It is, indeed, encouraging to see our local artistes working on new formats, where their music is concerned. Variety is the spice of life, they say, and I do agree, especially when it comes to music.

The Microfinance and Credit Regulatory Authority Bill was passed into law by the Parliament of Sri Lanka on 4 March. According to Deputy Minister of Finance and Planning Dr. Anil Jayantha, the main ...

The Embassy of Sri Lanka in Bangkok participated in the 59th Red Cross Charity Bazaar, one of Thailand’s major annual fundraising events organised by the Thai Red Cross Society, held from February 26 ...

CSE trading registered a marked decline yesterday after opening, as global oil prices jumped over 20 percent, topping US $100 a barrel amid the war in West Asia, market analysts said. The All Share ...

A section of trade unions of the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) withdrew from all services at 3 pm yesterday, for a 24-hour period. The General Secretary of the CEB’s Sri Lanka Nidahas Sewaka ...

The Supreme Court yesterday declared that the Fundamental Rights (FR) petition filed by former State Minister, one-time Eastern Province Chief Minister, and ex-LTTE combatant Sivanesathurai ...

Stringent measures have to be taken to ensure importers of food products and food ingredients adhered to shelf-life standards, those familiar with the import procedures said. Responding to The Island ...

Bathiya N Santhush (BnS) have quite a large fan base in the USA. They have been there, in the past, and are now ready to check out the States again, and the tour is scheduled for this month (March).

The Sri Lanka College of Psychiatrists has launched an innovative telemedicine psychology program designed to provide essential support and mental health care to individuals adversely affected by the ...

Authorities have traced the oil contamination reported along sections of the Hikkaduwa and Peraliya coastlines in the Galle District to drifting barrels of industrial lubricant, while rapid response ...

There has been a rare consensus of opinion in the country that the government’s humanitarian response to the sinking of Iran’s naval ship IRIS Dena was the correct one. The support has spanned the ...

It was Henry Sweet, the English phonetician and language scholar, who said, “Language may be defined as the expression of thought by means of speech sounds“. In today’s context, where language extends ...