Exclusive

Publication

Byline

Businessman with fake passport document stickers arrested at BIA

Sri Lanka, May 11 -- A businessman was arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) officers at the arrival terminal of the Katunayake airport yesterday (10) morning with a stack of documen... Read More


PC who attempted to molest WPC inside hostel arrested

Sri Lanka, May 11 -- A Police Constable (PC) has been arrested yesterday (10) early morning for attempting to sexually abuse a Woman Police Constable (WPC) attached to the Colombo Coastal Police while... Read More


Three carrying liquor, cigarettes valued at Rs. 10.3 Mn arrested at BIA

Sri Lanka, May 11 -- Three businessmen with a stock of foreign-made whiskey bottles and cigarettes worth around Rs.10.3 million were arrested at the Katunayake Airport when they were walking out throu... Read More


Diana's petition to be recalled again on May 28

Sri Lanka, May 11 -- The Supreme Court yesterday granted additional time to deliberate on whether to proceed with the petition filed by former MP Diana Gamage. The petitioner is contesting the decisio... Read More


Poetry Corner

Sri Lanka, May 11 -- The Beauty In the eye of Beholder To pluck a flower to offer the Buddha, I walk to the parched garden: Feeling sad to rob the paltry yield from trees, I have little choice- The B... Read More


Mounts on the palm Mount of Jupiter

Sri Lanka, May 11 -- Mounts, the slight elevations on the palm assume great significance in the study of Palmistry, because they cause the formation and development of the main lines on the palm. Besi... Read More


Muhurtha or Auspicious Time for Marriage

Sri Lanka, May 11 -- Most people in our country, like their compatriots in other countries in the East, believe that success in any important work or event greatly depends on the Muhurtha or the auspi... Read More


Key to a Lived History

Sri Lanka, May 11 -- Both biographies and autobiographies chronicle human lives. Yet the argument is whether autobiographies offer a unique efficiency in revealing the essence of a person.Perhaps auto... Read More


Many facets of estate wage hike

Sri Lanka, May 11 -- Labour and Foreign Employment Minister Manusha Nanayakkara has given the Plantation Management companies (PMCs) until the 15th of this month to raise the daily wage of the Estate ... Read More


House to meet on Monday, Tuesday

Sri Lanka, May 11 -- The Committee on Parliamentary Business of Parliament yesterday decided that Parliament would meet on Monday May 13 and Tuesday 14. Parliament Secretary General Kushani Rohanadee... Read More