Defence Secretary Air Vice Marshal Sampath Thuyacontha (Retd) said so while addressing Air Force personnel during his maiden visit to the Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) Headquarters at the Defence ...

There is an old Sinhala saying ‘when the farmer washes off the mud splattered on his body after working on the field, he is fit to be king’ (FILE PHOTO) ...

Sarath Ganegoda has been appointed as the new Chairman of SriLankan Airlines effective from today (09). Meanwhile, a new Board of Directors has also been appointed to Sri Lanka’s national carrier, ...

Colombo, Oct 09, (Daily) – In a move seen more as hysterical than having any purpose, two new stamps were released as souvenirs by the Sri Lanka Postal Department today with the faces of Prime ...

Sri Lanka today rejected the draft resolution which was tabled before the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) seeking to extend the mandate of Resolution 51/1 on promoting reconciliation, ...

Both Bandaranaike and Jayewardene achieved tremendous success in their own rights, despite their vastly different educational backgrounds. Their contrasting stories underline an important point: ...

Her first book, Love Marriage, (2008) which I have not read, was on the Tamil conflict in Sri Lanka. It was long listed for the Orange Prize and the Women’s Prize for Fiction and named one of the best ...

There is mention of food. The book speaks of maampasham, mangoes and vaaz hai pasam the special small sweet bananas . Oodiyal kool, a rich soup which was a treat. Vadai, murukku, pittu and fish curry.

And as the International Court of Justice (ICJ) continues to look into an ever-expanding file, accusing Israel of deliberate genocide in the Strip, the General Assembly resolved on 18 September that ...

No Fire Zone is mentioned. Tell the UN, tell the Red Cross, tell the newspaper that we are dying, we die on the beach, we die in the sea, said the fictional hostages. In the Mullavaikkal rescue the ...

I was amazed by seeing “Fiddler on the Roof,” a musical drama at the Lionel Wendt last night. This stunning drama was directed by Jerome L. de Silva. This musical was based on the 1971 film “Fiddler ...

Oxford (UK) October 8: Parliamentary representation of minority ethnic and religious groups is in danger of splintering and ...