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By Dr. K.L. Gunaratna The captioned policy Statement was prepared at the instance of the Inter Academy Partnership (IAP) which is the apex body of science academies worldwide. The Statement was drafted by an international ‘Working Group’ of 18 subject experts drawn from 16 countries accross the globe. Those experts were selected by the IAP […]

By Rajan Philips Last week I called Bangladesh burgeoning and Sri Lanka backsliding. Domestic demand has become the most important driver of Bangladesh’s rapid economic growth. Not that Bangladesh is not facing challenges, but it is in a better position to face them because of domestic demand. Sri Lanka does not have the advantage of […]

Colombo (News 1st) - The National Dengue Control Unit says that 4178 Dengue patients were reported within the first two weeks of the year.  The most - Get the latest breaking news and top stories from Sri Lanka, the latest political news, sports news, weather updates, exam results, business news, entertainment news, world news and much more from News 1st, Sri Lanka's leading news network.

General strike in Ceylon (later Sri Lanka), 1953. But the LSSP party that led it would soon capitulate to Sinhalese chauvinism, betraying the country's Tamil minority and socialist principles, and fuelling Sri Lanka's disastrous trajectory Ceylon (renamed as Sri Lanka when the country became a republic in May 1972) won independence from Britain, peacefully, on 4 February 1948.

Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 14 January 2023 by Department of Meteorology The atmospheric condition is getting favorable for  afternoon thundershowers in southern half of the island during the next few days. Showers or thundershowers will occur at a few places in Southern, Sabaragamuwa and Uva provinces and in Kandy and Nuwara-Eliya districts […]

The Socialist Equality Party (SEP) condemns the arrest of Sepal Amarasinghe, demands his immediate release and the abolition of the draconian laws used to detain him.

Nick Redmayne from Sri Lanka to see how it’s coping after a tumultuous year of fleeing politicians, riots and 70% inflation

Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 12 January 2023 by Department of Meteorology Mainly fair weather will prevail over most parts of the island.

Rex Clementine in Guwahati Sub-continent has hosted three World Cups so far and mostly it’s been a case of south Asian neighbours jointly hosting the sport’s showpiece event. But this time, BCCI wants to do it solo. They will host all games and they have a good chance of securing their third title as well. […]

The strike was the first this year and expressed the growing anger of workers over the deepening assault on their basic social and democratic rights by the government as it imposes the IMF’s austerity agenda.