The latest fuel price increases have sparked widespread concern among transport operators and raised questions about the government’s supportive measures....
At the award presentation ceremony of the International Rehabilitation Institute last week, Professor G.L. Peiris, as Chief Guest, in his...
Bus fares have been increased by 12.19% with effect from midnight today [23rd March 2026]. The minimum fare will be...
The Acting Commissioner General of Registration of Persons has announced that due to an unexpected failure of the computer system...
Donald Trump says the US and Iran have held talks on the “complete and total resolution of hostilities” in the...
Major stock markets in Asia slumped on Monday after Washington and Tehran threatened to escalate hostilities, as the Iran war...
Warm Weather Advisory Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre of the Department of Meteorology at 3.30 p.m. on...
President Donald Trump says the US will “obliterate” Iranian power plants if the Strait of Hormuz is not open within...
Three weeks after the joint US-Israeli war against Iran began, the conflict has reached a fuzzy state of mixed messages...
Warm Weather Advisory Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre of the Department of Meteorology at 3.30 p.m. on...
The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (Ceypetco) has announced a revision of fuel prices, effective from midnight today (21). Accordingly, Auto Diesel...
Advisory for Severe Lightning Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre Issued at 12.30 p.m. 21 March 2026, valid...
By Lasanda Kurukulasuriya The government’s recent move to do away with an important land circular, announced by the Cabinet Spokesman, Minister Bandula Gunewardena on 02.07.20, has...
England and West Indies will compete for the Richards-Botham Trophy when they meet next in Test cricket with both boards – England and Wales Cricket Board...
India and Sri Lanka recently conducted constructive and cordial discussions on rescheduling bilateral debt repayments by Sri Lanka. It is of note that during a recent...
A month ago I received distress calls from people in Mumbai that the Municipal Commissioner had suddenly swooped down on a 20-year-old feeding platform (chabutra) for...
Saturday 25th July, 2020 The incumbent administration markets itself as a government of patriots by patriots for patriots. Its leaders never miss any opportunity to wrap...
* MoE decision to scrap competitive sports for U13 age category The age limit restrictions that will come to effect from 2021 for school sports competitions...
Electoral politics has taken a huge leap back into history. King Buvenakhabahu II and the Kingdom of Kurunegala are big players in the politics of 2020,...
“I was in Grade Four when Sunil Ariyaratne wrote ‘Sakura Mal Pipila’. That song first made me realise how abstract music could be. In later years,...
BY DR. D. CHANDRARATNA I am writing this as an addendum to Dr. Pethiyagoda’a enjoyable article, ‘Delight of Humour’ (14/7). In this dreadful time of a...
One of the silliest things on the internet is an international site called change.com. The owners have offices in a number of countries and the mandate...
Father Ernest Poruthota: By Uditha Devapriya Prasanna Vithanage remembers the afternoons of his adolescence quite clearly. “I’d take the train to Panadura from Bambalapitiya at 1.57...
I like pigeons. Their voices are soft and rhythmic. I have put up baskets for them in the front verandah and they live there quietly. They...
