Thirty-two years have passed since the death of former President Ranasinghe Premadasa. The terrorist attack targeting him on May 1, 1993, undoubtedly remains in the memory of many people. To anyone ...

Thirty-two years have passed since the death of former President Ranasinghe Premadasa. The terrorist attack targeting him on May 1, 1993, undoubtedly remains in the memory of many people.

The old Parliament building, located at Galle Face in Colombo and facing the ocean, was officially opened on January 29, 1930 ...

A ceremony to mark the 32nd death anniversary of late President Ranasinghe Premadasa, was who was killed in in a bomb attack during a May Day procession in 1993 , was held today. Leader of the ...

Due to the limited space within the old Parliament building and the lack of available land for expansion, then-Prime Minister Ranasinghe Premadasa presented a proposal to Parliament in the late ...

When this column appears, readers would know the results of the May 6th Local Government election, but at the time of its ...

“The government failed in every aspect of planning. It should have learnt from how former Presidents Ranasinghe Premadasa and Mahinda Rajapaksa handled similar expositions,” Kiriella said. “Those ...

May 1 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1884, construction began on the world's first skyscraper -- the 10-story Home Insurance Co. building in Chicago. In 1893, U.S. President Grover Cleveland ...

The late President Ranasinghe Premadasa, renamed Price Park in Pettah “Goonesinhapura” as a tribute. Labour Day (May Day) was first held in Ceylon in 1927 under the leadership of A.E. Goonesinha.

The late 1980s saw a distinct shift. President Ranasinghe Premadasa, in an attempt to soften May Day’s revolutionary edge, transformed it into a cultural festival. Renowned Indian film stars and ...