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Alfred Prasad Back In Sri Lanka

Michelin-Starred Chef Alfred Prasad Returns to Sri Lanka!

Trekurious takes things up a notch in 2015 with their first Michelin-starred dining experience - a...

​Best wishes from President to SL cricketers

President Maithripala Sirisena has conveyed his best wishes to the Sri Lankan cricket team which is taking part in ICC Cricket World Cup, presidential media unit sa...

Modi assures on-arrival visas to Lankans

The visiting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi today announced that beginning from the National New Year on April 14, India would grant visas to Sri Lankan touris...

Humans invaded rainforests at least 20,000 years ago: Teeth found in Sri Lanka reveal tropical diet of our ancestors

They are some of the richest habitats on the planet yet also the hardest for humans to inhabit. Now scientists have discovered that humans may have first begun liv...

Modi arrives

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Sri Lanka early this morning and he was welcomed by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe at the Bandaranaike Internati...

Sri Lanka is more than a pretty place

Sri Lanka is changing fast. The markets wear a vibrant look and are thronged with consumers enjoying higher disposable income, roads have improved and there are mor...

Royal–Thomian cycle parade

Students from Royal College Colombo and S. Thomas' College Mount Lavinia participated in a cycle parade today in lieu of the 136th Battle of the Blues annual encoun...

Chameera, Kulasekara likely to strengthen attack

The victory might still be important as the outcome will decide if Sri Lanka finishes fourth behind New Zealand, Australia and Bangladesh or they will finish on thi...

Cameron on his meeting with Maithripala

Following is the Op-ed piece by British Prime Minister David Cameron exclusively for the Daily Mirror on his scheduled meeting with visiting President Maithripala S...

Sanga becomes 2nd batsman to reach 14,000 ODI runs

Kumar Sangakkara became the first batsman after Sachin Tendulkar to register 14,000 runs in One-Day Internationals (ODIs).

Sangakkara needed 39 more runs ...