President Anura Kumara Dissanayake yesterday called for an immediate and peaceful resolution of the escalating Middle East conflict, warning that...
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has invited His Holiness Pope Leo XIV to visit Sri Lanka. The official invitation was handed...
The Department of Immigration and Emmigration has decided effective from 28th February 2026, to grant a free fourteen (14) day...
US and Israel’s bombardment of Iran and Lebanon continues, with a strike on a hotel near Beirut and the building...
Opener Hasini Perera’s second T20I fifty, on the back of two wickets apiece by left-arm spinners Sugandika Kumari and Inoka...
The US is sending charter flights to evacuate Americans from the United Arab Emirates, Jordan and Saudi Arabia as the...
US President Donald Trump has threatened to halt all trade with Spain, after the country barred the US from using...
Six American soldiers were killed in an Iranian strike against a military facility in Kuwait on Sunday, the US has...
Israel says it has carried out new attacks on Iran’s “leadership compound” in Tehran, including the presidential office One reporter...
United States President Donald Trump has said the plan for the Iran war initially “projected four to five weeks”, adding...
Qatar’s air force has “successfully shot down” two Iranian fighter aircraft, the country’s government says, as the fallout from the...
Zimbabwe have become the first team at the T20 World Cup to be affected by the closure of air spaces...
SIR SEAN CONNERY by Anura Gunasekera As a teen my introduction to James Bond was “Casino Royale”, a tattered paperback copy bought second-hand, for a few...
by Gamini Seneviratne Form-mates, classmates perhaps in Mr. J E V Pieris’s IA, I seem to recall also the ‘J’ in J Godwin Perera. His reminiscences...
by Kshama Ranawana The COVID-19 pandemic has facilitated lifestyle changes for most globally, and in this new normal, more consumers are turning to e-Commerce to purchase...
Bhante Dhammika of Australia According to the Samyutta Nikaya, a group of monks once approached the Buddha and told him they had decided to travel to...
International Buddhist Conference 2020 The National Council for International Affairs of the All Ceylon Buddhist Congress (ACBC) has organized the International Buddhist Conference on November 7...
Washington (District of Columbia, United States AFP) The US Secret Service has increased its protective bubble around Joe Biden as chances increased that he will be...
by NORMAN PALIHAWADANA There was intense speculation that Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa avoided meeting with visiting US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Social media posts suggested...
Third time may be a charm for Joe Biden in today’s election race, as the career politician has dreamed of becoming president for over three decades. ...
The impacts of crises are never gender-neutral, and COVID-19 is no exception. For a single mother in Galle COVID-19 lockdown measures have paused her small business...
by Anila Dias Bandaranaike, Ph.D. The world has changed significantly since COVID-19 hit humanity less than a year ago. This virus has brought human activity as...
The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) Life Membership was awarded to Hiran Cooray, Chairman of Jetwing Symphony PLC. The award is the association’s highest individual honour...
Sport as a vehicle for nation building by Gregory de Silva When one examines the successful sports systems around the world, it becomes apparent that not...
