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‘FREEDOM STRUGGLES OF SRI LANKA' presented to PM

Prof C M Madduma Bandara presented a copy of his...

Mudalige granted bail

Inter University Students' Federation (IUSF)...

O/L applications can be submitted online

The Commissioner General of Examinations, Mr....

Nuland met President

U.S. Under-Secretary for Political Affairs,...

Mudalige released

Colombo Chief Magistrate released IUSF Convener...

Government revenue far below- President

The President Ranil Wickremasinghe has notified...

The President presides over discussions on Sinhala Cultural Institute

President Ranil Wickremesinghe instructed the...

'Disco', the female Drug Dealer Arrested by the STF

Police Special Task Force (STF) has arrested a...

Heavy rains to be expected in various places across Sri Lanka

According to the Meteorological department, the...

Traffic diversions from February 1 through Galle Road

Police said that several roads around Galle Face...

LG polls gazette not yet sent to Government Printer - Info DG

The Gazette notification by the Election...

President tells gathering in Anuradhapura: Govt aims for strong, debt-free nation

The Government will take this economy to positive...

100 acres of occupied land in North to be returned

The President’s Chief of Staff and Senior Adviser...

Independence Day parade rehearsals

Sri Lankans will celebrate the 75th anniversary...

Japanese firm to beautify Beira Lake

A Japanese company has expressed its willingness...

Republic Day of India celebrated

The Indian High Commission in Colombo celebrated...

Former UN Sec Gen Ban Ki-moon here on Feb. 6

Former United Nations (UN) Secretary General Ban...

75th Independence Day ceremony at Galle Face Green

The Government is finalising arrangements to mark...

President to inaugurate fourth session of Ninth Parliament

President Ranil Wickremesinghe is due to...

Commonwealth Secretary-General to visit Sri Lanka

Riaz Ismail Scholarship Fund felicitates new recipients

The Riaz Ismail Scholarship Fund (RISF) held its...

Is IMF the only available option? : Party Leaders express opinions

Sri Lanka is at the final stage of receiving an...

Renewable energy sector pledges support

The renewable energy sector announced its full...

Tiny radioactive capsule goes missing in Western Australia

An urgent search is under way in Western...

Leslie Devendra-Palitha Atukorale

Trade unionists urge ITF to secure IMF loan for Sri Lanka

Two top trade unionists yesterday urged a global...

President Ranil Wickremesinghe lights the oil lamp

Musical experience to mark India’s 74th Republic Day

A Rock Band concert - ‘Rhythm of Harmony’...

Stop Indian poachers in Northern waters - Devananda

Minister of Fisheries Douglas Devananda has made...

Cumaraswamy marks 50 years of service in laundry industry

This year Amaranath Cumaraswamy is completing 50...

Disaster Management Plan to be submitted for Cabinet approval

People in the 14 districts that are at risk in...

Editor: Sunday Observer

Veteran journalist Pramod de Silva, a former...

LG elections won’t solve economic crisis - Thondaman

There will be no change of Government in the...

Lanka signs US$ 3m tourism pact with Qatar

State Minister of Tourism Diana Gamage, on Friday...

SLEDS signs MoU with AFIO

In yet another manifestation of brotherly...

Feature

I’m so scared of this darkness It’s so thick and...

A group of Jewish civilians being held at gunpoint by German SS troops after being forced out of a bunker where they were sheltering during the Warsaw Ghetto uprising in German-occupied Poland, World War II, April 19 - May 16, 1943

Holocaust Remembrance Irena Sendler, the forgotten heroine of the Holocaust

The pretty, dark-haired young woman in a nurse’s...

Features

Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) could be visible to the naked eye as it whizzes past Earth

Comet not seen since stone age returns to skies above earth

An exotic green comet that has not passed Earth...

Sri Lankan exporters at world’s largest agricultural trade fair in Germany

The Sri Lankan pavilion at the International...

Sri Lankan Americans’ impact on life in America

The earliest Sri Lankans to enter the...

Mediation Boards and youth The role, need and implementation of conflict resolution in Sri Lankan school systems

Conflicts are understood differently by young...

International Day of Women in Multilateralism celebrated on January 25 Women as agents of change in Multilateralism

January 25 marked International Day of Women in...

