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A pregnant mother receives a voucher from Rushini Perera - Head of Resilience, Emergencies and Social Protection, World Food Program, Sri Lanka and Dr. L.N.N. Vithana – Medical Officer of the Maternity and Child Welfare Centre in Wasala Road, Colombo 13.

WFP presents food for pregnant women in Colombo

The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) on...

Pakistan’s High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, Maj. Gen. (Retd) Umar Farooq Burki with President Gotabaya Rajapaksa

Pakistan assures Lanka support to overcome crisis

Pakistan’s High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, Maj....

Kochchikade Church feast

Thousands of devotees flocked to the 188th feast...

Kandy Esala perahera from August 2-12

The annual Kandy Esala perahera will be held from...

Density of dengue mosquito vectors, dangerously high – GMOA Secy

The breataux index which indicates the density of...

COPA tells Department of Examinations: Prepare question papers in a fair manner for students 88 percent learning loss by August 2021:

The Committee on Public Accounts (COPA) has...

Maha season - free urea fertiliser for farmers

Agriculture, Wildlife and Wildlife Resources...

Pakistan’s National Defence University delegation in Sri Lanka

Pakistan’s National Defence University delegation...

Violence on June 9 and 10 : Colombo Fort Magistrate orders to arrest nine suspects

Colombo Fort Magistrate Thilina Gamage has...

Healthy Lifestyle Clinic

A Healthy Lifestyle Clinic was opened recently at...

Lagoon bank cleaning campaign

A lagoon bank cleaning campaign jointly organised...

Consumers should register at closest fuel station

Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera has decided...

Furniture and equipment for school

A group of past pupils of Kalmunai Az-Zuhara...

International Tobacco Day

The Health authorities in Batticaloa raided shops...

Team visit from June 20-30: IMF reaffirms commitment to support Sri Lanka- Mission spokesman

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) team will...

Food items from Tamil Nadu

Batticaloa Government Agent K. Karunagaran...

Medical donation

Medical consumables, worth of Rs. 2 million were...

Milk pot procession

A milk pot procession to mark the Maha...

Indian Govt, Opposition call for “unanimous support” for Sri Lanka

Indian External Affairs Minister Dr. S....

Flag-hoisting ceremony

The annual flag-hoisting ceremony of Puliyantivu...

To combat potential multi-dimensional food security problem: Govt-Washington talks to obtain urgent relief

The Government is now in talks with Washington to...

New website for AKOFE

A new website was launched by the Association of...

My world should be

Flowers are flutteringTrees are dancingWith the...

Don’t be misled by western media - Mohan Samaranayake

‘Do not get misled by western media narrative....

Govt schools in Colombo to be closed from June 20-24 Transport issues owing to fuel shortage:

All Government and Government-approved private...

Students observe sil after two years

After two years, the students of Government...

May 9 mayhem in Nittambuwa: Over 2,637 nabbed, 1,052 remanded

No one can forget the violent incidents that...

English debating competition

The all Island Inter School English Debating...

Stay at home for home gardening, public servants told

Secretary to the Ministry of Public...

Feature

Jurassic World Dominion

Another childhood classic was relived with the...

‘Second Show’ a foundation for borderless cinema

The collaboration between Sri Lanka and India the...

Art news: Sinhala resistance literature

This companion presents a critical collection of...

Features

No signs of life on Venus Strange behaviour of sulphur in planet’s atmosphere cannot be explained by an ‘aerial’ form of extra-terrestrial life - Study

The long-held belief that life may exist in Venus...

The Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi, a sacred site for Buddhists the world over

Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi : The world’s oldest living tree

There is no spot in Anuradhapura more sacred than...

Facial Mesotherapy: An aesthetic approach

Mesotherapy is an innovative method used in...

Facial Mesotherapy: An aesthetic approach

Mesotherapy is an innovative method used in...

Russian bhikkhus opposite a giant Buddhist statue

Buddhism in Russia: The Sri Lankan connection

“People who were educated in British schools and...

Scotland’s ‘Great Wood’: was the legendary forest real?

The Scots pines that are thought to have largely...

Keppetipola dynasty in Matale

It has been more than 200 years since the death...

