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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Twenty two of the Iranian naval personnel receiving treatment at the Karapitiya National Hospital were discharged from hospital on Saturday (7), hospital Director S.D.U.M. Ranga said. Thirty two ...

In a significant step towards enhancing digital convenience in the education sector, LB CIM, the flagship digital payments platform powered by LB Finance PLC, has officially partnered with Sri Lanka ...

Rolf Blaser, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of A. Baur & Co. (Pvt.) Ltd., has been conferred the distinguished honour of CEO of the Year 2025 by the Global CEO Forum, placing him among ...