During the height of the Tamil Isai movement, when Sabhas, musicians and patrons were daggers drawn and hurling imprecations at each other, the Madras Music Academy invited Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar ...
The JVP is the chief constituent of the political alliance known as the Naational People’s Power(NPP). The JVP contests polls as part of the NPP but calls the shots within the NPP. President Anura ...
Forced into exile 25 years ago and compelled to stay away in order to stay alive, journalist D.B.S. Jeyaraj always dreamt of returning to Sri Lanka. That flame of hope flickered occasionally, as the ...
Anura Kumara Dissanayake or AKD’s rise from humble beginnings to the pinnacle of power has in recent times captured the imagination of the Sri Lankan public in a big way.. He is generally perceived as ...
According to the Department of Meteorology and the Disaster Management Centre, 20 out of Sri Lanka’s 25 districts are badly hit, with over 60,000 families and 2,00,000 people directly affected amid an ...
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 ...
Alluring actress turned powerful politico Jayalalithaa Jayaram passed away at the Apollo Hospital in Chennai on 5 December 2016. Her condition had been pronounced grave after being admitted to the ...
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 ...
The Parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965 was an important turning point in the post-independence history of Sri Lanka known as Ceylon then. It was this election held sixty years ago that led ...
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.