Donald Trump was right: Ukraine started the war. Again, Trump was right; if he had been in office, the Ukraine war would not have happened.

Gampaha Siddhayurveda Medical College was established in 1929 by Ayurveda Chakravarthi Pandit G. P. Wickramarachchi Siddharyuveda as a centre for Ayurvedic education.

Sri Lanka’s banking sector faces a paradox: despite ample liquidity, with banks’ liquid assets nearly doubling to 35.25% of total assets, credit growth remains stagnant due to high levels of non-performing loans (NPLs).

Sri Lanka’s Budget 2025 signals a strong push to boost fiscal revenues but risks to the country’s financial stability remain significant, Fitch Ratings warned.

Sri Lanka’s 2025 budget doesn’t introduce major tax changes but includes a few welcome adjustments. However, a tax expert points out that the budget still lacks a scientific approach, highlighting the need for a dedicated tax unit to advise the F

For Danigala Mahabandalage Suda Wannila Aththo, the incumbent leader of the Rathugala adivasi community, bee-honey harvesting is part of their traditional lifestyle. Rathugala is a scenic village in the Eastern Province of Sri Lanka, located borderin

When I close my eyes I can picture Manorani. She wore jasmines in her hair, and classically Sri Lankan sarees, never Indian ones, those Nylex, floral print sarees that draped so gracefully on her tall frame. She always wore a powdered pottu. If she

Today, February 18, 2025, marks the 35th year since the abduction and brutal killing of journalist, teacher, poet, playwright, actor and activist Richard de Zoysa.

A medical grade Reverse Osmosis (RO) plant for patients undergoing hemodialysis was recently launched at the Colombo National Hospital.

Sri Lanka yesterday introduced a national budget aimed at balancing fiscal discipline with economic revival, while addressing the gap between the struggling households and long-term growth ambitions.

Kidney stones are solid masses or crystals that form from substances (like minerals, acids and salts) in your kidneys

Sugath Moragahakumbura’s drama ‘Akuru Hakuru’ has received many positive reviews in recent times.

The Colombo Gangaramaya Temple’s annual Navam Perahera paraded the streets on February 11 and 12.

The Power Minister announced today that the daily power cuts will no longer be imposed from today (14 February) following the successful addition of a Norochcholai Power Plant unit to the national grid.

Manila-based lender, the Asian Development Bank (ADB), has earmarked an indicative envelope of US$900 million for Sri Lanka’s development in 2025.

President Donald Trump first thought he could bully and get whatever he wanted from Arab nations dependent on US economic largesse.

The recent discourse surrounding the arrival of over 100 Rohingya refugees in Sri Lanka in December 2024 has been fraught with statements that they are victims of human trafficking, or they are illegal immigrants and hence are at risk of deportation.

YouTube is flooded now with videos made using artificial intelligence.There are music videos of world leaders singing or playing instruments, with other presidents and prime ministers in the audience.

The government has approved the enhancement of rural roads in the Northern and Eastern Provinces.

SriLankan Airlines plans to double its fleet to 50 aircrafts within five years as Sri Lanka targets US $10 billion in annual tourism revenue by the end of the decade.

This time it really did feel like the end of an era. And what an inglorious end it was, a gruesome mockery of a powerful, stunningly beautiful leopard that had trodden the tea roads and forest paths of the southern Central Highlands for a decade or m

Ahimsa Wickrematunge, daughter of the slain Editor in Chief of The Sunday Leader newspaper has requested Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya to impeach the Attorney General for gross abuse of power/gross neglect of duty in connection with the criminal

As the investigations into the Easter Sunday attacks continue, high ranking defence officials probing the case have revealed to the Daily Mirror that travel bans on some former high ranking State Intelligence Service members has been imposed to preve

Footage of a dog escaping an encounter with the famous Nelumwila Big Male, fondly known as Neluma, one of the most iconic leopards at Wilpattu National Park went viral on social media.

I attended the movie ‘Rani’ where its characters allegedly represent the lives, times and the deaths of Dr. Manorani Saravanamuttu and Richard de Zoysa.

In an effort to address issues faced by local small and medium enterprises (SMEs), the Ministry of Finance announced this week the establishment of a national advisory committee.

In the second part of this series based on Eric Illayapparachchi’s seminal essay on the Sinhala song, we start with his views on the ‘Subhavitha-Peechang’ (distinguished-cheap) conflict which dominated it for so long. Two towering figures come

The Sinharaja Forest, spread across the districts of Ratnapura, Galle, and Matara, covers an area of 11,187 hectares. There are 22 villages surrounding this forest, and Lankagama, one of them, is located in the Galle district at an altitude of 827 fe

‘Chinese New Year’ dawned on January 29, 2025. Celebrations, which will last for 15 days, are also known as the ‘Spring Festival’.

Roopa Hala’, Sri Lanka’s first and largest OTT streaming platform, designed exclusively for Sinhala Cinema, is revolutionising the way audiences experience the nation’s rich storytelling tradition.