ECONOMYNEXT –Colombo Port City (CPC) officials will head to Dubai to meet with investors on June 11, as Sri Lanka’s...
8 May 2026, Colombo –The Research Vessel Dr. Fridtjof Nansen has successfully completed a marine scientific survey in Sri Lankan waters...
Spain has started evacuating passengers from a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship anchored near Tenerife in the Canary Islands. Health Minister Mónica...
Bangladesh Cricket Board picked only two pacers – Marufa Akhter and Fariha Islam Trisna – for the upcoming ICC T20...
The Landslide Early Warning Center of the Building Research Organisation [NBRO| has issued Landslide Early Warnings to the Districts of...
Twenty-eight overs into the contest in Jaipur, Rajasthan Royals (RR) were keeping pace with Gujarat Titans (GT). They were 86...
WEATHER FORECAST FOR 10 MAY 2026 Issued at 05.30 a.m. on 10 May 2026 by the Department of Meteorology The...
Bangladesh commanded proceedings on the first day, but Pakistan changed that around dramatically on the second, led by the youngest...
Peter Magyar has been sworn in as Hungary’s new prime minister, almost a month after parliamentary elections that ended Viktor...
A prominent Buddhist monk has been arrested in Sri Lanka for allegedly sexually abusing an 11-year-old girl, in the highest-profile...
United States President Donald Trump says there will be a three-day ceasefire in the war between Russia and Ukraine. Posting...
Warm Weather Advisory Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre Issued at 3.30 p.m. on 08 May 2026, valid...
With the recent opening of the new Manning Market with modern facilities and amenities to consumers and the business community, the roof of the building complex...
Pablo Picasso pronounced: “Painting is just another way of keeping a diary” and Rukmal De Silva’s book seems to be her diary recording places she lived in...
The government’s efforts to combat the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in Sri Lanka were further strengthened this week with a donation of US$ 100,000 (Rs...
Independent, Young & Trailblazing ThirdShift, the Independent Media Agency of SHIFT, has done it once again, by winning the Silver award for Media Agency of the...
by Chandi Civa The Pandemic is devastating the whole world. It seems there is light, after all, at the end of this darkest tunnel. Thanks to...
by Rajan Philips Last Tuesday Britain became the first country to administer the first multi-nationally developed Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine. Eight hundred thousand doses of the vaccine...
Pioneering Solution Delivers Higher Returns and Greater Flexibility Colombo, December 20, 2020: Continuing to help individuals and businesses earn greater returns on their foreign currency savings,...
The four quakes reported in the vicinity of the Victoria Dam in Digana naturally alarmed us Sri Lankans. I was more than concerned having spent so...
by Douglas Nanayakkara in Nuwara Eliya The purchasing power of plantation workers should be pushed up if they are to be healthy to work hard by...
(Excerpted from the memoirs of Rtd. Senior DIG Police Edward Gunawardena) Ganahena is perhaps the highest area; and St. Mathew’s Anglican Church built in 1850 is...
by Malinda Seneviratne The third reading of the Budget 2021 was passed in parliament with amendments on Thursday with a majority of 97 votes with 151...
BY S VENKAT NARAYAN, Our Special Correspondent NEW DELHI: An Indian-American is among the 18 astronauts selected by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for its...