Australia funds via FAO to set up entrepreneurial school gardens

Over 200 schools will receive funds from...

The Independence Memorial Hall at Independence Square

Harking back to Independence pride

The Independence Memorial Hall is a tribute to...

‘Protect Child Nutrition’ program by Lions

Lions Clubs International recently signed an MoU...

Sri Lanka’s roads of progress

DIMO’s recently introduced its calendar for 2023...

Dr. Rasarie Wimalana shines at IBLM exam

Ayoung Sri Lankan professional has brought honour...

Mysterious dance plague

Although it is normal for a person to dance for a...

Marcus Aurelius rides again

Marcus Aurelius (A.D. 121-80), the adopted son of...

News Features

Divisions in Election Commission come to the fore

The topic of Local Government elections came to...

Gankanda Central College: A guiding light for Sabaragamuwa students

The Pelmadulla Gankanda Central College in the...

Is there an alternative to IMF assistance? Economists express their opinions

Sri Lanka is now facing a severe financial crisis...

ATM theft in Gampola : Police hot on the trail

The theft of an ATM machine in Gampola was the...

Let’s celebrate in(ter)dependence

“Interdependence is a fundamental law of nature....

Business

Nathasha Egodage

Ceymed unveils refurbished centre in Nugegoda

Ceymed, a non-hospital laboratory chain in Sri...

Lasantha Mahendrarajah

Cargills Bank launches remittance promotion Teams up with Food City

Cargills Bank has partnered with Cargills Food...

B2B meetings in progress

Sri Lanka Tourism returns to Spanish market after pandemic

Spain is one of the fastest recovery markets for...

Guests taken on a tour of the Suites Tower of Cinnamon Life

John Keells Properties hosts Oxbridge and Ivy Social at Cinnamon Life

The Oxbridge and Ivy Social was held at Cinnamon...

GAC Sri Lanka officials at the NCE Awards 2022

GAC Sri Lanka wins export award NCA Awards 2022

The National Chamber of Exporters (NCE) of Sri...

Ashanya Premadasa joins KottuMee brand

Prima KottuMee entered into a partnership with...

MD Vindya Perera with the award

Vindya Perera - Young Woman Entrepreneur of the Year

Managing Directress, Brilliant Cuts (Pvt) Ltd,...

Managing Director, Siyapatha Finance, Ananda Seneviratne, Chief Marketing officer, Siyapatha Finance, Mathisha Hewavitharana, Chief Operating Officer, Siyapatha Finance Rajeev De Silva, Chief Human Resources Officer, Siyapatha Finance, Prasad Udugampola, SSP M.K.R.A. Gunarathna and Central Bank Regional Manager, Kilinochchi, Mrs. Karthika Nirojan open the Kilinochchi branch.

Siyapatha Finance opens branch in Kilinochchi

The fully owned subsidiary of the Sampath Bank...

A radial tyre building machine at the CEAT Kelani production complex (left) and key members of the teams from the CEAT plants in Kelaniya and Kalutara involved in securing the IATF certification.

CEAT receives IATF 16949 certification

Three manufacturing plants of CEAT Kelani...

ICC panels receive three-star eco label for sustainable manufacturing Green Building Awards 2022

The ICC (International Construction Consortium (...

Team Enterprise Analytics and M Power Capital

Enterprise Analytics forges partnership with M Power Capital Plan to equip Bangladesh, Maldives and Sri Lanka with Acumatica’s ERP

Enterprise Analytics (EA), an ERP solutions...

CIPM officials at the event

CIPM teams up with AIHR

The Chartered Institute of Personnel Management (...

EDB Chairman Suresh de Mel launches the publication

EDB launches Export Performance Indicators 2021

Sri Lanka Export Development Board (EDB) launched...

The Hayleys Fabric team with the Best Projects Sustainability Award at the Best Corporate Citizen Sustainability Awards 2022

South Asia Textiles’ organic fabric dye wins global and local acclaim

* Innovative range of next-gen eco-friendly...

The Russian delegation with BOI Chairman Dinesh Weerakkody, Director General M. Weerakone and officials.

Russian biz delegation visits BOI office

A business delegation of the Sverdlovsk Region of...

