Key winners at the 2020 Academy Awards
South Korean social satire “Parasite” won the Oscar for best picture on Sunday, making history as the first film not in the English language to win the movie industry’s highest honor. “Parasite,” about the...
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Kirk Douglas,tough guy on screen dead at 103
Kirk Douglas, the cleft-chinned movie star who fought gladiators, cowboys and boxers on the screen and the Hollywood establishment, died on Wednesday at the age of 103, his son Michael Douglas said. “It is...
SriLankan crew who rescued 33 Lankans from Wuhan declines incentives
The SriLankan crew led by Chief Captain Chaminda de Soysa who volunteered to rescue the 33 Sri Lankans trapped in Wuhan after the deadly Coronavirus declined to accept the special incentive that was made...
What has GoSL done about it thus far?
People from 54 cities in China will NOT be permitted to travel to Sri Lanka without prior approval, the Immigration and Emigration Department said today. All passengers flying into the country from China are...
Colombo Parking fee
On-street parking has taken place in urban Colombo for as long as motor vehicles were running. Traditionally, parking fees were charged only when a traffic warden approached the vehicle with a parking ticket. Last...
The 5th Chinese Film Festival coming soon
Happy Chinese New Year – the 5th Chinese Film Festival organized by the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China and the National Film Corporation of Sri Lanka will be held from 23rd to...
The first US patent to University of Colombo
A team of academics of the Faculties of Science and Medicine from the University of Colombo received the first US patent for their discovery of a compound that shows significant anti-cancer activities. What is the...
Sri Lanka Life Saving – Taking Action to Prevent Drowning
According to the latest report on Drowning Prevention in Sri Lanka, the Western province had the highest number of drowning deaths of 168, from 2016 to 2018. The report jointly prepared by Sri Lanka...
what happen if you use plastic ?
The latest research revealed information regarding the possibility of plastic waste in the ocean might end up in human bodies. According to research done by the World Wild Life Fund and the Newcastle University...
Malala most famous teenager of this decade: UN
Malala Yousafzai became the most famous teenager in the world in the second decade of the 21st century, says a UN review. In this review, the United Nations news service looks back at some...