Davie and three others escaped but Davie was taken as a prisoner to the king along the Paranaganthota road. Governor North and MacDowall made many attempts to secure his release but the king refused.

Wild elephants have devastated a large area of coconut plantations and several acres of banana plantations in the ...

This oak tree has stood in this very spot since long before he or I walked the Earth. It is early winter when MacKenzie, an atmospheric scientist and director of Birmingham University Institute ...

Reforming Sri Lanka’s education system in ways that cater to global needs appears to be a central focus of the new government. This pronouncement first appeared in the NPP’s election manifesto with ...

Eastern Province Governor has confirmed that all schools in the province will operate as usual tomorrow (21), despite ongoing adverse weather conditions. The decision was made yesterday (19), ...

I would, at this stage, like to refer to two important domestic issues that came up during the latter part of the Prime Minister’s term of office. These were, the food crisis that occurred around 1974 ...

The area that is now Joshua Tree National Park wasn’t always a desert. During the Great Ice Age, also known as the Pleistocene Epoch, there were rivers and lakes as well as Columbian mammoths ...

Puttalam has been a main salt producing area that meets 45 percent of the country’s requirement of salt. However, the salt industry in Puttalam has been endangered due to the ongoing climatic ...

SLPP MP Namal Rajapaksa today (18) challenged Minister of Trade Wasantha Samarasinghe to step down from his ministerial portfolio if "he (Wasantha) fails to prove that I (Namal) took the law exam ...

Today Jan 09, 2025 prayer times Puttalam are Fajr Time 5:13 AM, Dhuhr Time 12:18 PM, Asr Time 3:39 PM, Maghrib Time 6:09 PM & Isha Time 7:19 PM. Today's namaz timings Puttalam are based on the Islamic ...

The Puttalam-Negombo road has been blocked for traffic at Marawila due to a tree falling across the road, police said. Heavy traffic congestion has been reported in the area as a result of this.