In the summer of 1789, as the French Revolution gathered momentum, delegates of the National Assembly assembled in Versailles to debate the future of France. The seating arrangement inside the chamber ...

There is a short story by Gabriel García Márquez, Nobel laureate, master of the human comedy and its agonies, called “I Just ...

Wednesday 3rd June, 2026 Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa is reported to have lamented that in Sri Lanka, politicians who are adept at lying succeed at the expense of those who work really hard. He ...

Sri Lanka has taken a major step towards modernising its power infrastructure with the arrival of the country’s first commercial-scale Battery Energy Storage System (BESS), part of a USD 50 million ...

Arrangements are underway for former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to give evidence online in a case regarding the disappearance of Lalith Kumar Weeraraj and Kugan Muruganandan in December, 2011. The ...

IMF turning a blind eye to NPP corruption: Opp. The People’s United Opposition yesterday (01) alleged that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) had turned a blind eye to serious... Retired ...

The driver of a pickup truck that ploughed into a crowd near a dansala at the Meegoga junction, killing six people, on Sunday night, was remanded till 16 June by the Homagama’s Magistrate’s Court. The ...

SLPP MP Namal Rajapaksa has defended former Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa following questions over his continued stay in the United States, despite facing scrutiny over several legal and corruption ...

Stredge, now into its ninth year, recently marked its strategic rebranding under the slogan of ‘orchestrating value’. The rebranding is a further endorsement of the company’s proven track record of ...

Chairman of the Public Finance Committee Dr. Harsha de Silva, MP, yesterday (31) said that the National People’s Power (NPP) government was going ahead with a controversial move to pass on the massive ...

Former Foreign Secretary, Ambassador Prasad Kariyawasam, was elected by acclamation as the Chair of the United Nations Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of ...

The National Joint Three-Wheeler Drivers and Industrial Workers’ Association yesterday said that due to the latest fuel price hikes, it would seek approval to increase the starting fare for metered ...