China has declared that China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation (SINOPEC) will not proceed with the USD 3.7 bn Hambantota oil...
The Sri Lanka Association of Divisional Secretaries and Assistant Divisional Secretaries (SLADA) has written to the Secretary to the President...
A senior police officer attached to the Mount Lavinia Division, who is due to retire shortly, is alleged to be involved in an illegal money collection...
It is also different from all past governments as it faces new and different challenges No one knows whether the already broken ceasefire between the US...
It is said that when the people fear the government, there is tyranny, and when the government fears the people there is liberty. However, in a...
Traditional crimes are rapidly evolving into sophisticated high-tech offences as criminals increasingly rely on electronic devices, experts warned at a seminar held in Colombo last Tuesday.Addressing...
An 18-year-old French student of Sri Lankan origin has made history by winning a seat on a municipal council in France, emerging as one of the...
This holiday season, City of Dreams Sri Lanka invites guests to step into the heart of a truly Sri Lankan celebration with Signature Avurudu—a four-day cultural...
After threatening to annihilate one of the planet’s oldest civilizations, TACO* Trump chickened out again by grasping the ceasefire lifeline that Pakistan had assiduously prepared. Trump...
We are passing through the ten-day interregnum called a ceasefire over the War on Iran. The world may breathe briefly, but this pause is not reassurance—it...
It all began in 1881 with a single platoon at Royal College, Colombo. John B. Cull, then principal, envisioned promoting ‘discipline through drill’ among students and...
“Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam, Be it ever so humble, there’s no place like home!” John Howard Payne (1823) Deep within each of...
The Chamara Kala Nikethanaya, a pioneering institution that has preserved and promoted Sri Lanka’s traditional dance heritage for over five decades, recently celebrated another historic milestone...
People and Events Listen to those bird calls. From among the usual sounds, a familiar but rare one seems to emerge now-a-days with increasing regularity –...