Mr Mendis pointed out that heavy rains are required to raise the water levels in catchment areas. While such rains are ...

The Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has begun probes into complaints against suspended Deputy Secretary General of Parliament Chaminda Kularatne and a counter ...

Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya is seen interacting with children during a New Year event held in Gampaha.

They did not go to mark the New Year in their hometown but to visit the cemetery where their five-year-old daughter, Leema ...

When coal contains an unusually high amount of impurities, it might impede the reject system from discharging pyrites as fast ...

The Walk-for-Peace delegation, including Ven. Pannakara Thero and his chief incumbent, arrived in Sri Lanka on Friday. Their itinerary begins with a visit to the Attanagalla Maha Viharaya, followed by ...

The Sri Lanka government has taken a cabinet decision recently to resume the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)-funded US$2.2 billion ‘Light Rail Transit (LRT) project, stretching from ...

The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) bought three shipments of diesel between the last week of March and the second week of April at prices of between US$288 and US$281 per barrel, General Manager ...

UNITED NATIONS (IPS)— The United Nations faces two crucial elections later this year: the election of a new Secretary General, with no confirmed date for polling, and the election of a new President ...

Lee Kuan Yew was referring to China’s “Four Pests Campaign” launched in 1958, which sought to eliminate not only flies and ...

Hambantota International Port (HIP) received LPG vessel ANDOVER on April 4, which discharged approximately 7,000 metric tonnes (MT) of liquefied petroleum gas consigned to Laugfs Gas. The consignment, ...

Somalatha Subasinghe Playhouse was established by the late Somalatha Subasinghe in 1981, a veteran playwright and actress, to ...