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...
by Rajan Philips For a second year in succession Christmas has come under the pall of a global pandemic. It is not just Christmas, for the...
by Goolbai Gunasekara Several schools have been negatively highlighted of late thanks to the reprehensible goings on of certain groups of Prefects. I must really wonder...
CONFESSIONS OF A GLOBAL GYPSY By Dr. Chandana (Chandi) Jayawardena DPhil President – Chandi J. Associates Inc. Consulting, Canada Founder & Administrator – Global Hospitality Forum...
The Air Force Christmas Carols 2021 was held last week under the theme “Christmas in the Arctic”. This starry event was held under the patronage of...
It is hard to say goodbye to a childhood friend and classmate – someone of your age, who knew what you meant when you talk about...
We are happy to join former President Chandrika Bandanaike Kumaratunga and Ven. Omalpe Sobitha in congratulating some graduands of the University of Colombo, for snubbing their...
by Uditha Devapriya “Their morals, their code; it’s a bad joke. Dropped at the first sign of trouble. They’re only as good as the world allows...
by Kumar David You will remember that before religion took centre stage people whispered that phenomena they could not explain were the influence of dark forces...
by DR. DAYAN JAYATILLEKA The crisis is mounting and has to be managed before it explodes, triggering a chain reaction of a larger explosion. There are...
Dr Nihal Jayawickrama, LL.B (Cey), Ph.D (Lond) The 1978 Constitution introduced into the law-making process of Sri Lanka the concept of a “referendum”. It was hailed...
Has the time come to consider seriously the merits of restructuring the government’s external debt obligations? The Sri Lankan authorities have indicated that they are in...
HTS Group, a world-renowned business conglomerate, bagged a much coveted ‘CSR Project of the Year’ Award at Business Excellence Awards 2021, organized by Business World International...
