On August 6, 1945, at 8:15 a.m., a bright flash set the sky over Hiroshima ablaze. A gigantic column of smoke rises above the city. The first nuclear bomb in history has just been dropped on the ...

Extensive surveillance was undertaken by Indian Naval Long Range Maritime Patrol Aircraft and Remotely Piloted Aircraft, based on inputs from the Information Fusion Centre (Indian Ocean Region), ...

As per the DMC, floods in almost all 24 districts have begun to recede. However, risks still remain in Manampitiya in the Polonnaruwa District, Peradeniya in Kandy, Horowpothana, Thanthirimale and ...

The Secretary-General of Parliament explained that 25-30 houses previously returned by the former MPs are currently being renovated to provide official residences to new MPs. Accordingly, those ...

The central bank chief said that firstly now the country has a political stability with the new president, new government and that a long period of political stability is one important necessary ...

The overall rate of inflation, as measured by the Colombo Consumer Price Index (CCPI) on Year-on-Year basis, has decreased to -2.1% in November 2024, compared to -0.8% in October 2024, according to ...

Over the past few days, adverse weather conditions have claimed the lives of 15 individuals, with a total of 463,569 people reported to be affected. The landslide warnings previously issued remain in ...

While the visiting IMF team leader Peter Breuer praised Sri Lanka’s resilience” and economic turnaround last week in Colombo, President Dissanayaka claimed the that the county’s economy was too ...

What was most interesting was a Mini Distillery using many ingredients, including an array of spices, turning out special alcoholic drinks I kept wondering what I could have done if I had known this ...

The main reason is Tamil Eelam is a Sri Lanka-born (home-grown) concept dating back to 1922 (inaugurated by a Sri Lankan national hero) and almost all major Tamil political parties in the island since ...

Owing to building walking tracks in Bellanwila, Pillawa areas the monkeys who were in those woodlands migrated to thick urban settlements in Boralesgamuwa, Piliyandala etc. Due to bad garbage dumping ...

The missile’s warhead reaches a temperature of 4,000 degrees Celsius, making it highly destructive. Anything in the blast zone is broken down into elementary particles, essentially turning it into ...