Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 02 May 2024 by the Department of Meteorology Misty conditions can be expected at some places in Western, Sabaragamuwa and Central provinces and in Galle and Matara districts during the morning. Showers or thundershowers will occur at a few places in Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central and North-western provinces and […]

Chennai Super Kings were left reeling at the Chepauk Stadium as Punjab Kings made it back-to-back wins with a comfortable seven-wicket victory to retain a slim, outside chance at making the playoffs. They have also become the second team to beat CSK five times in a row, an honour they now share with Mumbai Indians. […]

…Arjuna joins SJB Thalawakele rally By Rathindra Kuruwita Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) would renegotiate the agreement with the IMF to make it more people friendly, SJB and Opposition Leader, Sajith Premadasa said yesterday (01) addressing their main May Day event at Chatham Street, Colombo Fort. Premadasa said: “We will also establish presidential task forces to […]

By Chaminda Silva President Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday (May Day) urged the JVP-led NPP, the SJB and other political parties not to undermine ongoing economic recovery efforts. UNP leader Wickremesinghe said they were duty-bound to ensure the continuation of the measures taken since July 2022 to restore normalcy in the country. Addressing the UNP May Day […]

By Saman Indrajith JVP/NPP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake yesterday said that victory was assured for his party in any forthcoming election as they had won support, trust and confidence of more than 51 percent of the electors throughout the country. Dissanayake addressed two May Day rallies of the JVP/NPP in Matara and Colombo. He said: […]

වතුකම්කරුවන්ගේ දෛනික වැටුප ඉහළ නංවන ලෙස රජය ප්රකාශයට පත් කළ ද මේ අවස්ථාවේ එය ඉටුකිරීමේ හැකියාවක් නොමැති බව ලංකා වැවිලිකරුවන්ගේ සංගමය පවසයි.

මන්නාරම සිට පුත්තලම, කොළඹ සහ ගාල්ල හරහා මාතර දක්වා වෙරළට ඔබ්බෙන් වන මුහුදු ප්රදේශවල ස්ථාන ස්වල්පයක සවස් කාලයේදී හෝ රාත්රී කාලයේදී වැසි හෝ ගිගුරුම් සහිත වැසි ඇති වේ. සුළං නිරිත දෙසින් හෝ නිශ්චිත දිශාවකින් තොරව හමා එන අතර සුළං වේගය පැ.කි.මී. (20-30) පමණ වේ. පුත්තලම සිට මන්නාරම හරහා කන්කසන්තුරය දක්වා සහ ත්රිකුණාමලය සිට මඩකළපුව හරහා […]The post වෙරළට ඔබ්බෙන් වන මුහුදු ප්රදේශවලට වැසි appeared fir...

මහවැලි ගං ඉවුරු ඛාදනය වැළැක්වීම සඳහා රුක් රෝපණය කිරීමේ වැඩසටහනක් ශ්රී ලංකා මහවැලි අධිකාරිය මගින් දියත් කොට ති ඊට සමගාමීව උණ පැළ රෝපණය කිරීම පේරාදෙණීය විශ්ව විද්යාලයේ Zero Plastic සංසදයේ මූලිකත්වයෙන් ඊයේ (01) සිදු කෙරිණි. මෙම වැඩසටහන යටතේ මී හා කුඹුක් පැළ රෝපණය කිරිමක් පේරාදෙණිය විශ්ව විද්යාලීය පරිශ්රයේදී සිදු කෙරුණෘ. විශ්ව විද්යාලයේ සරසවි මැදුර නේවාසිකාගාරය […]The post මහවැලි ගං ඉවුරු ඛාදනය ...

බස්නාහිර, සබරගමුව, මධ්යම සහ වයඹ පළාත්වලත් ගාල්ල, මාතර සහ මන්නාරම දිස්ත්රික්කවලත් ප.ව. 2න් පමණ පසු ස්ථාන ස්වල්පයක වැසි හෝ ගිගුරුම් සහිත වැසි ඇති වේ.<br><br>කාලගුණවිද්යා දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව සඳහන් කළේ, බස්නාහිර, සබරගමුව සහ මධ්යම පළාත්වලත් ගාල්ල සහ...

Thursday 2nd May, 2024 The police have embarked on a campaign, parallel to their war on drugs, to clear busy intersections of beggars who solicit alms near traffic lights, causing much inconvenience to motorists. Scores of beggars have already been arrested and hauled up before courts for doing so, we are told. Sri Lankans drive […]

A combined search operation, conducted by the Navy with the Army and the Police Narcotic Bureau, led to the recovery of approx. 1229 kg of Tendu leaves at Mohoththuwaram, in Kalpitiya, on 30 April, 2024. Navy Headquarters said that it suspected that the stock of Tendu leaves has been smuggled into the country via sea. […]

BY Lalin I De Silva – Editor Ceylon Planters Society Bulletin In the world of tea, the name James Taylor often takes center stage as the pioneer credited with introducing tea to Sri Lanka, then known as Ceylon. However, recent research and historical evidence suggest that the true pioneers behind the flourishing tea industry in […]

That the political Right in Israel constitutes one of the obstacles to bringing a measure of relief to the people of Gaza and those of other contested territories in the Middle East ought to be now plain to see. Some of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s recent pronouncements, for instance, on the issues in the […]

Moneragala SLPP MP Gayeshan Nawanandana yesterday switched his allegiance to the UNP.

SJB Chairman Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka, who has been at loggerheads with party leader Sajith Premadasa, left the party’s May Day rally early while two former ministers Dr. Rajitha Senaratne and Thalatha Atukorale were notable absentees.