Heavy and persistent rains lashed several parts of Sri Lanka yesterday, triggering flooding, transport disruptions, flight diversions and multiple disaster...
Twenty-one alleged underworld operatives, deported from Dubai, were taken into custody by the CID, upon their arrival at the Mattala...
The National Building Research Organisation [NBRO] has issued landslide early warnings to the Districts of Colombo, Gampaha, Kalutara, Kegalle, Nuwara...
The US has announced a new policy that means most immigrants seeking a green card will have to leave the...
Tulsi Gabbard will resign from her position as the US director of national intelligence in the Trump administration, citing her...
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has launched the largest and most powerful rocket in history after its highly anticipated test flight was...
Two Indian climbers have died on Mount Everest during a record-breaking period of ascents via Nepal’s southern route, as experts...
Sunrisers Hyderabad [SRH] won, and yet it didn’t feel like a win. Royal Challengers Bengaluru [RCB] lost, but it didn’t...
The warning mentioned in the flood warning message No. 01 issued for the Aththanagalu Oya basin on 22.05.2026 at about...
WEATHER FORECAST FOR 23 MAY 2026 Issued at 05.30 a.m. on 23 May 2026 by the Department of Meteorology The...
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...
Trevor Jayetileke, B.Sc. (Cey), Independent Oil/Gas Prospector of Sri Lanka. The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation never listens, learns or changes, but keeps rolling along making policy errors...
by Ifham Nizam Sri Lanka holds the record for nearly 14 per cent of the amphibian extinctions in the world. In other words, of the 130...
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...
