The horrific accident near Ella that claimed 16 lives and left many more injured, is a national catastrophe. It was not ...

Don David Hewavitharne, who later became the famous Anagarika Dharmapala, was born in Colombo, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) on ...

They were overjoyed when David was born on the night of September 17, 1864, in the Pettah district of Colombo, where ‘the national religion and culture had fallen to the lowest pitch of degeneration, ...

Excavations at the Kurukkalmadam mass grave in Batticaloa is scheduled to begin next week.Deputy Minister of National ...

What precisely is the position of the National People’s Power (NPP) Government in regard to bringing closure for victims of mass graves in Sri Lanka beyond pious promises in Geneva and solemn ...

Colombo, Sept. 4 (Daily Mirror) - The Colombo High Court today rejected a request by President’s Counsel Sanjeewa Rajaratnam, appearing for former Minister Nalin Fernando, that his client be allowed ...

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Sept. 4 (UPI) --A wax figure of The Last of Us and Game of Thrones icon Bella Ramsey went on display at Madame Tussauds London Thursday. "It's so cool to have 21-year-old Bella frozen in time. It's ...

Sri Lanka recorded a strong inflow of foreign visitors in August, with India continuing to top the charts as the largest source market, according to provisional figures released by the Sri Lanka ...

Mercury in analytical Virgo squares off with Uranus in scatterbrained Gemini today, which could complicate your day and produce unwelcome surprises. No matter how hard you try to prepare for every ...

Netflix’s streaming era is not an accident; it is a phenomenon. Year, season, trend—everything is irrelevant when it comes to Netflix’s streaming roster because if you think the streamer’s success is ...

A Republican lawmaker in California is introducing a bill that would split the state into two parts, dividing the rural areas from the coastal megacities like San Francisco, Oakland and Los Angeles.