Second National Symposium on Plant Health 2022 Towards Sustainable and Eco-Friendly Strategies for Plant Disease Management

The 2nd National Symposium of Plant Health 2022...

Timeless beauties in an age of change

Southeast Asia, made up of a handful of States,...

Carbon Dioxide and sulphuric acid droplets feature in the atmosphere of Venus

Venus’s atmosphere consists mainly of carbon...

News Features

Along with the fans, I also cried in joy till my throat sored Wife talks about Dasun’s performance that rocked Pallekele:

Dasun Shanka is one of the most talked about and...

Dudley Senanayake, an honest leader

He won the hearts of everyone, by visualising the...

Interim All Party Government, the only solution - SLFP Leader

Fuel and gas queues turned into a hot topic last...

OPINION: Remedies for impending food shortages

The constant warnings from professionals, experts...

Bimshani Jasin Arachchi

Protecting the child from abuse

Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) for...

OPINION: Can politics be business as usual?

These are the rules of big business…. Get a...

Business

Dialog Axiata Ranked Sri Lanka’s Most Valuable Brand by Brand Finance for the 4th Consecutive Year

As Sri Lanka’s Most Valuable Brand for the 4th...

Controller of Immigration and Emigration Sarath Rupasiri presents the special visa to Baili Investments Director Chao Yin Man

Five-year visa facility to boost FDI

The Board of Investment of Sri Lanka (BOI)...

CEO Gehan Rajapakse

Amana Takaful Insurance reaffirms commitment to people

Throughout the challenges of the past two years,...

From left: AGM, Marketing and Sales, Seylan Bank, Gamika De Silva and Founder of Rhoda, Eyas Fazul

Seylan Bank enables smooth ride for Rhoda

Seylan Bank has entered into a partnership with...

HNB Dehiwela Customer Centre staff members participating in the ‘Walk the Talk’ initiative

HNB expands ‘Walk the Talk’ initiative to World Bicycle Day

HNB PLC, expanded its ‘Walk the Talk’ initiative...

Vice-Chancellor of the University of Moratuwa, Senior Prof. N. D. Gunawardena (on left) exchanges the MoU with Co-Founder of DP Education, Dhammika Perera

Moratuwa University teams up with DP Foundation Aims to build skilled workforce

The University of Moratuwa (UoM) and the Dhammika...

Eco Spindles improves waste management practices

To commemorate World Environment Day on June 5...

Anuruddha Gamage briefing one of his team’s at KVPL

Uncovering the human element in ESG at Kelani Valley Plantations

The challenge of driving meaningful progress in...

Dartry Valley tea secures record price

At the Tea Auction held on June 8, 2022 an...

S. Renganathan

Sunshine Holdings appoints S. Renganathan to Board

Sunshine Holdings has appointed Sivakrishnarajah...

Senal Seneviratne

Nations Direct Enterprise offers holistic platform for cash management solutions

Nations Direct Enterprise (NDE) offers customised...

Nilendra Weerasinghe

hSenidBiz appoints new Chief Strategy Officer

hSenid Business Solutions, a homegrown enterprise...

Chairman Channa de Silva

Sarvodaya Development Finance records historic year

Sarvodaya Development Finance PLC (SDF) made...

Chief Regional Business Officer, SLT, Imantha Wijekoon and Member Liberty Plaza Management Council, Paddy Weerasekera exchange the agreement

SLT-Mobitel provides cutting-edge connectivity to Liberty Plaza

SLT-Mobitel, has partnered Colombo Land and...

SLT-Mobitel officials present mee plants

SLT-Mobitel marks World Environment Day Mee tree-planting initiative at Meerigama concludes

Committed to driving sustainable Environmental...

Everyone knows HR

MAS Holdings launches Foundation for Change

MAS Holdings, the Sri Lankan based design-to-...

John Keells Foundation mobilises volunteers for forest restoration

John Keells Foundation mobilised the first batch...

Panama Project by DIMO, focuses on turtle conservation

DIMO continues commitment to environmental sustainability

DIMO constantly engineers marine environment...

Secrets for business success during crises

Almost all entrepreneurs and businessmen are...

