Cabinet is scheduled to decide on the future of the Hambantota Port, built by former President Mahinda Rajapaksa through a ...
Tuesday, 25 July 2017 01:08 Views - 94
AFP: Sri Lanka announced Monday it was intensifying its war on dengue fever, with schools to shut across the island to help curb the...
Tuesday, 25 July 2017 01:05 Views - 167
Keeps global growth projections unchanged at 3.5% in 2017 Downgrades US and UK but revises China and India upwards EU expecte...
Tuesday, 25 July 2017 01:01 Views - 92
Former Perpetual Treasuries Director and CEO Arjun Aloysius has handed over all communication devices in his possession to the Criminal I...
Tuesday, 25 July 2017 00:00 Views - 250
By Charumini de Silva Tourism Development Minister John Amaratunga yesterday expressed confidence that Sri Lanka could see as many as 2.5 million...
Tuesday, 25 July 2017 01:08 Views - 381
With deaths caused by dengue nearing 300, concerned affluent Lankans have been travelling to Singapore to get a lifesaving dose of the vaccine whil...
Tuesday, 25 July 2017 01:05 Views - 342
The Presidential Commission of Inquiry into the alleged Treasury Bond scam yesterday heard about the purported nexus between former Finance Ministe...
Tuesday, 25 July 2017 01:00 Views - 89
The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) Trade Union Collective has launched an indefinite strike protesting the Government’s de...
Monday, 24 July 2017 01:31 Views - 547
IMF’s Jaewoo Lee Govt. ‘over performing’ on fiscal consolidation targets under EFF program May nee...
Tuesday, 25 July 2017 00:56 Views - 199
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe says Sri Lanka is collaborating with other countries to make the island the economic hub of the Indian Ocean. ...
Tuesday, 25 July 2017 00:55 Views - 198
GMOA Asst. Secretary Dr. Naveen De Soysa (R) addressing yesterday’s media conference. GMOA General Committee Member Dr. Prasad Colomb...
Tuesday, 25 July 2017 00:54 Views - 186
Medical faculty students conducted a Sathyagraha yesterday at Lipton Circus demanding the Government to safeguard the count...
Tuesday, 25 July 2017 00:45 Views - 189
Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau while welcoming the international efforts to achieve peace and reconciliation in Sri Lanka has reitera...
Tuesday, 25 July 2017 00:41 Views - 186
The 90th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Liberation Army of China (PLA) will be commemorated in Colombo tomorrow with a ceremony ...
Monday, 24 July 2017 01:19 Views - 448
In this handout photograph released by the Sri Lankan Navy on July 23, 2017, Sri Lankan naval personnel help guide elephants that were spotted stru...
Tuesday, 25 July 2017 00:55 Views - 178
Tamil National Alliance (TNA) and Opposition Leader R. Sampanthan has asked President Maithripala Sirisena to outline a program to address the &ldq...
Tuesday, 25 July 2017 00:55 Views - 200
Urges Mahanayakes to intervene Says new laws give undue power to foreign forces Claims Govt. told people an ‘outright lie’...
Tuesday, 25 July 2017 00:47 Views - 181
The Department of Philosophy at the University of Peradeniya is organising the K.N. Jayatilleke memorial oration on 25 July (today) at 3 p.m. at th...
Tuesday, 25 July 2017 00:43 Views - 221
A special discussion was held among Defense Secretary, tri forces commanders, IGP, officers of Sri Lanka Human Rights Commission and Minister of Fo...
Monday, 24 July 2017 01:30 Views - 430
Orders IGP to have special security program for judges President Maithripala Sirisena yesterday condemned the shooting targeting Hig...
Monday, 24 July 2017 01:18 Views - 398
Parliament has made necessary arrangements to organise a colorful felicitation ceremony on 24 July at the Grand Ballroom of Waters Edge, Battaramul...
25 July 2017
In biology an “exotic” species, is a species of animal or plant which is foreign to the region or country. Many nations have strict rules and controls against the introduction of exotic species due to the fear of damage and havoc they ...
25 July 2017
The buss word vibrating in town is “waste management”. There is enough stench in the air for public to feel something is not right. This reminds us of the adage “comments are free but facts are sacred&rdqu...
25 July 2017
Utter the words “Application Support” and you will be met with a variety of reactions. To some, it merely translates into extended work hours. Another popular reaction is that of condescension, where the word “support” impl...
24 July 2017
There is some confidence in the economy as reflected in the sales or turnaround in the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) during the first six months of this year, particularly the last three months. Dropping 200 marks within the first three mon...
