Published: 12:25 EDT, 21 June 2026 Updated: 22:29 EDT, 21 June 2026 Taylor Swift was spotted boarding an aircraft near her Rhode Island home over the weekend, amid speculation that her bachelorette party was held there...
By W. A. Wijewardena – Dr. W. A Wijewardena Treatise on education transformation in Sri Lanka Sri Lanka’s celebrated management guru, Prof. Gunapala Nanayakkara, a practical educational reformer in his own right, has...
Egypt advanced to the World Cup knockout rounds for the first time in their history after a stirring second-half comeback secured a 3-1 victory over New Zealand at BC Place in Vancouver. Mohamed Salah proved the...
The first session of high-level talks under the framework of the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding concluded in Burgenstock, Switzerland, involving representatives from Iran, the United States, Qatar, and Pakistan...
UCLA rising sophomore Tiana Sumanasekera has changed nationalities with World Gymnastics from USA to Sri Lanka. Sumanasekera, whose parents are both from Sri Lanka, announced the change on Sunday, saying, “I have always...
අමෙරිකානු ජනාධිපති ඩොනල්ඩ් ට්රම්ප් සහ ඉරානයේ ප්රධාන සාකච්ඡාකරු මොහොමඩ් බාගර් ගලිබාෆ් අතර දැඩි අනතුරු ඇඟවීම් හුවමාරු වී ඇති බව විදෙස් මාධ්ය ප්රකාශ කළා. ඒ, යුද්ධය අවසන් කිරීම සඳහා දෙරට මූලික එකඟතාවකට පැමිණීමෙන් පසු...
දීර්ඝ කාලීන මතභේදයකට තුඩු දී ඇති න්යෂ්ටික ගැටලු සහ පැනවා ඇති ආර්ථික සම්බාධක සම්බන්ධයෙන් අවසන් එකඟතාවයකට පැමිණීම සඳහා, දින 60ක ඒකාබද්ධ මාර්ග සිතියමකට එකඟ වීමට ඇමරිකා එක්සත් ජනපදය සහ ඉරානය පියවර ගෙන තිබෙනවා...
Tiana Sumanasekera changes nationalities from USA to Sri Lanka UCLA rising sophomore Tiana Sumanasekera has changed nationalities with World Gymnastics from USA to Sri Lanka. Sumanasekera, whose parents are both from...
The Department of Meteorology forecasts showers or thundershowers at times in Western, Sabaragamuwa and North-western provinces and in Galle, Matara, Kandy and Nuwara-Eliya districts. Showers or thundershowers may occur...
The university authorities took measures to cancel the student status and expel a student who was arrested by the police with a stock of drugs inside a University of Peradeniya hostel a few months ago, and was subjected...
Married At First Sight’s Bec Zacharia has dramatically pulled the plug on her controversial ‘Barbie waist’ surgery in Bali after she faced a wave of fierce backlash over the risky cosmetic procedure. Just days after it...
පේරාදෙණිය විශ්වවිද්යාලයේ නේවාසිකාගාරයක් තුළදී මත්ද්රව්ය තොගයක් සමඟ මෙයට මාස කිහිපයකට පෙර පොලිසිය විසින් අත්අඩංගුවට ගනු ලැබ නීතිමය ක්රියාමාර්ග ගනු ලැබූ සිසුවාගේ ශිෂ්ය භාවය අහෝසිකර ඔහු විශ්වවිද්යාලයෙන් නෙරපා හැරීමට...
By Murali Vallipuranathan – Dr. Murali Vallipuranathan The prolonged investigation into the tragic Easter Sunday bombings continues to raise profound concerns regarding institutional integrity, professional governance,...
By Vishwamithra – “Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.” Confucius Medical science has yet to find a universal cure for cancer. This failure is not for lack of effort, but because cancer is not a single...
The Commander of US Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) is in Sri Lanka and will meet with senior Sri Lankan government and defense leaders, including leadership from the Ministry of Defense and the Sri Lanka Air Force, the US...
By Leonard Jayawardena – Leonard Jayawardena The trial of Jesus of Nazareth before Pontius Pilate stands as history’s most profound study in the capitulation of judicial authority to institutional duress. Brought bound...
By Sugath Amarasekera – Sugath Amarasekera The launch of Sri Lanka’s National Export Development Plan (NEDP) 2026–2030 has generated considerable interest, particularly its headline objective of increasing export...
By Chula Goonasekera – It was not long ago that we, as a nation, witnessed a political culture in which various actors sought to influence or interfere with the judicial process. Politicians competing for power,...
By Ameer Ali – Dr. Ameer Ali The post-World War II economic and monetary order structured on the edifice of Keynesianism but driven by conspicuous consumption led by Veblen’s leisure class and Marcuse’s one-dimensional...