Improving soft skills in the workplace

What are hard and soft skills? Computer...

Poson ponderings on leadership

We just witnessed a serene Poson Poya with fewer...

Consensus and absence of leadership

A fair percentage of leaders, especially in...

Tea Market Report

Courtesy: The Colombo Stock Exchange

Weekly Performance of Indices

The Bourse Weekly Performance (Week Ended 17th June 2022)

Stock markets suffer big falls

Stock markets have suffered another bruising day...

Fed raises rates by 75 basis points

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday launched its...

Travellers perturbed over rising costs

Summer travel talk sure isn’t what it used to be....

Looking for low-priced food items

Commodity prices have skyrocketed following ...

Stagflation risk rises amid sharp slowdown in growth

WASHINGTON — Compounding the damage from the...

FDIs in developing Asia hit $619 billion in 2021 South Asia the only exception

Foreign direct investment (FDI) flows to...

India’s Solvent Extractors Assn. to support Lanka’s oil palm industry

In the backdrop of the support being provided by...

National Metal Product Association officials addressing the media. Pic: Sudath Malaweera

Lack of ammonia nitrate brings quarrying sector to a halt Over 300,000 direct and 500,000 indirect jobs at stake

The quarrying sector which provides material for...

Sri Lanka’s roads among the slowest - IMF report * Mean road speed of 50 km/h, * Only above Bangladesh (41 km/h) and Nicaragua (46 km/h)

Sri Lanka is among countries that has the slowest...

Revive tourism by removing airfare obstacles – Leisure sector expert

In 2019, ‘Lonely Planet’ named Sri Lanka the best...

HNB Finance partners MoneyGram; enables seamless remittance facilities to Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka’s leading integrated financial services...

Vision Care offers easy payment schemes for spectacles and sunglasses

Vision Care, a vision and eyewear solutions...

Visa introduces P2P to Sri Lanka powering cashless personal payments

Colombo, June 13th, 2022 – Visa Inc. (NYSE: V),...

Students of Pinnawela National School planting a tree. From left - Programme Coordinator (Energy and Waste) of UNDP in Sri Lanka, Sampath Ranasinghe, Group Head, Engineering of Brandix, Ahamed Ilthimas and Conservator of Forest, Department of Forest Conservation, Nishantha Edirisinghe at the event.

Brandix breathes life to World Environment Day with reforestation program

Brandix celebrated World Environment Day 2022...

Fairfirst Insurance launches cycle-to-work initiative

For Fairfirst, promoting a progressive culture...

BMICH celebrates World Environment Day

The BMICH celebrated World Environment Day by...

Government Securities Market (Week ended June 17, 2022)

The activity levels in the secondary bill and...

Small-time apparel manufacturers plead for better prices

Big time apparel exporters benefit from the...

Forex market (Week ended 17, 2022)

In the Forex market, the middle rate for USD/LKR...

Dialog Enterprise introduces app for Three Sinha roller doors

The Three Sinha Group, a roller door company in...

Hutch introduces social media plan Includes TikTok

Mobile communication services provider Hutch has...

Sustaineco to support youth, rural development

Sustaineco, a non-profit organisation based in...

Manufacturing PMI edges up marginally

Manufacturing PMI recorded an index value of 50.3...

CSE: Constituent changes in S&P SL 20 Index

The Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) has made the...

Sports

Headmaster of Sri Sangaraja Daham School Rev Dhemadusse Medhankara Thera presenting a cash donation to Paralympian Amara Indumathi Karunatilaka in the presence of Amal Edirisooriya (left) and Jeffrey Bahar (right)

Gymnast Anna-Marie keeps to her word outside the arena

Sri Lanka’s celebrated rhythmic gymnast Anna-...

Ashton Agar (left) with his father John Agar and Sri Lankan mother Sonia Hewawissa

Hoppers and heritage Aussie Ashton Agar relishes Sri Lankan roots

Ashton Agar, currently touring Sri Lanka with the...

Young Samaraweera winning the Observer Schoolboy Cricketer award-Thilan Samaraweera

Mendis and Samaraweera: Two Sri Lankans on opposite sides at Aussie series

Former Observer Schoolboy Cricketer Kusal Mendis...

