Not knowing what to expect at any moment with LTTE snipers being an ever present threat, frontline combat troops involved in clearing operations in the shrub lands adjoining the Giant Tank in Mannar keep a weary eye open even when taking a meal. Pic by Saman Kariyawasam
A TV journalist who opposed Minister Mervyn Silva’s intrusion and abuse of a colleague at Rupavahini, the national television network, escaped murder on Friday night when he was attacked by two unidentified thugs on his way home after work.
Chief Justice Sarath N. Silva on Friday ordered Police to pull down all illegal sign boards of speed limits put up on main roads as hapless motorists were being forced to either face prosecution or pay bribes to the police to get away.
With apologies to Baroness Orczy who wrote the above lines in her popular series ‘The Scarlet Pimpernel’ set during the time of the French Revolution about an anonymous hero who daringly...
The acquisition of the UK's ICI Paints by Dutch multinational, Akzo Nobel earlier this month will open out new vistas of business for ICI’s Colombo partner, CIC Paints with the new partner also having management control of the local company...
It is very intriguing and very interesting indeed. Sri Lanka and India are two teams that at one juncture took the field with only one medium pacer and three specialist spinners have now...
The Indian state of West Bengal, battling the country's worst outbreak of deadly bird flu, appealed on Saturday to the federal government to send “all possible help to defeat” the virus.
After a long await it looks like the domestic cricket structure is going to be revamped from the 2009 season.At present the SLC Cricket Committee comprising Aravinda de Silva....
Democrat Barack Obama expanded his lead on rival Hillary Clinton to 15 points heading into South Carolina's bitterly contested presidential primary, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released today.
Anger is every where. The message is everywhere – in our movies, politics and music. Why? Perhaps because it gives us feelings of certainty and power.
King Parakramabahu increased the volume of water in the Elahera canal. A tributary of the Amban Ganga was connected to it and the water was then diverted along the Yodha Ela. The Elahera canal was extended from the...
A TV journalist who opposed Minister Mervyn Silva’s intrusion and abuse of a colleague at Rupavahini, the national television network, escaped murder on Friday night when he was attacked by two unidentified thugs on his way home after work.
Chief Justice Sarath N. Silva on Friday ordered Police to pull down all illegal sign boards of speed limits put up on main roads as hapless motorists were being forced to either face prosecution or pay bribes to the police to get away.
With apologies to Baroness Orczy who wrote the above lines in her popular series ‘The Scarlet Pimpernel’ set during the time of the French Revolution about an anonymous hero who daringly...
It is very intriguing and very interesting indeed. Sri Lanka and India are two teams that at one juncture took the field with only one medium pacer and three specialist spinners have now...
The Indian state of West Bengal, battling the country's worst outbreak of deadly bird flu, appealed on Saturday to the federal government to send “all possible help to defeat” the virus. 
After a long await it looks like the domestic cricket structure is going to be revamped from the 2009 season.At present the SLC Cricket Committee comprising Aravinda de Silva....
Democrat Barack Obama expanded his lead on rival Hillary Clinton to 15 points heading into South Carolina's bitterly contested presidential primary, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released today.
Anger is every where. The message is everywhere – in our movies, politics and music. Why? Perhaps because it gives us feelings of certainty and power. 
If Dr. Lester James Peries is the Father of Sri Lankan cinema, Dr. Premasiri Khemadasa should be named as the 'Father' of local film music
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