The year 2025 has been disastrous for Sri Lanka’s agriculture, especially after Cyclone Ditwah caused severe destruction through heavy rains, landslides, and crop damages in different agro-ecological ...

Actor Rajat Bedi expressed heartfelt gratitude towards Rakesh Roshan, who had cast the actor in the 2003 film Koi... Mil Gaya, and tagged the veteran filmmaker as the one who gave him a role that’s ...

Mumbai, Dec 22 (IANS) Rajat Bedi expressed heartfelt gratitude towards Rakesh Roshan, who had cast the actor in the 2003 film “Koi... Mil Gaya”, and tagged the veteran filmmaker as the one who gave ...

Cyclone Ditwah destroyed early-stage Maha season paddy, vegetables, and perennial crops, disrupting both current and upcoming harvests.Together, rising prices, lower production, and declining ...

In early 2017, the government department tasked with formulating Sri Lanka’s spatial development framework voiced strong opposition to plans for a 73.9km expressway from Kahathuduwa in the Colombo ...

Sundays at Paramasivam Pushpalatha’s home used to be a much livelier affair. It was her only day off from the factory and so she would pack seven days of domesticity into one. Her husband, Govindasamy ...

The Foreign Office (FO) received permission from India to use its airspace for humanitarian aid flights to Sri Lanka to provide flood relief, diplomatic sources confirmed to Dawn on Monday. The Sri ...

For Amna, music has always been her passion - her first love. “I’ve always been a huge music listener. Songs would make me feel so connected and moved, and I used to wonder how people could create ...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) provided technical assistance to Sri Lanka to prepare a Fiscal Risk Statement (FRS) as part of its broader public financial management reforms. In response to the ...

Investors shouldn’t get too bullish about the idea of the Federal Reserve dusting off its tools to artificially lower U.S. mortgage rates and lift the weak housing market. That’s the thinking of ...

Psychologists who work with anxious and depressed patients often focus on how people jump to consistently negative conclusions. Sometimes a therapist might promote “the power of positive thinking," ...

Last week, the European Union announced the four countries that would be considered ‘high-risk’ under the EUDR’s benchmarking system - Russia, Belarus, Myanmar, and North Korea. Key commodity ...