The All Party Conference, chaired by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to discuss the impact of recent U.S. tariffs on Sri Lanka, concluded with consensus on the government's approach, multiple party ...

The annual Nuwara Eliya spring festival started with a bang on April 1, with a performance by 18 percussion bands featuring 600 schoolchildren. The parade was held along Queen Elizabeth Mawatha, near ...

The oldest member at the Dehiwala National Zoological gardens, the giant tortoise, who is around 153 years, will be among the animals selected for the traditional New Year oil anointing ceremony on ...

Mount Lavinia Magistrate A.D. Chathurika de Silva will deliver her order on June 16 regarding whether Trade Minister Wasantha Samarasinghe should be named as a suspect in a fraud case. The case ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised to look into a request made by the four Mahanayaka Theras to allow full Buddhist representation in the management of the Maha Bodhi Temple at Buddha Gaya in India ...

The government will seek concessions from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for its 48-month Extended Fund Facility with Sri Lanka to offset the impact of the US tariffs on the economy, a senior ...

In a touching moment of compassion, Sri Lankan cricket sensation Angelo Mathews fulfilled the wish of a terminally ill young fan, bringing joy to a child facing life’s greatest challenge. The ...

Last week’s VVIP visitor, tweeting as he did almost on an hourly basis about his “good friend” President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, was, no doubt, a well-studied approach from the Indian side intended ...

This lady from Kirulapone regularly makes Avurudu sweetmeats and other food during the New Year. But she says this year the demand has dropped for her orders because of rising prices. Pic by M.A.

Vendors in Kandy town have been given permission to sell goods on the pavements until the end of the New Year season. The decision was taken at the Coordinating Committee meeting of the Kandy District ...

UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – As the Trump administration’s hostility towards the United Nations keeps growing, a New York Times columnist last week proposed “something a little incendiary”. Maybe Trump ...

Los Angeles, United States, AFP: Adam Peaty announced on Wednesday that he intends to compete at a fourth Olympics after six new swimming events were added to the 2028 Los Angeles Games in what he ...