Ms. Balthazaar is the first leftist mayor elected for the Colombo Municipality in 70 years. The last and the only leftist mayor in CMC’s history was veteran leader of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party ...

Last December, we did an exclusive story on Emma Shanaya, the daughter of Don Sherman, who is also known as the ‘Singing Chef.’ They live in Melbourne, Australia, but Don is in Sri Lanka, at the ...

The treacherous refusal of the LSSP, Nava Sama Samaja Party (NSSP) and Communist Party in Sri Lanka to form a United Front with RCL only exposed these organisations as agencies of the ruling class ...

The city police have launched ‘Nava Samaja Nirmanam’, a programme aimed at creating awareness about several key issues among the students and youth. The programme began with participation of ...

A two-day Basant Mela will be held on March 8-9 at Pustakalaya Maidan, Bokaro Steel City. Preparations for the event have already begun at the departmental level by Bokaro Steel Limited (BSL). The ...

First day of a fair is expected to start with a bang, but this one was pretty loud to state how the interest for books is resurging! The New Delhi World Book Fair 2025 opened on Saturday, February ...

Students preparing for higher studies and competitive exams in Lucknow have a new, well-equipped space for studying—Pustakalaya, a library launched recently in Kapoorthala.

Assistive technology products for the visually challenged developed at the IIT - Delhi can promote independence and improve the quality of life of people with disabilities.

Rashtriya e-Pustakalaya, a pioneering digital library, aims to instil a love of reading among Indian children and youth by offering over 1,000 non-academic books from more than 40 reputed ...

By Prof. Tissa Vitarana The Lanka Sama Samaja Party [LSSP] was formed in 1935 with two main objectives – winning independence from British imperial rule and eliminating poverty and gaining social ...

The impressive west facade of Bishnu Shumher Rana’s Sri Mahal palace in 1930 in a photo, mistakenly identified as 'Sri Durbar', taken by the British historian Perceval Landon who was commissioned by ...