Australian Governor-General Samantha Joy Mostyn met President Anura Kumara Dissanayake on Friday (08) at the Presidential ...

The national celebration of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples was held today (09) at the Indigenous ...

The final Randoli Perahera of the annual Esala Perahera at the historic Sri Dalada Maligawa in Kandy took place yesterday evening (08), drawing thousands of spectators, including President Anura ...

Former Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar was killed on 12 August 2005 by a sniper of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) concealed in the house of an unsuspecting neighbour.

The life, and violent death, of Neelan Tiruchelvam is the subject of a new documentary by young Canadian Tamil director Pitasanna Shanmugathas. Its title is apt. In life Tiruchelvam was silenced in ...

In 2024, the global approach to measuring business climate saw a major transformation. The World Bank Group introduced the Business Ready (B-READY) Index, its new flagship report aimed at assessing ...

It’s indeed heart-breaking to learn the plight of wild elephants in Sri Lanka and the extent of horror and cruelty unleashed upon them that continue to go unabated over the years. The spate of recent ...

Sri Lanka’s last wild tuskers — majestic, rare, and silently disappearing — are on the brink of vanishing forever. These giants once roamed in strength and abundance across the island, but now, only a ...

The Sri Lanka Export Development Board (EDB) on Wednesday held its first high-level discussion with leading export stakeholders to craft a coordinated response to the 20% tariff recently imposed by ...

The Committee on Public Accounts (COPA) yesterday (7) disclosed that during the period 2014-2017, an overpayment of Rs. 7,730,262 in excess of the approved fuel limit had been made to the former ...

The Advocata Institute, while welcoming the Government’s recent decision to waive visa fees for tourists from 40 additional countries, called for broader liberalisation of the visa regime to fully ...