WEATHER FORECAST FOR 21 AUGUST 2026 Issued at 05.30 a.m. on 21 August 2026 by the Department of Meteorology Several spells of showers will occur in the Western and Sabaragamuwa provinces and in Kandy, ...

The Director Genaral of  the Department of Government Information in a statement says that the Government has declared 21, 22 and 23 August 2026 as National Days of Mourning in honour of the late ...

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told CNBC that Washington will impose the “toughest sanctions in history” to “collapse” the Iranian government, calling on other nations, including China, to join ...

The Sri Lanka Public Health Inspectors’ Association has suspended airport quarantine-related duties, including dengue inspections, across the country in protest over the transfer of a senior Public ...

By Shamindra Ferdinando Former External Affairs Minister Prof. G. L. Peiris yesterday (20) said that the Supreme Court bench to hear the petitions against the 22nd Amendment (22A) to the Constitution ...

Saman Indrajith Cigarette production in Sri Lanka has dropped by 32% over the past three years following successive increases in taxes on tobacco products, Deputy Minister of Economic Development ...

Indumini Thilakarathna has been appointed the 59th Surveyor General of Sri Lanka. She is the first woman to hold the top post in the Survey Department’s history. Thilakarathna joined the Survey ...

Rex Clementine Every dark cloud, they say, has a silver lining. And as Sri Lanka’s poor run against India continued, that silver lining was young Sonal Dinusha. The manner in which this little man ...

Professor A. N. I. Ekanayaka Emeritus Professor It is sad to see so sacred and dignified an institution as the judiciary currently tormented by acrimonious public debate over the government’s ...

Tales of Mystery and Suspense 15 After several weeks, I return to the Thursday Murder Club, which I found delightful as I indicated when I described the first book in the series. Though full of ...

A checklist for scientists, journalists and the public, through Sri Lanka’s viral wood-fire cooking controversy by Manasee Thisaramalee Weerathunga When science tells you that a lifelong practice you ...

From the Art of the Stethoscope to the Science of the Screen. What Today’s Young Doctors Can Learn from Yesterday’s Medical Leaders. by Dr B. J. C. Perera MBBS(Cey), DCH(Cey), DCH(Eng), MD(Paediatrics ...