The UNP yesterday (06) voiced concern over, what it described as, the continued silence of the Sri Lankan government regarding...
Deputy Defence Minister Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Aruna Jayasekara yesterday (06) told Parliament that the next few weeks could prove decisive for Sri Lanka in...
An unprecedented wave of AI-generated misinformation about the US-Israel war with Iran is being monetized by online creators with growing...
Explosions have rocked one of Teheran’s main commercial airports, with eyewitnesses reporting a burning plane and large plumes of smoke...
Retiring skipper Alyssa Healy fell cheaply late on a bowler-dominated opening day that saw debutants Lucy Hamilton and Sayali Satghare...
Warm Weather Advisory Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre of the Department of Meteorology at 3.30 p.m. on...
Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya stated that the government has paid close attention to the salary anomalies prevailing within the...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he had visited the eastern front line as Ukraine and Russia completed a two-day prisoner-of-war...
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) has ordered Peru to pay reparations to the family of Celia Ramos, a...
Donald Trump has stressed that any deal with Iran must result in the country’s “unconditional surrender”, setting maximalist war objectives...
A tiny possum with one extra-long finger on each hand is one of two species thought to have been extinct...
The death toll from Israeli attacks on Lebanon this week has risen to at least 123 people, the Lebanese Ministry...
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...
The Coronavirus pandemic has made life difficult, practically in all parts of the globe, and entertainers are feeling the heat very badly. The entertainment scene, in...
By Shamindra Ferdinando Civil society activist Oshala Herath intends to draw the attention of the new Election Commission (EC) to the failure on the part of...
COVID-19 management and accountability: Hats off to Prof. Sunil Wimalawansa who has pointed out the “a major hiatus of “systems thinking,” relevant expertise, and leadership, of...
Affirms Brexit won’t change an iota of EU’s firm commitment to Sri Lanka ‘It may not be easy to attract German investors. However, it’s certainly worth...