Everyone knows HR

Chairman, PLC, Pradeep Amirthanayagam (center), CEO Shamindra Marcelline (first from right), Senior DGM Laksanda Gunawardena (second from right), Chief Manager, Branch Network (second from left), Susil Priyantha, Kuliyapitiya Branch Manager Kushan Herath (first from left) open the branch. (On right): Staff of the Kuliyapitiya Branch with the management.

People’s Leasing relocates Kuliyapitiya branch

The Kuliyapitiya Branch of People’s Leasing and...

Directors Anura Chandrasiri, Thilan Wijesinghe, Shardha Sosa and Lolitha Abeysinghe, CEO Supul Wijesinghe and Chairman Ravi Wijerathne. Pic: Sudath Malaweera

SMB Finance receives finance business licence

SMB Finance PLC which was recently awarded a...

An artist’s impression of the project.

ICC launches ‘The Residencies – Kotte’

Amid the economic downturn, International...

Executive Director Travis Ferreira and Regional Manager of Exterminators, Sajith Bandara receiv the award

Exterminators recognised at CNCI Awards

Exterminators PLC, a pest tech and environmental...

Gautam Adani

Adani Group hits back at ‘con’ allegations

Intro - A company owned by Gautam Adani has hit...

UK car production - lowest in 66 years

The number of new cars made in the UK has sunk to...

The SLT team (from left): Manager, Network Strategy and Transformation, Buddhika Maldeniya, CTO Rasantha Hettithanthrige, Head of Network Strategy and Transformation, Shamil Appathurai, General Manager, Network Planning and Optimisation, Indika Asurappulige, Supervisory Engineer, Network Asset Acquisition, Jeewani Fernando, Senior Manager, Radio Network Planning, Lasitha Rideewita.

SLT-Mobitel wins award for innovative broadband deployment Asian Technology Excellence Awards 2022

SLT-Mobitel received the ‘Technology Excellence...

Employee empowerment: benefits and functional principles

Empowerment in leadership refers to the process...

Natarajah Sarvanamuththu

There is something ‘Bazaar’ about Sri Lanka A close look at informal entrepreneurs

The pushcart business, street vendor and...

Suppressive supervision

“People do not leave organisations, they leave...

To follow and learn Choose the right leader

With mounting stress levels surrounding your jobs...

TEA MARKET REPORT

Courtesy: The Colombo Stock Exchange

Weekly Performance of Indices

Ceylinco Life wins World Finance award

Ceylinco Life won the World Finance award for ‘...

EU-India begin talks on FTA

There is a broad, ambitious and comprehensive...

ComBank opens Indian Rupee Nostro Account

The Commercial Bank of Ceylon has announced that...

Ship building sector will net over $80m in forex this year - Colombo Dockyard chief

Colombo Dockyard PLC (CDPLC), the leading...

Aitken Spence Travels welcomes first charter flight for the year

Aitken Spence Travels welcomed the first charter...

Fom left: Gnanam Sellathurrai, Naveen Kejriwal, Dilshan Rodrigo, Dulani Nissanka, Indika De Zoysa at the event

ICT sector mulls US $3b industry by next year

Sri Lanka’s ICT sector and its sub-sectors...

State Minister Semasinghe with DLB Chairman Ajith Naragala

DLB achieves revenue targets for 2022 Posts Rs. 3 b profit

State Minister of Finance Shehan Semasinghe said...

Dr. Lakmal Fernando

Meeting 2030 renewable energy targets Sri Lanka needs us $ 7-8b in investments

Sri Lanka will need around USD 7 to 8 billion in...

SLT-Mobitel welcomes 2023 speeding up Fibre to 200 Mbps

Celebrating the dawn of 2023 and continuing to...

CIPM teams up with Rajarata University Signs MoU to develop HR management

The Chartered Institute of Personnel Management (...

Weekly Government Securities Market Central Bank maintains policy rates at current level

Buying interest continued to dominate the...

Workshop on protected agriculture

The Sri Lanka Agripreneurs’ Forum (SLAF) places...

Sports

Sabalenka snatches first Grand Slam

Belarusian fifth seed Aryna Sabalenka won her...

Vishmi Gunaratne

Sri Lanka girls unimpressive at U-19 Youth World Cup

The Sri Lanka Under-19 girls cricket team...

