Srilanka, Feb. 5 -- His speech, is best known for its final lines in which he quoted an old army ballad: 'Old soldiers never die -they just fade away'. MacArthur spoke of the reality faced by military... Read More
Srilanka, Feb. 5 -- Such displays in the past were meant to foster parochial nationalism, which in turn fostered the personality cult of the Rajapaksas. Even worse was when, during the Chandrika Kumar... Read More
Srilanka, Feb. 5 -- In the second part of this series based on Eric Illayapparachchi's seminal essay on the Sinhala song, we start with his views on the 'Subhavitha-Peechang' (distinguished-cheap) con... Read More
Srilanka, Feb. 5 -- Independent MP Ramanathan Archchuna created a commotion in Parliament today, resulting in Speaker Jagath Wickramaratne deciding to expunge various statements he made. The commotio... Read More
Srilanka, Feb. 5 -- The Cabinet has approved a programme to issue 4,000 passports per day by operating the Immigration and Emigration Department 24/7, with additional staff recruited on a contract bas... Read More
Srilanka, Feb. 5 -- Three suspects were arrested in Pesalai, Mannar during a joint operation by the Sri Lanka Navy and Police, for smuggling pigeons, African love birds and flying squirrels into the i... Read More
Srilanka, Feb. 5 -- The government has approved the import of coconut kernels and other coconut-related raw materials equivalent to 200 million coconuts to address the ongoing shortage in the country.... Read More
Srilanka, Feb. 5 -- The Cabinet has approved awarding the contract for repairing CFM 56-5B engines of SriLankan Airlines to Lufthansa Technik (LHT)/Hamburg for four years. CFM56-5B engines, typically... Read More
Srilanka, Feb. 5 -- Brigadier Waruna Gamage has been appointed as the new Director of Media and Psychological Operations of the Sri Lanka Army today. Meanwhile, former Director of Media Rohan Medagod... Read More
Srilanka, Feb. 5 -- Sri Lanka's Ishadi Amanda who won first runner-up at the recently concluded Mrs. World 2024 pageant in Las Vegas spoke about the challenges she had to overcome along her journey to... Read More