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.

By Kapila Bandara Shangri-La Asia’s real estate in Colombo including seafront luxury apartments, and commercial and office spaces have generated strong profit for the group in 2 ...

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 ...

Faced with suspension over allegation of match-fixing, three former Sri Lanka cricketers have appealed to the Geneva-based Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) against the International Cricket ...

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 ...

In the 1980s and 1990s, the rapid increase in crows became a serious nuisance in urban areas and threatened other bird ...