NATA to be given more powers The Parliamentary Sectoral Oversight Committee on Health, Mass Media and Women’s Empowerment has agreed...
The hunger strike launched by a group of Development Officers demanding their absorption into the teacher service entered its fourth...
Viran Chamuditha’s 94-ball 110 helped Sri Lanka Under 19 chase 262 and keep their hopes of qualifying for the semi-finals...
Sustained heavy gunfire and loud explosions have been heard in Niger near the international airport outside the capital, Niamey. Multiple...
Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education Dr Harini Amarasuriya said that she hoped that the...
Pavan Rathnayake has re-entered Sri Lanka’s T20I squad following his 121 off 115 balls in the third ODI against England....
Australia qualified for the semi-finals of the Under-19 World Cup after beating West Indies by 22 runs in Harare courtesy...
The Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya participated in the official launch of the National Strategic Action Plan to monitor and...
Shiyam Dube hammered the third-fastest fifty by an Indian batter in T20Is, finishing with 65 off 23 balls, but it...
A South Korean court has sentenced former First Lady Kim Keon Hee to one year and eight months in prison...
A plane crash has killed the deputy chief minister of India’s Maharashtra state, Ajit Pawar, the country’s aviation regulator has...
A new circular has been issued by the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development to provide relief to micro,...
I present to my readers this first article of Nan’s for 2021 with affectionate good wishes for a much better year than 2020. I well remember...
Each existing EB Creasy share to be split into 100 Three companies listed on the Colombo Stock Exchange have announced decisions to subdivide their existing issued...
BY S VENKAT NARAYAN, Our Special Correspondent NEW DELHI: India and China are in consultations to hold the ninth round of Corps Commander-level talks to discuss...
The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) issued an ‘uncirculated’ commemorative coin in the denomination of 20 rupees to mark its 70th anniversary. The CBSL, which...
by David Jansze Here I am on the ocean liner THE PACIFIC SKY in the Coral Sea on a pre-Christmas voyage from Sydney to New Caledonia. ...
by Sanjeewa Jayaweera It is precisely half a century ago that our family arrived in Moscow, the capital of the then Soviet Union (USSR). Since the...
Asked by a journalist about a death in a government hospital many decades ago, the then Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Health laconically replied: “People...
Can you spread COVID-19 after vaccination? Here’s what we know by Kate Baggaley December 28, 2020 On December 18, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted...
Enjoy ginger, but it’s not a ‘cure’ for COVID-19, says WHO The World Health Organization (WHO) has said that while natural remedies such as ginger can...
Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre (SVCC), the cultural arm of the High Commission of India, organized an online Dhamma Discourse on ‘Serivanija Jataka’ on Unduvap Full Moon...
by Norman Palihawadana The CID and intelligence sleuths have been detailed to probe the activities of Paddy Marketing Board (PMB) officers after it came to light...
by Randima Attygalle A motif of prosperity, new beginnings and goodwill, the betel leaf interlaces the multi-cultural Sri Lankan society. Bulath in Sinhalese and Vettilai in...
