Rupert Parker explores Sri Lanka’s Jaffna Peninsula by bicycle Jaffa is still not on most traveller’s itineraries, perhaps because the region is still relatively underdeveloped. The surrounding ...

Former Pakistan cricketer Kamran Akmal has strongly criticized the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for appointing Azhar Mahmood ...

Centuries old Panchaloha idol stolen from ancient temple in NelloreNellore Three centuries old Panchaloha idol of Sri Medha Dakshinamurthy was stolen by some unidentified men from ancient Kasi Viswana ...

DFCC Aloka, the Bank’s women-centric banking proposition, has now empowered over 100,000 women across Sri Lanka. More than ...

Tuticorin: All 20 fishermen aboard two mechanised boats that drifted into Sri Lankan waters after mechanical failures were ...

ITV and Mammoth Screen have commenced production on 'Betrayal,' a spy thriller starring Romola Garai and Shaun Evans.

At a ceremony held recently at the Hilton Colombo, Kaushala Amarasekara, General Manager of Branding, Communications and Loyalty at Hutchison Telecommunication Lanka (Pvt) Ltd, won the Excellence in ...

A female medical officer has complained to the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka against the Kandy District Regional Director of ...

As Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga, Sri Lanka’s first female Executive President, turns 80 on June 29, a timely question ...

It is deeply rooted in Sri Lanka’s post-conflict and post-liberalisation trajectory. During the 30-year armed conflict, official figures show the state sustained itself—ironically—not just through ...

I also call for the repeal of the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) and a moratorium on its use and urge an expedited review and release of long-term PTA detainees and prisoners. Also, the Online ...

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, stated on Thursday (26) that the Muslim Marriage and Divorce Act needed to be amended to bring it into line with international human ...