Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya, is on an official visit to Paris, France, to participate in the high-level segment of ...

Commemoration of Philip’s work The Philip Gunawardena Commemoration Society held the 53rd commemoration of this veteran ...

The deal for the Sampur plant was signed in December 2006 between the Government of Sri Lanka, Ceylon Electricity Board and ...

Documented just once in 1919 at the Royal Botanical Gardens in Sri Lanka, an elusive mushroom has resurfaced more than a ...

Dairy farmers in Eastern Sri Lanka are facing challenges as external crop cultivators acquire traditional grazing lands. For ...

The Saya de Malha Bank is one of the world’s largest seagrass fields and the planet’s most important carbon sinks. It faces incalculable risks that threaten the future of humanity.

Photo courtesy of The Island In my tribute to her last week, I noted that Sumitra Peries belonged to a generation which also ...

Photo courtesy of Milinda Wattegedera Sri Lanka’s future is interwoven with the fate of its natural habitats. The country must act now to preserve its rich biodiversity. The fate of its forests, ...

Debt-for-nature swaps could be Sri Lanka’s first opportunity to raise funds after restructuring its debt, the country’s central bank Governor P. Nandalal Weerasinghe said.

After discussion in the Rajya Sabha, the Finance Bill 2025 was returned to the Lok Sabha, with the Parliament completing the ...

On the morning of 21 March, 2025, a Chinese-built K-8 jet trainer aircraft of the Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) crashed at Wariyapola. Fortunately, the two pilots ejected from the aircraft and parachuted ...

Mint first reported that Germany’s Siemens Energy AG had put Siemens Gamesa’s India wind turbine unit for sale to cut losses ...