With Christmas round the corner, people were seen purchasing cribs in Wattala yesterday. Making cribs and erecting nativity scenes using handmade cribs is a usual practice in Sri Lanka during Christmas.

A felicitation ceremony named ‘Siri Asiri’ to honour veteran journalist Siri Ranasinghe, who has held the editorship of Lankadeepa for 33 consecutive years was held at the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute (SLFI) last evening.

The JN.1 variant of COVID is considered to be the Omicron subvariant BA.2.86 or Pirola

Alles’ Brompton Properties Ltd. owns a flat in an affluent area of London that was purchased for about $960,000 in 2006

A series of events were organised to mark the 80th birth anniversary of Dr. Galaboda Gnanissara Thera, also known as Podi Hamuduruwo, the Chief Incumbent of the Gangaramaya Temple Colombo yesterday. Alms were offered to 100 monks to mark the occasion

The 8th South China Sea Buddhism Roundtable discussion kicked off at the BMICH yesterday (12), under the auspices of Chief Incumbent of the Gangaramaya Temple Venerable Galboda Gnanissara Thera and Venerable Master Yin Shun of China. The event attrac

Commemorating the 10th anniversary of China’s ambitious global development strategy, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), Sri Lanka is set to host an international Buddhism roundtable, attracting over 400 delegates from 32 countries.

Minister of Mass Media Dr. Bandula Gunawardena presenting the first day commemoration stamp and cover issued in view of the 100th Birth Anniversary of Prof. Stanley Wijesundera to President Ranil

The 58th Colombo Scouts Camporee got under way at Viharamahadevi Park, Colombo, with the participation of Colombo District Schools. The event will come to an end on December 11, 2023.

Jayasuriya had sought a monthly package of Rs.5 million for his service

The Court of Appeal today held that Nadun Chinthaka Wickramaratne alias ‘Harak Kata’ should be forthwith produced before a Magistrate if the CID is unable to produce fresh evidence to the Minister of Defence that he had committed any offence unde

A delegation led by Public Security Ministry Secretary Viyani Gunathilaka had a lengthy consultation with Singapore based Tech Industry collective Asia Internet Coalition (AIC) on Sri Lanka’s Online

A revision application filed by State Minister Sanath Nishantha challenging Chilaw High Court’s decision to reject a request made by him that the travel ban imposed on him be lifted was yesterday rejected by the Court of Appeal. Sanath Nishantha

​President Ranil Wickremesinghe is reported to be mulling prorogation of Parliament by the middle of January, next year. Once Parliament is prorogued, pending businesses before the House will lapse, and the new Parliament, once convened by the Pre

Mahavihara Vanshika Sri Kalyani Samagri Maha Sangha Sabhawa which consists of nearly 700 temples, 3,000 monks, has appointed Milinda Moragoda as the Chairman of their Sanrakshana Sabhawa. The Most Ven

The Bogollagama’s travelled exclusively on business class both from Colombo to London to take up his position and then now from London Heathrow to Accra

The decision made by the privileges committee was criticized by opposition MPs including Rohana Bandara

Sri Lanka is seeing a massive spike in Dengue cases across the country with the Western Province recording over 35,000 cases which is the highest in terms of provinces. According to the Epidemiology Unit, the tally of dengue cases recorded for 202

Dressing the historic Avukana Buddha statue with a robe has created a controversy. Commenting on the issue Chief Incumbent of Avukana Rajamaha Vihara Ven. Shastrawelliye Dhammakitthi Thera refuted allegations on social media in this regard. Ven. Th

Says President accused me of insulting the judiciary

Rs.187Mn has been undercharged in this manner

At the pre-match press conference, Australian skipper Pat Cummins said there was nothing more satisfying than hearing a big crowd go silent. That is exactly what they did last night, stunning a partisan home crowd with a crushing six wicket win in th

The ORAM INTERNATIONAL DENTAL FORUM AND AWARDS EVENING to felicitate and honour Dentists who completed Basic and intermediate implant courses, Surgical Courses and Laser Courses and also the people who were a part of the ORAM journey over a long peri

While holding the guilty persons’ liable and naming them, including one member of the Monetary Board, the Supreme Court in its recent judgment regarding two fundamental rights petitions filed over economic crisis, decided not to make any adverse d

President Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday unveiled a budget that could be deemed pragmatic, acknowledging the limited fiscal and political room for additional taxes, while simultaneously showcasing ambition through its revenue proposals and deficit

A group of doctors representing the GMOA, who were participating in a demonstration in front of the Lady Ridgeway Hospital yest

Despite the country facing burning issues which hits the common man’s wallet, such as the heavy cost of living, a very concerning online safety bill which is yet to be passed, an upcoming budget and what it holds, taxes and much more, our 225 MPs d

President Ranil Wickremesinghe will seek to boost tax revenue and rationalise spending in the government’s second full-year budget on Monday, targeting a return to growth for the crisis-hit economy while keeping an eye on elections.

It is not the players who are involved in match-fixing but those in SLC

Milinda Moragoda presented the first copies of ‘Ashoka Vadana’ to the Mahanayake Theras of the Malwatta, Asgiriya, and Ramanna Nikayas in Kandy. The book contains selected articles from his newspaper column of the same name tha