Former Health Minister and researcher on chronic kidney disease in agricultural communities Dr. Channa Jayasumana, participated as the Chief Guest of the Ramlila Festival held at Bargarh district, ...

…Poetry oozes somewhere out of Colombo’s toxic Beira, surrounded by so-called modern ‘millennial’, ‘hi-tech’ companies and boutique hotels with fanciful but ultimately useless architecture, who are ...

Forty-six years ago, in the winter of 1979, the people of Iran, through a fundamental overhaul of their political system, ...

The Trinamul Congress on Tuesday demanded renaming of West Bengal as 'Bangla', saying this carries the signature of the state's history and culture.

Sri Lanka unveils a world of hidden treasures, from its lush landscapes to the rich cultural experiences that define this island nation. Picture vibrant roads lined with daily life, picturesque ...

Two tourists have died from suspected pesticide poisoning after their hostel in Sri Lanka was fumigated for bedbugs, Britain’s PA Media news agency has reported. Ebony McIntosh, a 24-year-old ...

Booking.com encouraged travellers to visit Sigiriya to witness what it described as “architectural brilliance of ancient Sri Lanka”. The platform also highlighted the region’s rich cultural ...

Sri Venkateswara Agricultural College, Tirupati, received a bomb threat in the form of an anonymous phone call on Thursday, which later turned out to be a hoax. The call comes a couple of months ...

Australia and Sri Lanka face off in the second and final Test in Galle this afternoon, less than a week after the first Test ended at the same venue. Reigning champions Australia have already ...

COLOMBO: An intruding monkey at a Sri Lankan electrical grid sub-station caused a general islandwide blackout on Sunday (Feb 9), government officials said. The power outage began around 11.30am ...

Rajan Philips Political Coming of Age Both the observance of Independence Day and its erstwhile detractors would seem to have come of age at last, after 77 years. Tongue in cheek commentators have ...

Modern agriculture’s critical challenge is to feed a growing global population while reducing the environmental footprint of ...