ලෙබනනය තුළ ගැටලු ඇති කිරීම සඳහා මුදල් ලබා දී මෙහෙයවන සන්නද්ධ කණ්ඩායම්වල ක්රියාකාරකම් වහාම නතර කිරීමට ඉරානය පියවර ගත යුතු බව ඇමරිකානු ජනාධිපති ඩොනල්ඩ් ට්රම්ප් දැඩි ලෙස අවධාරණය කරනවා. තම ‘Truth Social’ සමාජ මාධ්ය...
Two women were arrested yesterday (20) afternoon by Bakamuna Police after they allegedly entered a public cemetery in broad daylight and performed a dark ritual, excavating graves. According to our correspondent, the...
New Zealand pace bowler Matt Henry has run through England’s tail to give his side a 253-run victory in the second Test at The Oval to level the series at 1-1. Starting the fifth day on 182-5 and chasing 463 for an...
දඹුල්ල රංගිරි දඹුලු ජාත්යන්තර ක්රිකට් ක්රීඩාංගණයේදී අද (21) පැවැති ශ්රී ලංකා 'A' කණ්ඩායම සහ ඉන්දියානු 'A' කණ්ඩායම අතර අවසන් මහා තරගයෙන් ලකුණු 66ක විශිෂ්ට ජයක් වාර්තා කරමින් තරගාවලියේ ශූරතාව දිනා ගැනීමට ඉන්දියානු ඒ...
The MotoGP championship leader Marco Bezzecchi was banned from Sunday’s Czech GP after slapping a track steward in the face after a crash in Saturday’s sprint, MotoGP said on Sunday. The 27-year-old Italian Aprilia...
කටාර් රාජ්යය සහ පාකිස්ථානය මැදිහත්කරුවන් ලෙස කටයුතු කරන, අමෙරිකා එක්සත් ජනපදය සහ ඉරානය අතර පවත්වනු ලබන විශේෂ ද්විපාර්ශ්වික සාකච්ඡා ස්විට්සර්ලන්තයේ බර්ගන්ස්ටොක් (Bürgenstock) නුවරදී ආරම්භ වී ඇති බව කටාර් විදේශ අමාත්යාංශය...
Model Holly Ramsay and Olympic gold-winning swimmer Adam Peaty have announced that they are expecting their first child together. Ramsay, the daughter of TV chef Gordon Ramsay, shared the news on Instagram on Saturday,...
Jeremy Clarkson has announced he is in remission from prostate cancer, days after he shared that he was living with the disease. During the latest episode of his show Clarkson's Farm, the TV presenter said he had been...
Claude Guillemot, one of the five brothers who co-founded video game publisher Ubisoft, has died after his private aircraft crashed on its final approach to La Baule-Escoublac aerodrome in western France on June 19...
The video game industry is mourning the loss of Bobby Prince, the composer behind the iconic soundtracks of Doom, Wolfenstein 3D, Duke Nukem 3D, and numerous other classic PC games. Robert Caskin “Bobby” Prince III died...
Rolling off its eyecatching portfolio of premium, high-end kids titles, Banijay Kids & Family has clinched a raft of package deals in Latin America, announced strategically in the run-up to this year’s Annecy MIFA...
By Tisaranee Gunasekara – “More the decline of the Buddhist Order of Sri Lanka, taller the statues.” EW Adikaram (Onwards alone like a unicorn) In November 2025, officials from the Department of Wildlife raided the home...
Jelly Roll’s new post-divorce career move has been unveiled, with news he will guest-host Jimmy Kimmel Live! while its star takes a two-month hiatus. Kimmel announced Thursday that a rotating group of celebrities...
අමෙරිකා එක්සත් ජනපද උප ජනාධිපති ජේ.ඩී. වෑන්ස් (JD Vance) ඉරාන රාජ්ය නිලධාරීන් සමග තීරණාත්මක සාම සාකච්ඡා වටයකට සහභාගි වීම සඳහා අද (21) ස්විට්සර්ලන්තය බලා ගොස් තිබෙනවා. මෙම සංචාරය දින කිහිපයකින් යුත් සාම සාකච්ඡා...
If this was an act of revenge, it was quite the killer blow. A little over a year after Gary Lineker was sacked by BBC bosses, wearied by his social media controversies, he’s been snapped up by bitter rival ITV. Last...
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s son Pax surfaced in Los Angeles Saturday, amid stunning claims he has retained ties to his father’s family. Pax’s elder brother Maddox, 24, recently became the latest of ‘Brangelina’s’ six...
Supergirl star Milly Alcock left fans divided with her answer after being asked if her character is queer. The Australian actress, 26, has been amidst a promo tour for Supergirl ahead of the DC Studios’ latest franchise...