Sirimavo Bandaranaike became the world’s first woman Prime Minister creating a world record. She began her parliamentary career with a seat in the Senate entering the House of Representatives later.

Veteran Tamil political leader Somasundaram Senathirajah popularly known as “Maavai” Senathirajah breathed his last on 29 ...

The Kandyan Convention, an agreement between the British Colonial rulers and Kandyan chiefs, was signed in 1815. ..

The 77th National Independence Day celebrations took place with pride and grandeur at Independence Square in Colombo, under the theme ‘Let’s ...

Last week, on Philosophers’ Day at the 135-year-old National Seminary of Our Lady of Lanka, Ampitiya, organised by its ...

In the same year, Premier Zhou Enlai visited Sri Lanka, and the then Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike made a significant visit to China in 1961, followed by key high-level exchanges. Over the last ...

President Dissanayake sat across the table from President Xi, looked him in the eye, and in his second reference within seconds (he’d got it right in his first) called the People’s Republic of China ...

According to media reports, Mahinda Rajapaksa’s lawyers, on his behalf, filed a fundamental rights (FR) petition with the Supreme Court, Colombo on January 25, 2025 against the current Malimawa ...

‘Operation Colombo’ was followed by ‘Operation Condor’ in Chile and Argentina. Meanwhile, a colonial model and pattern of dependent economic development and under-development was cultivated with the ...

Veteran Tamil political leader Somasundaram Senathirajah popularly known as “Maavai” Senathirajah breathed his last on 29 January 2025. The octogenarian six-footer suffered a brain concussion after a ...

Deshamanya Harry Jayewardene, a leading Sri Lankan industrialist and businessman, has passed away at the age of 82. Born on ...