Influx of substandard drugs is of particular concern The Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) has warned of renewed and intensified...
Sri Lanka’s latest elephant census must result in immediate policy action, not remain a paper exercise, Centre for Environmental Justice...
Palestine was the deadliest place to work as a journalist in 2025, with the Middle East as a whole the...
United States President Donald Trump has said that he will delay the implementation of tariffs on upholstered furniture, kitchen cabinets...
Australia batter Usman Khawaja will retire from international cricket following the fifth Ashes Test against England in Sydney this week....
Around 40 people have died after a fire ripped through a bar in a ski resort in southern Switzerland, police...
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake visited the historic Sri Dalada Maligawa (Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic) in Kandy on Thursday...
Zohran Mamdani has been sworn in as mayor of New York City, becoming the first Muslim and the youngest person...
Countries around the world are welcoming the New Year as midnight strikes from time zone to time zone. The island...
Highlighting the spirit of global and regional cooperation, the Sri Lanka Navy acknowledged the invaluable support by foreign warships, which...
A train driver has died and at least 40 people have been injured in a head-on rail collision near Peru’s...
Prime Minister Dr Harini Amarasuriya in her New Year message invited all Sri Lankans to step into 2026 with renewed...
Pakistan High Commissioner, Maj. Gen. (Retd) Muhammad Saad Khattak, accompanied by Trade & Investment Attaché, Ms. Asmma Kamal, called on Trade Minister, Bandula Gunawardena, last week....
by Junglewalla (continued from last week) My fishing experiences at Yan Oya (the village is called Kallarawa, but it is a collection of fishing wadiyas or...
TIANANMEN SQUARE, The Making of a Protest by Vijay Gokhale (published by Harper Collins) – by Shalini Amerasinghe Ganendra As the anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen...
Sita and Cedric de Silva, the golden couple of George Keyt Foundation fame is no more. ‘Aunty Sita’ and ‘Uncle Cedric’ to me and many more...
After 20 years of frequent defeats and occasional triumphs, Ranil Wickremesinghe became Prime Minister without winning a single presidential or parliamentary election to merit that post....
by Kumar David The enthusiasm that yesteryear enveloped the president is much subdued, the mood at best is ‘give him more time, it has been a...
Devo vassatu kalena/ Sabha sampati sidiya Bheeto bhavatu lokoca/ Raja bhavatu dhammiko My brief interpretation being that when rulers are just and rule well, gods are...
In recognition of his extraordinary contribution to combating harmful tobacco use, Dr Palitha Abeykoon, former Chairman of National Authority on Tobacco and Alcohol in Sri Lanka...
National Development Bank PLC will be the first company in Sri Lanka to commence development of a Video Know-your-customer (KYC) as a part of the significant...
An Appreciation by the George Keyt Foundation. On behalf of The George Keyt Foundation, it is only apt that we say a few words in appreciation...
by Sanjeewa Jayaweera It is a year since we lost our brother under the most tragic of circumstances. They say, “time is a great healer”; however,...
World Food Safety Day falls tomorrow on the theme, ‘Safe food today for a healthy tomorrow’. by Randima Attygalle An estimated 600 million around the world-...
