Israel has insisted the assassination of a Hamas leader in Beirut was not an attack on Lebanon, as its enemies warned of “punishment” for his death.
An Israeli spokesman said Saleh al-Arouri had died in a “surgical strike against the...
Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 31 December 2023 by the Department of Meteorology
Misty conditions can be expected at some places in Western, Sabaragamuwa and Central provinces during the morning.
Showers or thundershowers will occur at times in Eastern...
South Korean opposition leader Lee Jae-myung has been rushed to hospital after he was stabbed in the neck during a visit to the southeastern port city of Busan.
Lee, who heads the main opposition Democratic Party, was stabbed on the...
Sydney and Auckland were the first major world cities to welcome the arrival of 2024.
Over a million revellers celebrated the New Year on Sunday night amid stunning fireworks displays, illuminating the skies over Australia’s Sydney Harbour and New Zealand’s...
“The sorrow we feel when we lose a loved one is the price we pay to have had them in our lives.”– Rob Liano
By Susantha Hewa
It was somewhere in the late 1980s that I saw the street-drama legend, Kalakeerthi...
Sydney and Auckland were the first major world cities to welcome the arrival of 2024.
Over a million revellers celebrated the New Year on Sunday night amid stunning fireworks displays, illuminating the skies over Australia’s Sydney Harbour and New Zealand’s...
Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II has announced her surprise abdication in a new year TV address.
She will formally step down on 14 January, which will be 52 years to the day since she became queen. “I will leave the throne...
by Amal Jayasinghe
The controversial arrest of Sri Lanka’s senior most Kapuwa, or the intermediary between devotee and deity, has renewed a debate over who should benefit from the valuable offerings to the gods.
Somipala Ratnayake, the chief “Kapuwa” at the...
by Amal Jayasinghe
The controversial arrest of Sri Lanka’s senior most Kapuwa, or the intermediary between devotee and deity, has renewed a debate over who should benefit from the valuable offerings to the gods.
Somipala Ratnayake, the chief “Kapuwa” at the...
By APSARA RODRIGO
ECONOMYNEXT –The lack of consumer marketing was a hinderance for the development of tourism in Sri Lanka, hospitality experts said at a panel discussion held recently.
“The travel agents know what we offer but we are not, even in...