Courtesy Xinhua People take part in the 2025 Dragon Boat Festival China-Sri Lanka Friendship Cup Dragon Boat Championship in Kotte, Sri Lanka, on May 31, 2025. In a gesture of sports diplomacy and cultural exchange, the Chinese Embassy in Sri Lanka has donated five 12-person international-standard dragon boats to Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Youth Affairs […]

Courtesy Adaderana May 31, 2025   09:53 pm The 72nd edition of the Miss World pageant concluded with a glittering ceremony at the HITEX Exhibition Centre in Hyderabad on Saturday night.  Miss Thailand, Opal Suchata Chuangsri, was crowned Miss World 2025, becoming the latest beauty queen to win the prestigious global title.  The 22-year-old from Phuket […]

Bello Mundo – EN An unknown and MYSTERIOUS country that has one of the oldest and most complex cultures on the continent—and yes, it remains one of the least understood places in the world. The name itself says a lot: Sri Lanka, which means glorious island” in Sinhalese, is called by many the Pearl of […]

By Gayathri Kallukaran Courtesy Eastern Eye Both cases serving as stark warnings about the risks facing young travellers drawn into illicit drug operations abroad The arrests come amid heightened international scrutiny of cannabis trafficking involving young travellers A 21-year-old British woman has been arrested in Sri Lanka for allegedly attempting to smuggle synthetic cannabis worth […]

Press Release National Development Bank plc NDB Bank is honoured to extend its support towards a deeply humanitarian initiative led by the Sri Lanka Amarapura & Ramanya Samagi Union to aid victims affected by the recent devastating earthquake in the Kingdom of Myanmar and parts of Thailand. This natural disaster has claimed numerous lives and […]

Pathfinder Foundation Pathfinder Foundation hosted a high-level delegation from the China Centre for South Asian Studies of Sichuan University at its headquarters in Peliyagoda. The Foundation’s association with Sichuan University dates back to 2017, when the two institutions signed a Memorandum of Understanding for cooperation and joint studies. Both parties met once again to evaluate […]

By Justice for Animals and Nature  People in power listen only to power – bigger power. Not to their conscience. Not to their own people who elected them to power and who are now helpless.  Once upon a time in the pre colonial era the Sinhalese (who were all Buddhists) were called the Aryavansa (noble race) […]

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy First published Tue Nov 30, 2004; substantive revision Mon May 13, 2024 It is widely accepted that consciousness or, more generally, mental activity is in some way correlated to the behavior of the material brain. Since quantum theory is the most fundamental theory of matter that is currently available, it is […]

Courtesy Adaderana Emeritus Professor of Anthropology Gananath Obeyesekere has passed away at the age of 95. Obeyesekere, a renowned Professor of Anthropology at Princeton University, has done much work in his home country of Sri Lanka.  His research focuses on psychoanalysis and anthropology and the ways in which personal symbolism is related to religious experience, […]

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By Shane Seneviratne Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, March 03 (Daily Mirror) – A man was arrested this morning by Kadugannawa police for riding a motorcycle from Colombo to Kandy while naked. Police said the 23-year-old man was arrested after a great effort by law enforcement. Several police officers observed the man riding the motorcycle […]

Somar Wijayadasa Courtesy The Island Kuru as a cadet sergeant and Queen’s Scout meeting the Queen at India’s 1961 Republic Day. A talented son of Sri Lanka, Dr. Mahinda Kurukulasuriya (1942-2025) passed away peacefully in Vientiane, Laos on 29 January 2025 – with his daughter Liza by his side. According to his wishes, a three-day […]

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Courtesy Independent A room in the hostel where the 24-year-old stayed had been fumigated before she fell ill Ted Hennessey Thursday 06 February 2025 14:25 GMT For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails A British woman who died after collapsing at a hostel in […]

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Courtesy Financial Express Sri Lanka’s Cabinet of Ministers chaired by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has revoked a decision announced in June last year to award a controversial 484 MW of wind power plants in Mannar and Pooneryn to Adani Green Energy SL Ltd. Sri Lanka’s Cabinet of Ministers chaired by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has […]

German Dharmaduta Society Press Release. The German Dharmaduta Society founded by Asoka Weeraratna in 1952 and which maintains Das Buddhistiche Haus ( Berlin Maha Viharaya in   Berlin – Frohnau) in Germany sponsored a Free Book distribution event directed towards the children of the Udaragama Primary  School (remote school) situated at the Medirigiriya District, Polonnaruwa on […]

Courtesy Adaderana Veteran Sri Lankan politician and former Member of Parliament J. R. P. Suriyapperuma has passed away. He was aged 96 at the time of passing. Suriyapperuma has previously served as the chief organiser of the the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) for the Dedigama electorate in the Kegalle District.

By Nalliah Thayabharan Drones have become the ultimate disruptors in modern warfare reshaping how battles are fought but as their dominance grows so does the threat they pose especially in swarms where sheer numbers can overwhelm even the most advanced defenses. China’s groundbreaking Hurricane 3000 – a high- power microwave weapon capable of neutralizing entire […]

By Nalliah Thayabharan The United States has enacted strict export restrictions designed to limit China’s access to vital Technologies especially within the semiconductor and artificial intelligence industries. These actions which include placing major Chinese companies like HUAWEI and SMIC on the Blacklist, expanding the foreign direct product rule and controlling the export of advanced semiconductor […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Catholic Bishops Conference in Sri Lanka today clarified that Pastor Jerome Fernando was not a Bishop of the Catholic Church, and therefore the members of its church should not be deceived.  Jerome Fernando, who has no official apostolic succession in the Catholic church, is not a Catholic Bishop, hence we […]

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By Nalliah Thayabharan Eelam is mentioned in the very oldest Babylonian inscriptions. Southern Elam was known as Anshan from the earliest times to the days of the Persian empire. Long before the rise of the city of Babylon the old city-states of Accad and Lagash held for a time part of the Eelamitic territory, and […]

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Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, November 29 (Daily Mirror)- Floods caused by deep depression that created havoc in many parts of the country started receding today but some areas including the Northern Province are still facing risk, the Disaster Management Centre (DMC) said. As per the DMC, floods in almost all 24 districts have begun […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Department of Meteorology has announced that the impact of the deep depression over the southwest Bay of Bengal on the country’s weather system is expected to diminish starting today. Over the past few days, adverse weather conditions have claimed the lives of 15 individuals, with a total of 463,569 people reported to […]

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Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Nov 27 (NewsWire) – The deep depression that has developed in the Bay of Bengal is expected to convert into a cyclone by today but will have only a minimum effect on Sri Lanka, Department of Meteorology said yesterday. The general public was however asked to be vigilant on impeding extreme weather conditions […]