Sri Lanka’s environmental protection framework is rapidly eroding, with weak law enforcement, politically driven development and the routine sidelining of...
IGP Priyantha Weerasooriya has issued a letter, warning police officers against presenting gifts to senior officers during festivals or special...
Polls have opened in Myanmar’s first general election since the country’s military toppled Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi’s democratically...
Family sources have confirmed that the interment of singer Latha Walpola will be performed at the General Cemetery Borella on...
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has been jailed for 15 years for abuse of power and money laundering, in...
New York has woken up to its heaviest snowfall in nearly four years after a winter storm blanketed parts of...
Thousands of flights have been cancelled and delayed in the United States due to winter storm Devin, airline monitoring website...
Thailand and Cambodia said they have signed a ceasefire agreement to end weeks of fierce fighting along their border that...
Sri Lankan singer Latha Walpola has passed away today (27) at the age of 92.
All the three games in this series have followed a similar pattern so far. India have won three tosses –...
For the first time in 19 matches, and nearly 15 years, England’s men experienced a Test victory in Australia as...
Shafali Verma continued her superb form, cracking a 42-ball 79 as India brushed aside Sri Lanka once again to win...
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi By Jehan Perera As the new year dawns, the government appears to be moving in the...
Health Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi yesterday (4) revealed that for want of a PCR machine, the Ratnapura hospital had depended on equipment at the Tea Research Center...
Tuesday 5th January, 2021 The unfolding political drama in the US, which makes itself out to be the greatest democracy on earth and even ‘exports’ democratic...
By Ifham Nizam Environment Minister Mahinda Amaraweera yesterday instructed the Central Environmental Authority (CEA) to submit a report on the recent destruction of 28 trees at...
By Lynn Ockersz ‘The time is right for Sri Lanka to change and take a leap to a higher level. Korea is the very country that...
She is known in the local showbiz world as Sheru…the singer! But, I’m sure, not many, in the scene here, are still aware that Sheru, who...
Open suggestion to Prime Minister A request from Dr. Namel Weeramuni Of all the arts in Sri Lanka, the theatre, is the most uncared for, neglected,...
By Dinasena Rathugamage The Tamil National People’s Front, on Saturday, expressed its opposition to the provincial council system which is being promoted by many other Tamil...
* Benchmark ASPI recorded a growth of 10.5% in 2020 * 2020 market turnover highest since 2011 * Market Capitalization grown a trillion rupees since 12th...
By Ifham Nizam Renowned Sri Lankan scientist, Professor Ravi Silva, Director, Advanced Technology Institute at the University of Surrey, has been awarded a CBE for his...
The UNP will decide on its National List Parliament seat this month, UNP Deputy Leader Ruwan Wijewardene says. Wijewardene said the UNP wanted to monitor developments...
Vaccines against Covid-19: By Dr LakKumar Fernando. MD, DCH, MRCP(UK), MRCPCH (UK), FRCP (Lond), FSLCP Background It is almost one year since the world started battling...
