Ace swimmer Matthew Abeysinghe established a new Sri Lanka record in Men’s 100m Freestyle swimming to reach the semi-final in his favourite event, but could not find a place in the final at the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast yesterday. Abeysinghe and fellow swimmer Akalanka Peiris …
Harshana Godamanna kept Sri Lanka’s hopes alive against Indonesia on day one of the Davis Cup Group II relegation tie with a comfortable 2-0 win in … Sri Lanka has beaten Indonesia in the previous two times they have met each other and hopefully they will be looking forward to break the hoodoo …
A crude bid to capture national political power by the so-called Joint Opposition, disgracefully aided and abetted by a section of President Maithripala Sirisena’s Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) failed this week. Given the political configurations on the floor of the House, perhaps this failure was inevitable …
Apr 07, Colombo: The World Health Organization (WHO) and Sri Lanka celebrated the 70th anniversary of World Health Day under the patronage of President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe at the Nelum Pokuna Theatre in Colombo,…
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A recent talk by the Indian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, Taranjit Singh Sandhu, received wide media coverage in Colombo, with almost all newspapers picking up one point. “Our aid is not to raid or invade,” he had said. The Indian envoy made the reference to India’s development assistance while …
Apr 07, Colombo: The World Health Organization (WHO) marks its 70th anniversary on World Health Day, today in Sri Lanka. While WHO offices worldwide are organizing events to mark the day, the main event will be held in Colombo under the patronage of Pr…
Apr 07, Colombo: The Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka {HRCSL) said it will investigate complaints made by the public with regard to the violent incidents based on religious hatred in Kandy district last month. The HRCSL in a statement said the inve…
Balakrishnan, still a teenager, had just arrived from Sri Lanka — where a longstanding civil war was raging — with a high school degree and little else. His next job was washing dishes, 10 hours a day, in a restaurant in Piacenza, on the Po River in no…
Three Royal Thai naval ships arrive at Sri Lanka’s Colombo Port on goodwill visit. Sat, Apr 7, 2018, … During the five-day tour, the ships’ crew is scheduled to take part in various programs including friendly sporting activities, cultural shows, variety shows organized by Sri Lanka Navy. The ships are due …