Nihal Pathirage spells out his plans for a revolution in school cricket (Pic by Wimal Karunathilaka)

Ex-Nalanda cricketer on the hunt for biggest schoolboy hitters

Cricket in Sri Lanka is taking a new chapter and...

Kandy SC fly half Nigel Ratwatte makes a break against the Havelocks defence

Champs Kandy SC hand Havies further disaster

Kandy SC maintained their clean sheet as they...

Former Sri Lanka women’s cricket captain Vanessa Bowan, now De Silva, is one of the members in the all-female World Cup panel

First ever all-female panel of match officials for World Cup

In a significant first for world cricket, the...

Former Sri Lanka cricketer Jayantha Seneviratne (centre) commissions the Jayantha Seneviratne Sports Strategy Development Centre of Nalanda College flanked by his wife Kumari and the school principal Thilak Waththuhewa (Pic by Chinthaka Kumarasinghe)

Nalanda College takes a giant leap into the future of sports

Nalanda College which sports a reputation for...

Sharmal Dissanayake in action at the SSC Open

Dissanayake back in the saddle, admits the race is bumpy

Sharmal Dissanayake the men’s singles champion at...

File photo of girls in Afghanistan playing cricket before the Taliban stepped in to own the people according to their (Taliban) whims and fancies

Afghanistan’s hidden women cricketers praise Australia for not playing the men

Afghanistan’s women cricketers say the...

Usain Bolt

Usain Bolt loses $12.7m in country’s largest scam

After it was discovered that eight-time Olympic...

Cinderella girl Seneca now making giant strides

There is a very thin line between success and...

Mervyn Dillon, a Sri Lankan domiciled and playing for a club in Britain, was in the team playing against the Maldives at the South Asian tournament in October 2022 in Male that marked the last international before the FIFA ban

Sri Lanka pampered with billions and football was in the dumps

The game of musical chairs continued while the...

Ben Stokes

Stokes ICC Cricketer of the Year

All-rounder Stokes, 31, has been named Men’s Test...

CH and FC player Avantha Lee is tackled by Kandy SC’s Heshan Jansen

Kandy SC breathe a sigh of relief after Havies crash

Kandy Sports Club, the unbeaten League champions...

Most Valuable Player who represented the water polo team Leading Aircraftman RLK Udayathra receiving his Award from the Commander of the Air Force Air Marshal Sudharshana Pathirana at the felicitation ceremony held at the Air Force headquarters in Colombo

Air Force felicitates its sports personnel of 2022

Men and women who excelled in sports for Air...

Sithupa Thenu Wickremaarachchi-Genevara Fernando

Promising karate exponents from OKI go places

Two young karate exponents from OKI International...

Omalka Gunaratne at an international match

Omalka Gunaratne: ‘I have to be myself, not anybody else’

He played for and captained his school rugby team...

Rugby makes charity shove

Former Havelocks player and referee and current...

Flashback: Antoine Griezmann with the 2018 World Cup

Antoine Griezmann: Man of the Match in France’s 2018 FIFA World Cup victory

Antoine Griezmann is France’s midfield play-maker...

Kandy Sports News

Stage set for Trinity-Antonian matchThe most...

Police crack open CH in dying moments

A last minute try gave Police SC a well deserved...

England and India in Under-19 girls World Cup cricket final

England reached the Women’s Under-19 World Cup...

Sri Lanka second stringers wallop England Lions inside three days

Despite scoring 413 runs in the first innings in...

Volleyball selection trials

Selection Trials to pick the Sri Lanka women’s...

Open badminton entries close on February 9

The North Western Province Badminton Association...

Volleyball selection trials

Selection Trials to pick the Sri Lanka women’s...

Asher-Smith sets new record

Dina Asher-Smith set a new British record as she...

Ex-tennis player no more

A former tennis player in Kandy Francis Marapana...

Rugby chief to continueSri Lanka Rugby president...

Dhaka Riders win Zahira Batch of 2000 cricket final

A team called the Dhaka Riders beat the Cordova...

Lone sports crusader leaving no stone unturned

Developing sports in the country is a much...

Modern Pentathlon conducts coaching

Modern Pentathlon Federation of Sri Lanka (MPFSL...

