Hambantota International Port (HIP) is fully prepared to support the expected surge in vehicle imports following the recent ...

Members of the Disability Organisations Joint Front (DOJF) have called on the government to estblish an independent commission, specifically aimed at addressing the issues faced by persons with ...

Dinasena Rathugamage An unidentified disease has rapidly spread among pigs in several villages, including Selvanagar in Kilinochchi, leading to the deaths of 185 adult animals and over 200 piglets in ...

Paddy farmers have warned the government that they will launch a mass protest campaign, like Aragalaya, unless a certified price for their produce is announced forthwith. Addressing a media briefing ...

Jagath Kanaherarachchi Environmentalists have warned that low lands and abandoned paddy fields in the Western Province are under threat of being encroached upon by the invasive plant Yoda Nidikumba ...

Laleen Jayamanne and Namika Raby (Part I of this article appeared in The Island on Friday (31 Jan.) Women’s Mental Health: Trance/Dance in Folk Rituals The lecture Namika heard on ‘pregnancy cravings’ ...

Milinda Moragoda was presented with an early copy of ‘Nalanda – How it Changed the World’ during a brief visit to New Delhi by its author, Amb. Abhay K. The book was formally launched at the Jaipur ...

International Theatre Festival of India In Collaboration with Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre, Colombo University of Visual and Performing Arts, Colombo 6-9 February 2025 Tower Hall Theatre, Colombo ...

Reemus Fernando Arch rivals Royal and S. Thomas’ are set to meet in a three-day cricket encounter when the Under 19 Division I Tier ‘A’ cricket tournament quarter-finals get underway on Wednesday. The ...

By end of November 2024, Sri Lanka’s total outstanding domestic debt amounted to Rs. 17,572.0 bn while the rupee value of total outstanding foreign debt amounted to Rs. 10,668.3 bn, according to the ...

Apna Perera and Akesha Silva won the men’s and women’s singles titles of the CL Synergy SSC Open Tennis Championship in Colombo. Perera beat Ashen Silva 6-4, 6-3 in the final to win his second ...

It has now become abundantly clear that US President Donald Trump is trying to make America great again by creating a new world order according to his whims and fancies. His aversion to war is to be ...