… as Lakvijaya falters, power plants need over 2 mn litres of fuel daily By Shamindra Ferdinando The SJB yesterday (06) said that...
UN Women Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific, Christine Arab, concluded a two-day official visit to Sri Lanka (25–26 March),...
The Artemis II astronauts are bound for Earth after conducting a historic lunar fly by and witnessing a total solar...
Matheesha Pathirana and Wanidu Hasaranga are among 15 Sri Lankan players under central contracts yet to take their mandatory fitness...
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 06 April 2026, valid...
United States President Donald Trump has threatened to attack civilian infrastructure inside Iran, including bridges and power plants, if the...
Defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru [RCB] razed Chennai Super Kings’ [CSK] attack and the record books, in front of their...
Mohammed Shami’s miserly 2 for 9 and Rishabh Pant’s uncharacteristic half-century helped Lucknow Super Giants [LSG] open their account in...
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 05 April 2026, valid...
Sameer Rizvi picked up his second Player-of-the-Match award in as many games in IPL 2026, this time scoring 90 off...
SJB General Secretary Ranjith Madduma Bandara, MP, yesterday (12) confirmed that they would initiate talks with the UNP soon to reach consensus on political arrangement. The...
Four newly appointed Supreme Court Justices took their oaths before President Anura Kumara Disanayake yesterday morning (12) at the Presidential Secretariat. Court of Appeal Justices R.M.S....
President Anura Kumara Disanayaka will undertake a four-day State visit to China, beginning tomorrow (14) at the invitation of President Xi Jinping. The Foreign Ministry said...
Monday 13th January, 2025 The JVP-led NPP government is drawing heavy flak for its vitriolic attacks on the media. It has taken umbrage at media reports...
The first-ever ‘High-level Round Table on India – Sri Lanka Partnership’ held in Colombo recently explored diverse topics, including the geopolitical context for bilateral relations, the...
Expatriate Sri Lankan workers remitted over 6.57 billion U.S. dollars in 2024, which is a 10.1 percent increase compared to 2023, the latest data by the...
By Sanath Nanayakkare Interest rates play a pivotal role in the financial landscape, significantly impacting micro and small businesses as well as marginal borrowers. The Island...
Sri Lanka earned approximately 3.17 billion U.S. dollars from tourism in 2024, latest statistics from the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) shows. This is a...
by Admiral Ravindra C Wijegunaratne(Retired from Sri Lanka Navy) Former Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the Sri Lanka NavyThe Former Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner...
Dr Upul Wijewardhana has recently written an article referring Dr Anton Jayasuriya as an ‘imposter/pretender”. Although Anton (Kara) Jayasuriya and I graduated in 1954, he was...
Personnel attached to the Northwestern Naval command on 10 January recovered about 90kg and 45g (wet weight) of Kerala cannabis adrift in the sea area of...
by Dr. Justice Chandradasa Nanayakkara The word Ahimsa, derived from Sanskrit, means non-harm or non-injury and is often translated into English as non-violence. The dictionary defines...