Desandi-Vinudha-Hasadi

Royal, Sirimavo and Sujatha chess players win Silver

Vinudha Shenal Gunatilleke of Royal College,...

Pakistan's High Commissioner in Colombo Major General Umar Farook Burki (left) and Sri Lanka Rugby president Rizly Illyas come together in signing an Agreement to take the sport forward (Pic by Samantha Weerasiri)

Sri Lanka Rugby seeks Pakistan’s intervention to fight off subversive elements

Sri Lanka's troubled rugby administration has...

Trinity and S. Thomas’ will battle it out for the second time inside three months

Trinity-Thomian clash holds centre stage as rugby returns

The traditional encounter between S. Thomas’...

Dhananjaya de Silva, batter who plays a productive bonus part with the ball

Sri Lanka may look for extra batter

Sri Lanka will have some hard thinking to do with...

Child abuse rampant in gymnastics

A "damning" report detailing mistreatment of...

Nick Kyrgios smashes his racquet

Tennis bad boy Kyrgios wins and smashes racquet

Nick Kyrgios beat world number six Stefanos...

Kylian Mbappe

Warning: ‘Financial doping’ hits European football

European football is in “danger” unless “state-...

Rusanda Gamage-Chaushadi Kaushalya

Observer-Mobitel Most Popular School Cricketer: Gamage and Chaushadi continue to lead

Rusanda Gamage of St. Peter's College and...

Trinity sweep the boards surprising arch rivals

The Trinity College team comprised Akram Muthalib...

Marita Koch with her Relay Team

Marita Koch: Greatest 400m runner unconquerable even after 36 years

Marita Koch is a German sprinter who became one...

Melbourne out-weighs Sydney and Cold Coast, to host F1 race until 2035

The Australian Grand Prix will continue to be...

England suffer worst defeat in 90 years

As Gareth Southgate digests England’s worst home...

Jonny Bairstow and Ben Stokes

Ben Stokes hails his greatest moment

Captain Ben Stokes said England’s remarkable...

Joe Root

Joe Root hits the top in Test rankings

England batter Joe Root has replaced Australia’s...

Radhika Hettiarachchi bags job as Royal’s deputy coach

Former Dharmaraja College, Kandy Sports Club...

Peterite athletic duo may miss world meet

Despite continuing their record breaking spree St...

Wushu claims smear campaign by coaches to discredit sport’s progress

Wushu Federation of Sri Lanka (WFSL) President...

IPL becomes world’s richest cricket event pocketing USD 6 billion

The streaming and TV rights for the Indian...

Hiran Muttiah re-elected CR rugby president

Former Royal College skipper, Kandy SC, CR &...

England not satisfied with 500

Jos Buttler says England will keep chasing the...

Formula One to apply breaks on ‘most painful’ races after driver outburst

Formula 1’s governing body the FIA says it is...

MCA Super Premier League in final stage

The 29th Singer-MCA Super Premier League 2022,...

Roshan Abeysinghe moves out after 32-year stint at Ragama CC

Roshan Iddamalgoda the former Wattala Antonian...

Table tennis to conduct Junior and Open Nationals

Table Tennis Association of Sri Lanka (TTASL)...

Editorial

It would not be incorrect to say that fuel makes...

Opinion

Cartoon of the week

Answers needed, not a showpiece

The recent parliamentary Select Committee...

The Prime Minister and Madam Bandaranaike

S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike: the silver bell of Asia

The fourth Prime Minister of Ceylon, Solomon West...

Govt doing its best to address the economic issue - Nimal Siripala de Silva

Minister of Ports, Shipping and Aviation Nimal...

Youth Observer

What does sustainability mean for the art world?

As our culture takes on more social...

Dasun’s magic in Pallekele

Generally, miracles happen in fairy tales. But...

BTS performs with Anderson .Paak, Jungkook releases ‘My You’ Comeback season and Festa at the same time?

It’s not often that a BTS comeback overlaps with...

Halle Bailey made ‘Little Mermaid’ costars cry after singing on set She sings from her heart - Melissa McCarthy

In Disney’s 1989 film The Little Mermaid, Ariel...

