Proposed education reforms have drawn sharp criticism from education professionals, teacher unions and student organisations, who warned on Thursday that...
Opposition and SJB Leader Sajith Premadasa on Friday told Parliament that the Buddhism textbook contained a “serious error,” citing the...
Rescue workers are racing to find dozens of people still missing following a landslide at a landfill site in the...
US President Donald Trump has asked for at least $100bn (£75bn) in oil industry spending for Venezuela, but received a...
The US and its partner forces have carried out large-scale strikes against Islamic State (IS) group targets in Syria, the...
Georgia Wareham towered over the rest with an impressive all-round show to lead Gujarat Giants to an impressive opening match...
After a nail-biter slipped through their hands in the last over of the opening night of WPL 2026, defending champions...
That Sri Lanka is experiencing an especially nasty north-east monsoon over the past several months is clear. It washed out...
Warning for depression to the East of Sri Lanka Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre, Department of Meteorology ...
It isn’t often that India get a 22-day break from international cricket. Rarer still for the most commercially lucrative team...
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...
Colombo 25th January 2021: Amidst the turbulent and challenging year Sri Lanka Insurance has closed year 2020 in a positive note recording phenomenal revenue growth with...
Dr. Chandana (Chandi) Jayawardena DPhil President – Chandi J. Associates Inc. Consulting, Canada Another State Visit In May of 1998, I received a call from the...
by Rajan Philips Sri Lanka turns 73 this week, 73 years since becoming independent. It is nearly 15 years since I started writing to the Sunday...
January 28 was Duruthu Poya Let us discuss whether a person who develops the path to Nirvana can do it all at once or gradually. Those...
At Lunawa Sea View Residencies meant for ‘low and middle income families’ BY SURESH PERERA Prospective buyers of Sea View Residencies at Lunawa developed by the...
The Socialist Alliance has urged Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa to hold the Provincial Council (PC) polls without further delay. The Uva and Southern PC elections have...
As the 46th session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) looms large in about a month’s time, the debate on its controversial Resolution 30/1 of...
by Malinda Seneviratne There’s a bill currently at the ‘Committee Stage’ in the UK’s House of Lords which that country’s High Commissioner in Sri Lanka, Sarah...
The gifted and versatile actor Gehan Cooray makes Sri Lanka proud with his Hollywood movie “Billionaire” . This movie was awarded at the prestigious Burbank International...
(Continued from last week excerpts from the memoirs or Retired Senior DIG Edward Gunawardena) When training commenced there was never a dull moment. The routine consisted...
“Go ye forth and be seeneth as alive in flesh and blood, however fraileth and disabled thou art, and be counted for annual payment of pensions!”...
On two aspects examined so far Toxicology report still being finalized by Suresh Perera Investigations conducted so far by the Government Analyst’s Department into two key...
