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First Sri Lankan to climb the highest Mountain in every continent-Our flag on Every Summit From the Knuckles mountain range ...
Having planted the Sri Lankan flag in places no Sri Lankan has stood on, Johann addressing a press conference said, “Each summit challenged my strength, tested my spirit and reaffirmed my purpose, ...
A significant number of Sri Lanka’s most threatened agamid lizard species are found in the Central Highlands, the Knuckles Range, and the Rakwana Range, according to recent research by a young ...
The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) has added several uniquely Sri Lankan words to its June 2025 update, OED.com has said.Among the new entries is “asweddumise”, meaning to prepare land for paddy ...
Two fishing boats adrift in Sri Lankan waters rescued along with 20 crew members on board The fishermen and their families thank the District Collector, officials of the Department of Fisheries ...
With regulatory approvals pending in India and other neighbouring countries, the satellite internet service rolls out in Sri Lanka, its third South Asian market after Bhutan and Bangladesh.
Indian officials have confirmed that arrangements are being made to assist Nepali and Sri Lankan nationals stranded in Iran amid the ongoing conflict in the region.
Sri Lanka is attempting to sustain economic growth while maintaining macroeconomic stability under the IMF program it began in 2016. The government's high debt payments and bloated civil service ...
A local startup is helping travellers experience Sri Lanka like a local – and changing lives in the process.
Airbus has spotlighted Meriesha Fonseka, a talented Sri Lankan engineer, as part of their single-aisle wing design team at the company’s Wichita Engineering Facility in the United States. ..
In an unexpected twist that links science, conservation, and global fraud, Sri Lanka’s leading herpetologist Dr. Anslem de Silva has found himself confronting a unique kind of biological piracy—this ...
Sri Lanka’s government has scored a string of wins in its long-standing civil war with Tamil militants. But it faces the challenge of integrating its Tamil minority.