Speaker Dr Jagath Wickramaratne yesterday (09) delivered a ruling under Standing Order 27(3), declaring out of order a motion submitted...
A two-year-old elephant calf was killed in a collision with a truck on the Anuradhapura–Padeniya road in the Galgamuwa Mee...
Nadine de Klerk’s sensational late onslaught, eerily reminiscent of the heist that turned the tables on India at the 2025...
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has called anti-government protesters “troublemakers” and “a bunch of vandals” just trying “to please...
Warning for deep depression to the East of Sri Lanka. Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre of the...
The second T20I between Sri Lanka and Pakistan which was to be played at Dambulla was abandoned without a ball...
Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro has told the BBC that he believes there is now a “real threat” of US military...
The landslide early warning center of the National Building Research Organisation [NBRO] has issued RED warnings to the districts of...
In its fourth season, the WPL now feels part of the system, shaping careers and standards in increasingly visible ways....
Huge crowds of protesters have been marching through Iran’s capital and other cities, videos show, in what is said to...
As Sri Lanka arrive on the doorstep of another World Cup, there is the usual attendant instability. The captain has...
Nasa has said it will return a four-person crew aboard the International Space Station (ISS), cutting short their mission a...
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A few weeks ago, when I wrote an article titled “Shakespeare in a takarang shed” about the English department at Kelaniya University in the 1970s, I...
Further aligning itself with its regional and global commitments, Heineken Lanka Limited has taken further strides towards reaching its inclusion and diversity goals, with its Senior...
By Ifham Nizam Plans were underway to lift the 202-year-old ban imposed by the British colonial rulers on popular indigenous martial art, Agampora, said Minister of...
The Lockheed TriStar L 1011 aircraft was well ahead of its time. It is said that the manufacturers, Lockheed built two automatic pilots first and then...
The return of Ranil (RW) has created an unnecessary media blitz of imagined relevance. Some in the media have attempted to create a tardigrade (a micro-animal...
Former Colombo District UPFA MP Duminda Silva and 16 LTTE cadres detained under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) were given a presidential pardon yesterday to...
Be Kind was the watchword of the successful handling of the Covid-19 onslaught on Aotearoa – NZ and the lockdown that contributed in no small measure...
Tourism Minister Prasanna Ranatunga says the government needs SLPP strategist Basil Rajapaksa’s organisational strength. The Gampaha District SLPP organiser said so after Basil Rajapaksa’s return yesterday...
If you’ve missed visiting libraries and bookstores, and have found it a challenge to keep your little one engaged and occupied at home, Wooks.lk offers a...
Friday 25th June, 2021 One of the main reasons for the collapse of the yahapalana government was the impotence of its leaders, who earned notoriety for...
The gulf in class between England and Sri Lanka in the game’s shortest format was clearly visible in Cardiff on Wednesday as the hosts cruised to...
I sang hallelujas in exultation when I read Dr Parakrama Waidyanatha in the Sunday Island of June 20 . I refer to his article titled: “GMOA...
