President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday opened the sixth Deyata Kirula national exhibition at Oyamaduwa in Anuradhapura. It will be open to the public till February 10. The exhibition consists of over 1,000 stalls run by government ministries, private sector agencies and the Security Forces. Admission to the Deyata Kirula is free for schoolchildren in uniform and [...]

Sri Lanka will build a memorial chamber for Chinese traveler Zheng He inside the Maritime Museum in Galle. In a statement, Nalaka Godahewa, chairman of Sri Lanka’s Tourism Development Authority, said the chamber is to be made in tribute to the 14th century Chinese explorer who is considered as the greatest navigator to visit Sri [...]

WASHINGTON — NASA has launched its first multi-player online game to test players’ knowledge of the space program. Who was the first American to walk in space? Who launched the first liquid-fueled rocket? These are only a few of the questions players can answer in Space Race Blastoff. Available on Facebook, Space Race Blastoff tests [...]

A road side full of works of art is an unusual sight in Colombo. Hundreds of young painters and sculptors artists from across the country get a chance to exhibit their works in the city, and, possibly get propelled into the higher orbits. The annual event, called ‘Kala Pola’ (Open Air Art Festival), is organised [...]

Curtains came down on the five-day long Galle Literary Festival on Sunday with discussions on obsessive love, war and Indira Gandhi taking centre stage. Biographers Nayantara Sahgal and Katherine Frank shed light on the iron lady of South Asia, the iconic Indira Gandhi’s political career and how she exercised power during her rule as India’s [...]

First Minister Alex Salmond has sent his greetings to Scotland’s Chinese community on the eve of the Chinese New Year of the Dragon. He said: “As we enter the Year of the Dragon – not a symbol to be feared but instead one of good luck– it was my own great fortune to meet Premier [...]

Sri Lanka has been ranked 97th among the 184 countries as the freest to carry out business in. According to the rating done by Washington-based think tank Heritage Foundation and the Wall Street Journal, Sri Lanka’s economic freedom score is 58.3, which is 1.2 points higher than last year, reflecting solid gains in trade freedom, [...]

LAS VEGAS – Panasonic, a leader in Full HD 3D technology and built-in TV web entertainment, today announced the launch of a new Social TV feature, Split Screen, that allows the user to simultaneously launch Skype1 while enjoying their favorite shows on their VIERA HDTV. Skype brings Social TV functionality to a whole new level [...]

WASHINGTON — NASA Administrator Charles Bolden will speak at the 44th annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Service on Monday, Jan. 16 at 10 a.m. EST at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta. Bolden will give brief remarks and bring greetings from President Obama. The theme of this year’s celebration is “Remember! Celebrate! Act! A Mission [...]

Available on print newsstands Jan. 31 and as a fully interactive e-magazine available on the App Store Jan. 15. Special Content for iPad Edition Includes: New Tricks From Old Dogs video – Watch a behind-the-scenes video of photographer Robert Clark shooting portraits of dogs at the Westminster Dog Show. The Calm Before the Wave video [...]