(AFP) Sri Lanka’s maritime authorities were monitoring a fleet of 11 US-sanctioned Iranian oil tankers just off the island’s southern...
Parliament is to debate next Wednesday the Government’s proposal to abolish the post of Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), with...
Voting has closed in Iceland’s referendum on resuming membership negotiations with the European Union. Voting stations closed on Saturday, but...
The sun is going to be directly over the latitudes of Sri Lanka from 28th of August to 07th of...
Thirty-six (36) naval personnel completed an eight-month Basic Marine Qualification Course and received their Marine insignia at the main parade...
Water levels in the lake which formed amid the debris of the landslide in Tibet are rising once again, according...
More than 600 people have died following Wednesday’s devastating flash flood in Nepal. An update from Nepal’s National Disaster Risk...
The United States has struck a deal with Caracas that would give them control of some 65 billion barrels of...
The sun is going to be directly over the latitudes of Sri Lanka from 28th of August to 07th of...
Summer has come early to the southern hemisphere and not just because of climate change. In Australia, where they have...
World-leading javelin thrower Rumesh Tharanga underlined his status as the man to beat in world athletics with another sensational performance,...
Qatar’s prime minister has held meetings in the Iranian capital, discussing key issues including the future of the Strait of...
* An interview with Dr. Prasanna Cooray By Udara Karunaratne Dr. Prasanna Cooray is a social health expert with postgraduate qualifications in Public Health, Sociology and...
By Dr Upul Wijayawardhana Apologies to the voters who will cast their votes on 5th August in case if they feel that the noble act of...
We publish in today’s issue of this newspaper two short contributions by retired policemen, one a letter to the editor and the other an article related...
Brandix was felicitated as the ‘Largest Corporate Blood Donor’ for the 10th consecutive year by the National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) on World Blood Donor Day,...
Sarvodaya Development Finance, a licensed Finance Company approved by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, launched “Nena Diriya” Micro Leasing Loan with the aim of uplifting...
Eleven more tournaments across the ATP and WTA Tours have been cancelled after China announced it would hold no sporting events for the rest of 2020...
by Rex Clementine Watching County Cricket in the 1980s must have been fun. There were some quality players around. Hampshire had David Gower and Malcolm Marshall;...
A young woman I know, extra pious and believing in the paranormal aspects attached by believers to Buddhism, made the pronouncement that Sri Lanka was spared...
by Selvam Canagaratna “You can fool too many of the people too much of the time.” – James Thurber, The Owl Who Was God, 1963 Too...
by Zacki Jabbar Former Prime Minister and UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe, stressing he has “no deals with anybody” said he is confident of forming a UNP...
Milinda Moragoda, former Cabinet Minister and founder of the Pathfinder Foundation spoke about the need for Sri Lanka to be fast and agile in order to...
by Vijaya Chandrasoma Mary Trump is Donald Trump’s only niece, the daughter of Trump’s alcoholic older brother, who died of a heart attack in 1981 when...
