The internationally recognized “Walk for Peace,” originating from the United States, is set to take place in Sri Lanka starting...
The World Bank Group and the Sri Lankan government on Thursday launched a new five-year country partnership framework to support...
On the apparent northward relative motion of the sun, it is going to be directly over the latitudes of Sri...
Warm Weather Advisory Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre Issued at 3.30 p.m. on 04 April 2026, valid...
Iran has executed two men convicted of being members of the banned People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) opposition group,...
An earthquake in Afghanistan has killed eight members of the same family when their home collapsed in the Gosfand Dara...
Iraq’s qualification for the FIFA World Cup 2026 has completed the lineup of 48 nations for the tournament hosted by...
A total of 365 US service members have been wounded in action since the start of the US-Israeli war with...
The head of Italy’s football federation (FIGC) has resigned, falling on his sword after the men’s national team failed to...
Iranian forces have said they struck down two fighter jets belonging to the United States military, one over the southwest...
Nasa has shared the first high-resolution images of the Earth taken by the Artemis II crew as they head on...
With the US-Israeli war with Iran waging on, the White House earlier announced that it will ask the US Congress...
WEATHER FORECAST FOR 18 MAY 2025 Issued at 05.30 a.m. on 18 MAY 2025 by the Department of Meteorology South-West monsoon conditions are gradually establishing over...
The Bribery Commission on Friday filed a corruption case against former Investment Promotion Minister Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena and ex-BOI Director General Jayantha Edirisinghe, accusing them of...
Inspector General of Police T.M.W. Deshabandu Tennakoon is set to face formal questioning tomorrow (May 19) over serious allegations of misconduct and abuse of power, parliamentary...
A shocking total of 53 elephants have died and 17 more have been injured in train collisions across Sri Lanka between 2020 and 2024, it was...
The curtain has finally come down on Virat Kohli’s influential Test career, with the former Indian skipper hanging up his whites this week. Although his tour...
We do not apologize for running several articles in this week’s issue of our newspaper on the bus tragedy at Garandi Ella last week that took...
“…if this isn’t happening, what is?” Carolina De Robertis (The President and the Frog) José Mujica, the poorest president in the world, died this week. As...
Introducing A 350 on Colombo route It was a breathtaking afternoon when Emirates welcomed the Sri Lankan media and industry leaders aboard its Airbus 350 to...
Nabeela Yaseen, founder of Stoned Jewellery shares her creative journeyfrom design inspiration to building a popular brand of her own Her exotic pieces of jewellery on...
China calls Trump’s bluff on tariffs At a recent interview with Kristen Walker on NBC’s Meet the Press, President Trump was asked, when the subject of...
Nations Trust WNPS monthly lecture Time is Running Out: Saving Sri Lanka’s vanishing wild from elephants to wildcats, from vanishing forests to fading oceans, and the...
Ajahn Brahmavamso makes us feel he prefers we use this shortened name – Ajahn Brahm, so that’s the name I use in this article. The abbreviated...
