At least 334 people have died so far, and 370 remain missing as Sri Lanka reels from the devastating impact of Cyclone Ditwah. A large number of fatalities were reported on Sunday (November 30, 2025) ...

The death toll from the devastation caused by Cyclone Ditwah in Sri Lanka climbed to 159 on Saturday (November 29, 2025), while President Anura Kumara Dissanayake declared a state of emergency to ...

In the wake of Cyclone Ditwah, which intensified from a deep depression near the Sri Lankan coast and made landfall on 27 November 2025, it is learned that Sri Lanka continues to face extensive ...

Jeevan Kumaravel Thondaman known as Jeevan Thondaman and Jeevan will tie the traditional wedding necklace “Thali” (mangala sutra) around the neck of Seethai Srii Naachiar Rameswaran amidst the ...

A meeting between the Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK) and President Anura Kumara Dissanayake was held this afternoon (19) at the Presidential Secretariat, following a request made by the ITAK.

Tempering fire with vulnerability, Dharmendra embodied a paradoxical masculinity being the He-Man who could shed a tear and the village avenger who recited poetry, thereby humanising the archetype of ...

(Chandani Kirinde traces the close friendship between Emperor Asoka and King Devanampiyatissa that led to the introduction of Buddhism to this land) India’s Emperor Asoka and King Devanampiyatissa of ...

The demise of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam(LTTE) leader Veluppillai Prabhakaran occurred fourteen years ago. The tigers as the LTTE was known were defeated militarily by the armed forces of Sri ...

Lakshman Kadirgamar’s 18th death anniversary was observed last Saturday. The former foreign minister fell victim to a Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam(LTTE) sniper in Colombo on 12 August 2005.

The provincial councils scheme , implemented since 1988, has seen a number of chief ministers being elected by the various provincial councils over the years. Although the norm has been for each ...

Sixty-three years ago on September 25th 1959 the Prime Minister Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike (SWRDB) of Sri Lanka known as Ceylon then was shot and seriously wounded by a Buddhist monk.

(Popular Tamil film actor M. N. Nambiar who excelled in playing “villain”roles on screen was born on March 7th 1919. This article appearing in the “Spotlight” cinema Column of the “Daily FT” on ...