Army Commander General Shavendra Silva received the COVID-19 vaccine today as the last person out of the frontline soldiers to get the vaccine. Read More »
A fire has broken out at the Ravana Ella forest reserve last evening and a Bell 212 helicopter has been deployed to douse the fire, the Airforce Spokesperson said. Read More »
Only 350 COVID-19 cases were recorded yesterday and 94 of them were from Colombo while 82 from Ratnapura, the National Operation Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 said. Read More »
Two persons returning from a nightclub were arrested over a hit-and-run accident on the Marine Drive in Wellawatta this morning in which one victim was killed, Police Spokesman DIG Ajith Rohana said. Read More »
The Sri Lankan Government's claim that the proposal on Colombo Port's West Container Terminal (WCT) has been approved by the Indian High Commission is 'factually incorrect' , the External Affairs Mini Read More »
Energy Minister Udaya Gammanpila and Omar Abdul Razak, the Ambassador of the Maldives to Sri Lanka, discussed the supply of refined petroleum, diesel, aviation fuel, ship fuel and gas to the Maldives Read More »
The Health Services Director General has confirmed another four COVID-19 deaths today increasing the total death toll to 493, the Government Information Department said. Read More »
The burial of victims died from COVID-19 commenced at Oddamavadi in Batticaloa today by burying two COVID-19 victims, Army Commander General Shavendra Silva said. Read More »
The final reports of two Presidential Commissions of Inquiry were handed over to Speaker of Parliament Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena at the Parliament Complex. Read More »
The National Development Bank (NDB) and the Norwegian Development Finance Institution, Norfund, have reached an agreement for Norfund to invest up to 9.99% in the NDB, marking the Norfund the largest Read More »
Sri Lanka’s luxury beachfront resort, Citrus Waskaduwa, recently joined hands with Kings Hospital Colombo to commence operations as an Intermediary Care Centre (ICC), strengthening Sri Lanka’s fight a Read More »
Export earnings achieved in the month of February this year has surpassed the $ 1 billion mark for the first time since the spread of the second wave in the country, The Morning Business reliably.. Read More »
Following Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan’s visit in aims of strengthening ties with Sri Lanka, State Minister of Money, Capital Markets, and State Enterprise Reforms Ajith Nivard Cabraal has prop Read More »More Business »
Roma Holdenbottle is a single mother with two children, a driving instructor, and a bike racer. She is the first Sri Lankan woman to have biked across 25 districts in six days last year, making her a Read More »
The underlying structure of a story or plot is not one that is immediately visible to an audience. But it exists, however unseen, like the foundation of a building; the fabric of the film’s reality. Read More »
“Travel more, love better, hate less” – turning these simple words into a lifestyle are Binario 12, a duo of travel content creators, Chiranthana Arsakulasooriya and Nadi Haputhanthri.. Read More »
Andrew Fidel Fernando is the author of the award-winning travel book Upon A Sleepless Isle. Fernando also appeared on a webinar hosted by British Council Sri Lanka on 4 March, where he discussed his.. Read More »More Lifestyle. »
It has been quite a busy month in the tennis world. The highly prestigious Australian Open has just concluded, and it has certainly been quite a spectacle to behold for tennis fans everywhere. Even th Read More »
Innovation is key, the phrase is as simple as that. It is perhaps not so simple to go about trying to unlock that special power in your brain from time to time, since the art of being innovative can b Read More »
Meet Thisara Jayasinghe, everyone. Thisara is a young entrepreneur and speaker that runs his own marketing agency called Buost. He also has some product-based companies such as Kytul Ceylon (started b Read More »
There is obviously nothing we anticipate more than a big blockbuster that features a crossover between two iconic figures. After all, Batman v. Superman was all the rage back in 2016, since everyone w Read More »More Tabloids »
World Rugby, the governing body of rugby union, announced that it has taken a decision to recommend the postponement of Rugby World Cup 2021, scheduled to be hosted in New Zealand between 18 September Read More »More Sports »
Pope Francis on Friday began the first-ever papal trip to Iraq, landing in a country with an extraordinary biblical history but that is also experiencing a serious coronavirus outbreak and ongoing pol Read More »
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has been sentenced to three years on charges of bribery and influence peddling, a court in Paris rules, dpa news reports. Read More »
The director of the Philippines’ top public hospital on Monday became the first person to receive a Covid-19 vaccine shot in the country as the government finally rolled out its vaccination drive foll Read More »
The United Nations is calling for funding in an international donor meeting on Monday to save millions of people in Yemen from hunger, dpa news reports. Read More »More Intenational News »