Sri Lanka is standing on the edge of a coastal catastrophe, with the nation’s lifeline rapidly eroding under the combined...
The Sectoral Oversight Committee (SoC)on Economic Development and International Relations recently examined the Microfinance and Credit Regulatory Authority Bill and...
A quick glance at the head to head record is enough to show the gulf between India and Sri Lanka...
With the objective of enhancing the living conditions of the agricultural community and increasing the contribution of the agricultural sector...
The Ministry of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education has entered into agreements with Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation General Limited...
20 Consultancy Boards have been established by now covering the production industries field with the objective of minimizing the policy...
The BCCI has raised the match fees in women’s domestic cricket, from INR 20,000 to INR 50,000 per day, for...
Gede Priandana, Indonesia’s 28-year-old right-arm quick bowler, has become the first to pick up five wickets in an over in...
Australia captain Pat Cummins won’t feature again in the Ashes and there is uncertainty about whether he will be available...
United States President Donald Trump has issued a new warning to Nicolas Maduro, saying “it would be smart” for the...
New Zealand 575 for 8 dec (Devon Conway 227, Tom Latham 137, Rachin Ravindra 72*; Alex Greaves 2-83) and 306...
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi have been sentenced to further jail terms following a...
By DR. Chandrasiri Kudagamage Insect pests cause substantial damage to our food crops. Insecticides are normally applied to combat them. However, dependency solely on insecticide for...
Text and pictures by PRIYAN DE SILVA A wild elephant that roamed in the Katuwewa, Nagarawewa and Walsapugala areas in Hambanthota and destroyed cultivations was captured...
SLPP MP Anura Priyadarshana Yapa has been appointed the Chairman of the Committee on Public Finance of Parliament. Parliament Media Division said that the committee had met...
By M. A. Kaleel Justice Minister Ali Sabry says that 99 out of 100 calls he has received since he became a minister are about...
A message to Inculcate Scientific Temper in Society By Prof. Kirthi Tennakone (ktenna@yahoo.co.uk) United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has proclaimed 10th November as...
by Jehan Perera In 1961, shortly after his election victory, President-elect John F Kennedy quoted one of the first colonists of the US, John Winthrop who,...
By Rathindra Kuruwita The National Medicines Regulatory Authority (NMRA) should come up with a protocol on validating rapid antigen test kits, President of the College of...
External sector performance – September 2020 Sri Lanka’s external sector recovered further in September 2020, supported by the continued improvement in the trade deficit, a notable...
By Dinasena Rathugamage Wadukkodai Police found four ancient statues in a pond near the Nagarambiran Kovil at Sanganai Odakkarai in Jaffna on Sunday. Police believe that...
Former Speaker and Chairman of the National Movement for a Just Society (NMSJ) Karu Jayasuriya on the occasion of the 5th anniversary of the death of...
Dr.C.S. Weeraratna csweera@sltnet.lk The World Science Day falls on 10th Nov. 2020. This article highlights the need to utilize Science and Technology to solve the critical...
By Capt Elmo Jayawardena elmojay1@gmail.com It was a lazy April morning in Bangkok’s Don Muang Airport. The Globe Air Charter flight carrying 120 Swiss and German...
