The use of heroin is the primary source of destruction of the youth within the country. The drug is such that once a user is addicted there is little or no way that a user can be rehabilitated. This ...

Jaffna High Court Judge, M. Ilancheliyan, vowed to protect his two children for the death of his guard. He was given this pledge at the funeral of Sub Inspector Sarath Hemachandra who was killed. "I ...

When one examines the results of elections since 2004, several salient features emerge. One of the main factors that come to our mind is of the Sinhala Buddhist voter. the polity of Sri Lanka, we now ...

Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) has no two Presidents and President of the SLFP is President Maithripala Sirisena says its General Secretary, Agriculture Minister, Duminda Dissanayake. The Minister ...

Super Gain Tax, Mansion Tax not enacted due to lack of Parliamentary support By Kelum Bandara June 25, 2015 ...

Yonsei University in Seoul, Korea recently organized a ceremony to support Sri Lanka in oral cancer research. Oral cancer is one of the most common cancers prevalent in Sri Lankan patients.

President Mahinda Rajapaksa laid the foundation stone for the construction of the International University of Buddhist and Indic Studies in the ancient Buddhist city of Sanchi in the presence of ...

Some importantand largely unknown facts and figures relating to healthcare financing in Sri Lanka and how they tend to retain health as a welfare subsidy or promote it as a market commodity were ...

The Agasas Maha Mangalyaya, the offering of the prominent portion of the new harvest to the Buddha and deities has taken place at the Dharmodaya Piriven Viaharaya this morning (10) in Girandurukotte ...

Despite growing pressure from the international community (IC), little has been done by the Sri Lankan government to end one of the world's oldest ethnic conflicts, even though the bloody civil war ...

Citing his efforts to ensure that economic growth benefits all segments of society in his own country, Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa today called on the United Nations to study the ...

Kandy MC bans animal slaughter within city limits BY L.B. SENARATNE Sept 26, 2012 The Kandy Municipal Council unanimously passed a resolution banning the slaughter of cattle and goats within the Kandy ...