Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 22 April 2023 by the Department of Meteorology
Showers or thundershowers will occur at several places in Eastern, Uva, Northern, North-central, Sabaragamuwa and Central provinces during the afternoon or night. Fairly heavy showers...
by Meera Sirinivasan
Zoologists and conservationists in Sri Lanka on April 19 slammed a recent government proposal exploring the export of monkeys to China, terming it an ad-hoc, illegal, and short-sighted response to a long-standing human-animal conflict. Earlier this month,...
The official launch of the electronic Easter magazine, “Mawatha,” published by the National Catholic Writers’ Organization, under the patronage of the National Catholic Mass Communication Director, Rev. Fr Jude Krishantha Fernando and the participation of the editor of the...
Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 22 April 2023 by the Department of Meteorology
Showers or thundershowers will occur at several places in Eastern, Uva, Northern, North-central, Sabaragamuwa and Central provinces during the afternoon or night. Fairly heavy showers...
Easter Sunday attacks
By Norman Palihawadana
Archbishop of Colombo, Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith, yesterday asked whether there had been any investigation into the possible dealings between intelligence agencies and Zahran Hashim’s National Thowheed Jamath.
Addressing an event to mark the fourth anniversary of...
40 to 45 percent of grease in the market adulterated
30 percent of lubricants unauthorised
The Ministry of Power and Energy had proposed to remove the lubricant levy from the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL), regulator of the lubricant...
The defence ministry in Moscow says a Russian fighter jet accidentally bombed the city of Belgorod near the border with Ukraine.
Regional Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said the blast had left a huge crater about 20 metres (60 ft) wide...
Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena participating at the Badulla district progress review meeting of “Aluth Gamak- Aluth Ratak” the National Integrated Participatory Development Programme held at Badulla District Secretariat on Thursday (20) pointed out that some government officials had neglected...
Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 19 April 2023 by the Department of Meteorology
Showers or thundershowers will occur at several places in Sabaragamuwa, Western, Central, North-Western, and North-central provinces and in Galle, Matara and Mullaitivu districts during the...
By Rathindra Kuruwita
About 50 fresh medical graduates were leaving the country without even applying for their post-intern positions here, Secretary of the Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) Dr. Haritha Aluthge said yesterday.
He said that there was a severe shortage...