJB) leader, Sajith Premadasa yesterday (07) commenced a six-day tour of the North. Premadasa started his tour from Vavuniya, where...
Ruminations on Sri Lanka’s ancient past – Part VIII By Seneka Abeyratne In Metals and Metal Use in Ancient Sri Lanka, 1991-92, P.V.B Karunatilaka claims that,...
