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,...
Sri Lanka’s Ambassador-designate to the People’s Republic of China, Dr. Palitha Kohona, formally assumed duties last week in Beijing. Prior to the assuming duties by Dr....
The Dutch Burghers in Sri Lanka: by Prabhath de Silva “We are a vanishing tribe in Sri Lanka. The first paternal ancestor of my father’s family...
by Ifham Nizam A Sri Lankan leopard, scientifically known as Panthera pardus kotiya, killed a farmer and injured another villager on Wednesday night at Panama in...
Dr. Yohan Heenatigala On 29 July 1987, Indo-Sri Lanka Accord was signed between Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and Sri Lankan President J.R. Jayewardene which stated the devolution of powers to the provinces. Hence on 14 November...
published by S. Godage & Bros, 661 P de S Kularatne Mawata, Colombo 10 Reviewed by Goolbai Gunasekera Given his highly educated and widely travelled background...
Minod and Asitha set to make Test debuts Four of Sri Lanka’s players who featured in the opening Test match have been ruled out of the...
Sri Lanka’s corrugated carton industry is facing hard times with many manufacturers struggling to insulate themselves against global price escalations which an industry player warned posed...
Govt. party leaders’ meeting: By Shamindra Ferdinando Former Minister and Communist Party veteran D.E.W. Gunasekera has urged the SLPP government to address the simmering crisis over...
The Sri Lanka Chamber of the Pharmaceutical Industry (SLCPI) reiterated their commitment towards ensuring the availability of efficacious, safe and good quality medicines to the general...
By Anuradha Hiripitiyage The government had no plan to face the coming economic crisis created by the downgrading of Sri Lanka by Fitch rating agency to...
By Norman Palihawadana A number of police and CID teams had been deployed to investigate the disappearance of 15 kilos of explosives from a granite quarry...
So much has been said and continues to be vociferously propounded about the virtues of democracy, and the word “democracy” is being used and mis-used at...
