The Artemis II space mission has blasted off from the US state of Florida, sending four astronauts on a historic...
… talks with Moscow cover fresh coal supplies Eksath Janaraja Peramuna leader Patali Champika Ranawaka yesterday (01) said that Sri...
Former Matara District Member of Parliament and Cabinet Minister Mahinda Wijesekara has passed away this morning (02) at the age...
A magnitude 7.4 earthquake has hit the Northern Molucca Sea off the coast of the city of Ternate, in Indonesia,...
An unbeaten 70 from Sameer Rizvi proved decisive in a low-scoring contest in Lucknow, where Delhi Capitals (DC) became the...
Across the world on Wednesday night, millions of people will tune in to watch Donald Trump deliver a primetime update...
Warm Weather Advisory Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre Issued at 3.30 p.m. on 01 April 2026, valid...
It was the Amelia Kerr show at Basin Reserve on Wednesday as she played the sort of innings that would...
Punjab Kings 165 for 7 in 19.1 overs (Cooper Connolly 72*, Prabhsimran Singh 37, Shreyas Iyer 18, Xavier Bartlett 11*;...
Warm Weather Advisory Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre Issued at 3.30 p.m. on 31 March 2026, valid for...
Approval has been granted at the Cabinet meeting held on 27-06-2012 to provide cultivable agricultural lands from the lower Uma...
In view of the prevailing war situation in the Middle East region and its impact on the economy, the Government...
Nations Trust Bank ended the third quarter with a strong performance, continuing the trend demonstrated in the first half of the year. The loan book recorded...
Today, I have good news for Sri Lankan people who are waiting to work in Korea. It gives me great pleasure to announce that the newly...
By Ifham Nizam The national policy to protect ecologically sensitive areas in Sri Lanka had been completed, Environment Minister Mahinda Amaraweera said yesterday, adding that steps...
By Eng. Parakrama Jayasinghe parajaysinghe@gmail.com I am not a fan of natural gas either in its gaseous state NG or the liquefied state LNG, both of...
Mr C W W Kannangara, the Father of Free Education in Sri Lanka entered the State Council, first from the Galle electorate, and then from Matugama....
By CHANDRE DHARMAWARDANA Canada. Not so long ago, Champika Ranavaka championed a hair-brained project known as “Polipto”, to make petrol from waste polythene. Ranawaka also pushed...
From mess to mess we stagger on. Strikes are still on between pedagogues and farmers. They, particularly the massed principals and teachers, bunch themselves up, masked...
Remittances by Sri Lankans employed abroad have been an important flow of foreign exchange into the country, with an annual average value of over US dollars...
The Emirates Group today announced its half-year results for its 2021-22 financial year. Group revenue was AED 24.7 billion (US$ 6.7 billion) for the first six months of...
No fertiliser from China, India airfreights it in! Supposed to be too late for the ‘maha’ harvest but “better late than never” is a valued adage....
In this day and age when the student community is undergoing untold hardships, it was heartening to receive this news flash from a friend domiciled in...
By Sanath Nanayakkare A project to revive Sri Lanka’s tourism was underway and in 2022 tourist arrivals would return to the pre-pandemic level, Tourism Minister Prasanna...