Justin Bieber Reveals partial face paralysis In the process of recovering

Justin Bieber is recovering from a virus that has...

National Director, Mrs Tourism Sri Lanka 2022 Thilini de Silva Committed to uplifting the tourism industry

Youth Observer had the pleasure of talking to a...

Angry youthCan’t take the truthimmaturity,...

Multifaceted model - Madhu Kulathunga

Born creative and multifaceted, she has planted...

The Empire strikes back

Title: The Opium WarAuthor: Brian InglisPublisher...

‘Isabel’: A biopic on Isabel Allende

Biopic or biographical film is a movie produced...

SLAYS promotes cycling to work

Sitting in a bus or in your car in heavy traffic...

History of football around the world

Football, or as it is sometimes known, soccer, is...

Nayananjani Monaravila Excels at UN-sponsored art competition

Finding comfort in the rhythm of the sea,...

One who fears failure limits his activities....

Madhu Kulathunga

Madhu Kulathunga

Health

Brain’s own ‘calorie counter’ may stop us from overeating Researchers think humans can subconsciously gauge how fatty foods are in order to choose healthy portion sizes

Human brains may be equipped with an in-built...

Thrombosis is a life threatening disease linked to other serious health issues Healthy lifestyles and diets can prevent this debilitating condition

As we observe yet another World Sickle Cell...

Junior

Monkey in the classroom

Once upon a time an old schoolmaster opened a...

Sleeping Beauty Well-loved tales

Once a upon a time a very kind and just king...

My pet

My pet is a parrot. It has two legs and two...

Learning a different language

Why should we learn a different language?Well,...

I went to buy a present for a very special person...

One night, it was raining heavily. I was doing my...

I am R. Rithika. I am in Grade six. I like...

World Environment Day

Our environment is the most important thing for...

My Father – My Hero A father is the...

The history of Father’s Day

Father’s Day is an opportunity to honour the...

The newly built chaitya

Muhudu Maha Vihara, Pottuvil

The ancient site of the Mudu Maha Vihara is on...

Phrasal verbs are an important feature of the...

A new lease on life with custom leg brace for giraffe calf

Msituni, a four-month-old giraffe at the San...

Daddy's little girls

Daddy's little girls

My favourite car

My favourite car is the Lamborghini. It is a car...

Expand your vocabulary

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

Safety starts from home. We must always try and...

Marriage Proposals

AA B/G parents in Colombo,seeking a daughter...

BRIDES

AAA well mannered,kind,established partner with...

Obituaries

BOCKS - MENON ORISSA - Wife of late Eustace,...

World

One dead in violent India protests over military hiring

A person has died and 13 others have been injured...

Montage

Art news Award ceremony of Russian School of Ballet and Dancing

Ballet is one of the main disciplines the Russian...

Rebooting ‘Chatroom’ for 2022

Theatre practitioner Tasmin Antonisz is engaged...

'Survival of the Fragile'

‘Survival of the Fragile’, an exhibition of two...

Spectrum

World Refugee Day falls tomorrow: The Right to Seek Safety

Each year on June 20, the world celebrates World...

Impact

The ‘lungs of humanity’ under threat

A giant slab of carbon-rich peat, discovered in...

Three white-faced sakis could choose to listen to audio or visual stimuli in the study at Korkeasaari zoo, Helskini

Monkeys favour music over screen time

In the study at a zoo in Helsinki, white-faced...

International Day of Yoga

The High Commission of India in Colombo,...

Workshop on Reading History from Stamps conducted by Kiyawana Muddara held at the MMCA held March 5

Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Sri Lanka An audience engaged approach to education

The exhibition ‘Encounters’ at the Museum of...

Home gardening for a secure future

“Garden” is a familiar word to us. It is the...

It was with the onset of Covid-19 that people...

The evolving impact of Chronic Kidney Disease

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is quickly becoming...

‘The Newspaper’: The Best Film of Ceylon International Film Festival 2022 Cinema on wheels: A new hope for local cinema

‘The Newspaper’ is a story about a poverty-...

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Week of June 19, 2022