Government authorities are exploring the possibility of shifting public sector work online on April 16 and 17, to maintain essential...
SLPP National organiser MP Namal Rajapaksa yesterday said President Anura Kumara Dissanayake should be held responsible for the coal scam.Rajapaksa...
Kuwait says a power and desalination plant has been hit by an Iranian attack. Gulf countries continue to face retaliatory...
The Sri Lanka Cricket Selection Panel has named a 15-member squad for the upcoming Tri- Series tour of Australia, which...
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has announced the following appointments to the National High Performance Center: Ryan van Niekerk – National...
Sunrisers Hyderabad [SRH] became the first team in IPL 2026 to successfully defend a total, and for that, they had...
Warm Weather Advisory Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre Issued at 3.30 p.m. on 02 April 2026, valid...
Former Matara District Member of Parliament and Cabinet Minister Mahinda Wijesekara has passed away this morning (02) at the age...
A magnitude 7.4 earthquake has hit the Northern Molucca Sea off the coast of the city of Ternate, in Indonesia,...
An unbeaten 70 from Sameer Rizvi proved decisive in a low-scoring contest in Lucknow, where Delhi Capitals (DC) became the...
Across the world on Wednesday night, millions of people will tune in to watch Donald Trump deliver a primetime update...
Warm Weather Advisory Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre Issued at 3.30 p.m. on 01 April 2026, valid...
The Ashes of Lost Letters is a 2025 poetry collection by Sri Lankan poet Rasara T Siyara. The book comprises roughly 60 pages of English language...
(Continued from last week) Ranil Wickremesinghe set about managing the peace process like a chief executive officer of a corporate entity. The vision was clear: there...
The master copper artist known as Sooriya not only inspires many with his larger-than-life sculptures of whales and dolphins in Nānākuli, but also with his peaceful...
Who truly commands the foundations of the 21st-century economy? Which states possess the leverage to dictate the supply of critical minerals that underpin modern defence systems,...
(Part one of this article appeared in The Sunday Island on 17 August 2025) On becoming prime minister in February 2002, Ranil Wickremesinghe entered into a...
I was while in Europe last month to spend a couple of days in Sete by the Mediterranean, with Tamara Kunanayagam and her partner Jean Pierre...
CHAPTER 14 (Excerpted from N.U. JAYAWARDENA The first five decades) Politics and Kinship NU, who was an outsider in caste and class terms, had succeeded inreaching...
An article in the NYT by Cara Buckley reporting from Brunswick, Maine, on August 20, got me on my favourite topic: Libraries. Her title was “Why...
Sri Lanka is positioning itself as a clean energy investment hub in South Asia, pledging to deliver “profitable, reliable, and quality energy solutions” while driving down...
From regimental roots to city rhythm The Gajaba Fest is more than an event; it is a vibrant tribute to courage, culture and community. Rooted in...
“I want to be a soldier in the battle of ideas”— Fidel Castro In 1989, with the Presidency already in its pocket, the UNP was well...
I first went to ‘The Commons Coffeehouse’ a few years now. I can’t remember the first day but I think I must have purchased a ‘Flat...
