In the autumn of 1956, Hungary staged the first uprising against the 20th century Soviet behemoth. Seventy years later, in the spring of 2026 Hungary has delivered the first electoral thrashing ...

National Savings Bank (NSB), one of Sri Lanka’s leading state-owned financial institutions, takes pride in continuing its long-standing tradition of celebrating the Sinhala and Tamil New Year by ...

In a bid to bring foreign exchange to up country and strengthen the local economy, a diversified young entrepreneur from Nuwara Eliya, R. Thilagan, has opened his first international branch office in ...

A series of solemn religious observances and commemorative events will be held on Tuesday, April 21, to mark the seventh anniversary of the Easter Sunday terror attacks, with ceremonies planned across ...

The Sri Lankan delegation, led by Central Bank Governor Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe, held a series of high-level discussions with senior officials of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World ...

Warning that “agents of the devil who wish to hide the truth behind a wall of political posturing” were attempting to obstruct investigations into the Easter Sunday terror attacks, the Catholic Church ...

Eighteen-year-old American artistic gymnast Tiana Sumanasekera, of Sri Lankan descent, has emerged as one of the standout performers of the NCAA season with a Bollywood-inspired floor routine that has ...

The evening of 11th April 2026, marked the launch of Professor Sivasubramanium Pathmanathan’s groundbreaking research, Glimpses of an Ancient Civilization, Society and Culture in Jaffna 300 BC–AD 500.

Published by Jam Fruit Tree Publications. 82 pages. Softcover. ISBN 978-624-6633-81-3 The author is a graduate teacher at St. Thomas’ College, Mount Lavinia; his alma mater. On leaving school he read ...

A destination wedding in Sri Lanka is not just an event,it is an experience that unfolds over days, sometimes even a week. From the golden shores of Bentota to the colonial charm of Galle Fort, and ...

In a Ministry such as the Ministry of Public Administration in particular, it is very necessary to hold the scales absolutely evenly. The Secretary is the head of several services and he must forget ...

Hell must be calm and beautiful, as all monsters on the planet are, performing what hell itself was meant to perform. Jimmy Kimmel got it right when he reduced the moment to a satirical shorthand: ...