Despite a fare hike announced by the Railways Department last week, commuters have no room inside the trains to travel in. Instead they buy a ticket and sit on top of the train or hang onto the footboard to get to their destinations. The Sunday Times photographer Berty Mendis captured this all too familiar scene of the Colombo-bound morning train from Polgahawela as it neared the city.
Tough new measures to further control international non-governmental organisations are to be enforced soon, an official said yesterday.
The new regulations, being formulated by the Ministries of Defence, Social Services and Home Affairs, would include visa restrictions, closer supervision and specified limits for their work, Social Services Ministry Secretary V. Jegarasasingham said.
Some 200,000 private vehicles enter the city daily causing heavy air pollution and traffic congestion—and plans to encourage these private vehicle owners to use public transport will be ready within the next three months, an official said yesterday.
Some masked faces, many bald heads…….all beautiful children. A 12-year-old, sitting up on a bed, is poring over a colourful picture book with two ducks...
When The Sunday Times FT ran an email poll last year on the issue of scams following an outcry over too many scam ads at the Chillies, the premier ad agency awards, the majority of respondents frowned on scam ads.
Could a country which can produce the best batsman and the best bowler simultaneously (it may not be in the same module that we are discussing right now) could come out with...
Israeli forces killed 22 Palestinians in the Hamas-led Gaza Strip today in the most intense fighting in weeks and Israel threatened a broader offensive to stop rocket fire.
Traditions are corner stones of any given society. Then traditions are born within such societies getting accustomed to certain patterns or happenings through a given period of time. Bata Shoe Company...
Taking high doses of vitamin E supplements can increase the risk of lung cancer, research suggests.
The US study of 77,000 people found taking 400 milligrams per day long-term increased cancer risk by 28% - with smokers at particular risk.
It follows warnings about similar risks...
The feeling of the wind on your face as you make it to the top of a mountain and see the whole world at your feet is almost indescribable.
King Sahassamalla was also known as Sirisangabo Kalinga Vijayabahu. According to the evidence of the inscriptions, this king had been invited, soon after the death of King Nissankamalla.
Somaratne Dissanayake's latest direction 'Siri Raja Siri' (King Siri), a tale of a child from a rural background who is selected to a leading college in the town and the challenges he had to face thereafter will .....
The Kandy Teaching Hospital, which has already stopped performing by-pass operations, is now struggling to carry on with heart, thoracic and lung-related surgeries as many essential surgical materials are unavailable.
Some masked faces, many bald heads…….all beautiful children. A 12-year-old, sitting up on a bed, is poring over a colourful picture book with two ducks...
Traditions are corner stones of any given society. Then traditions are born within such societies getting accustomed to certain patterns or happenings through a given period of time. Bata Shoe Company...