Editorial

Promising reassurances

“We will bat for you” is a cricket term that one...

Opinion

Restraints and obstacles to economic recovery

Sri Lanka, as a country, moves into 2023 with...

Prime Minister of Australia Anthony Albanese

Heated debate on giving a voice to indigenous Australians

Each year on January 26, Australians celebrate “...

Cartoon of the week

Civility and election fever

Civility in the public discourse returned after...

Some senior opposition Mps acting irresponsibly - Prof. Ranjith Bandara

Chairman of the Committee on Public Enterprises (...

Youth Observer

Athlete Kenul Dulmin determined to bring glory to Sri Lanka

Perfect balance between sports and studies no...

Dobaaraa Fast, dark, exciting and disruptive

Dobaaraa (2nd time), also stylized as ’2:12’,...

Cuddly and poppy’s tea party – A story born of friendship and love

Cuddly and Poppy are a teddy bear and a kangaroo...

The Bystander Effect

The Bystander Effect is a social psychological...

In conversation with upcoming actress Dinara Punchihewa

Prasanna Vithanage’s latest cinematic masterpiece...

Onyeka Nwelue in conversation with Prajwal Parajuly

Jaipur Literature Festival 2023: Successful 16th edition concludes

The world’s most charismatic lit fest - the 16th...

The next singing sensation - Ruwan Kumara

Kids singing songs and beating on desks and...

Asanka de Mel

A sarong revolution with Asanka de Mel

The sarong has been a South Asian fashion staple...

Dinara Punchihewa

In conversation with dazzling Dinara Punchihewa

Health

Women are most at risk of suffering adverse reactions to drugs, research reveals

Women and patients on a higher number of...

The most common among Sri Lankan males - Study Preventing oral cancer Healthy diet, good sexual hygiene, awareness of symptoms and early treatment vital

In a few days, cancer researchers from across the...

Junior

Charlston’s annual concert

The annual concert of Charlston Pre-school and...

Renowned Personalities

Anagarika Dharmapala Anagarika Dharmapala is a...

Facets of Lanka

The National Flag In 1948, the Sri Lankan...

Sirima Bandaranaike The Iron Lady of Ceylon

Sirima Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike (1916-2000),...

Suddenly comes like a kite Mosquitoes to fill...

Healthy food for a healthy life

First of all, we have to know about healthy...

A visit to a Botanical Garden

I visited the Peradeniya Botanical Gardens with...

My grandmother’s name is Yasmin. She is 52 years...

A journey at night

The moon’s like a wizard’s face in the sky, The...

Expand your vocabulary

Circle A, B, C or D that most accurately fits the...

This is a guide to help learners to communicate...

75th anniversary of Independence. Pic: Dushmantha Mayadunne

75th anniversary of Independence

Images for 75th Independence day - February 4

Marriage Proposals

AAA. Sinhala Catholic professional parents seek...

BRIDES

Absolutely beautiful Lecturer daughter graduated...

Obituaries

K. P. GERTRUDE SYBIL FERNANDO - Loving wife of...

World

UK Economy is the only G7 Economy to contract in year 2023 - IMF

According to International Monetary Fund (IMF)...

Montage

A Death at an Antique Shop at Lionel Wendt

The opening shows of A Death at an Antique Shop (...

Anomaa Rajakaruna receives her award for the Best Documentary

Achievers of 21st Dhaka International Film Festival

The 21st edition of the Dhaka International Film...

Spectrum

Magnetic spell of a press magnate Challenging colonialism through the printed word

Lake House founder D.R. Wijewardene (DRW) is...

Impact

Pigeons on war mission

As it was understood that the pigeon is a...

AI could kill off the human race - Experts

Experts from Oxford University said when...

National Director SOS Children’s Villages Sri Lanka Divakar Ratnadurai hands over an educational pack to a student at the Kahapola School

SOS assistance for needy children

SOS Children’s Villages Sri Lanka (SOSCV SL) has...

Empowering underprivileged children with tech knowledge

The Rootcode Foundation was launched recently...

Havens of love and care

Forty years ago today, the Marcsri main home was...

The true meaning of Independence Evolving a truly Sri Lankan identity, a priority

Freedom, Liberty and Independence. Three words...

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