Maduluwawe Sobitha thero’s remains in Singapore

Prime Minister takes part in Thai Pongal festivities

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe took part in prayers held at the?Lord Shiva Hindu Temple in Kotahene today to celebrate Thai Pongal. Pictures courtesy Prime Minister’s media division

14 Jan, 2018

The World rings in 2018

The New Year has officially begun, as midnight passed in Samoa, Tonga and Christmas Island/Kiribati, the first places in the world to welcome in 2018. The last places on Earth to see in the New Year?are?minor outlying US islands like Baker Island and Howland Island – although these are uninhabited. The last inhabited island is American Samoa which will welcome 2018 when it’s 11am in London on January 1.

31 Dec, 2017

Sri Lanka and China in the eyes of photographers

An exhibition to mark 60 years of diplomatic relations between Sri Lanka and China was opened today in Colombo. Titled ‘Sri Lanka and China in the eyes of photographers’ the exhibition features photographs taken by Sri Lankan and Chinese?photographers. Pictures by Lalith Perera

23 Nov, 2017