News

President Maithripala Sirisena joined yoga enthusiasts at Independence Square in Colombo yesterday to celebrate International Day of Yoga 2017.

Indian High Commissioner Taranjit Singh Sandhu also took part in the event that was organised by the Indian Cultural Centre in collaboration with leading  yoga institutions in Sri Lanka. Pic by Indika Handuwala

Flood victims risk lives on overturned bridge

House of Justice at new site

NCPA Deputy Director sacked for undermining Lanka

TNA, Wigneswaran in battle for North

Dengue national disaster: 200 deaths, 63,987 cases this year

Emergency evacuation plans for 150,000 Lankans in Qatar

Minister pitches for ArcelorMittal’s steel prefab houses

Govt. to change route of Central Expressway project due to mountainous terrain

Indo-Lanka talks lead to release of 42 Indian vessels

46.6% of convicts in 2015 from Colombo District

Sri Lanka’s latest export to Hong Kong – deadly dengue, duty free

Maternity hospital Helmut Kohl helped build to be named after him

Majestic tusker killed in turf war

Auditor General says PM’s word not the law

140-year-old heritage Castle Hotel victim of US$ 400m township

Dried up North and East crying out for water

Lives gone in a snap from an epidemic of selfie-obsession

It’s business as usual in Qatar, say Lankan returnees

Lankan doctor’s life-saving intubation invention wins gold

Public anger grows as Colombo continues to stink

Dengue epidemic showing “peculiarities”, warns Pera Professor

Robotic arm an asset in urology at J’pura Hospital

Hospitals overwhelmed by patients; staff exhausted

New measures to tackle the problem; Defence Ministry warns garbage dumpers will be arrested

UNP condemns attacks on minorities, slams subversive elements

Instances of drowning are surging

DIG says data collection helps combat crime

Over 4,000 flood displaced people still housed in camps

Prices of sugar-based products continue to rise

Pick of the Pix

SC rules Matugama police officers violated businessman’s fundamental rights

Dengue in Hong Kong: Sri Lanka-origin cases second largest number

Postal TUs threaten indefinite strike if demands not resolved

Medical Faculty soon for Moratuwa University- UGC

N-S UCM Train for Humanity ‘rescues’ Matara school

GCE A/L entrants charged ‘donations’ to follow A/L classes- CTU

Unscheduled teacher transfers in EP disrupts lessons- Teachers’ Union

50 Prospective Medical Faculty entrants eligible to enter KDU

Rs 450m damage, 25,000 students affected by floods in SP

International Conference at Eastern University

Grade 7 Geography textbook is safe for use- MoE

Pragna Pradeepa distributes schoolbooks to flood-affected children

CTU challenges Teacher’s transfer, allegedly for his FaceBook poems

Chinese Language Extension Courses inaugurated