The Tamil scholar “Pundit” M. Nallathamby, a teacher at Zahira College, Colombo was entrusted this task and a neat, precise ...

Sri Lanka’s swimming legend, Dr. Ghefari Dulapandan has been appointed to the prestigious Coaches Committee of Asian Aquatics ...

Officials in Sri Lanka said a monkey in the wrong place at the wrong time was to blame for a power blackout that affected the ...

The national power grid is in such a weakened state that frequent islandwide power outages maybe expected if there is a ...

Well, that's it for BTN this week. It's also time for me to say goodbye for a while because I'm heading off on leave to have this baby. But don't worry, the wonderful Jack Evans will be filling in for ...

Authorities conducted autopsies on Monday after the deaths of two foreign tourists who died earlier this month while ...

A monkey has been blamed for causing a nationwide blackout in Sri Lanka. The island nation's 22 million residents were mostly ...

Police said the two women became ill with vomiting at the hostel they were staying in and were hospitalized on Feb. 1. They identified them as U.K. citizen Ebony McIntosh, 24, and German national ...

Geoffrey Bawa to Carlo Scarpa and more, these titles are collector’s items that also make for interesting gifts.

Usvatte-aratchi Two thoughtful short essays on schools and education appeared in The Island newspaper on January 20th and 21st. The first was written by Lokubandara Tillakaratne, and the second by ...

Reivew by Prof. Rajiva Wijesinha Edited by Avisha Mario Seneviratne When over forty years ago I produced the first volume of the New Lankan Review, which proved popular if controversial, I realised ...

The Australian High Commission, in collaboration with Cricket Australia, hosted a special training session at the Galle International Cricket Stadium on ...