New controversy erupts over missing USD 2.5 mn: Public interest activist Nagananda Kodituwakku has sought citizenship details of Finance Ministry...
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake handing over a sapling of the Sri Maha Bodhiya in Anuradhapura to Ven Bhikku Pannakara (Sue...
Federal authorities in the United States have charged the suspect who allegedly shot a US Secret Service agent as he...
On Saturday, Delhi served up a belter of a pitch on which 265 played 264. Two days later, the adjacent...
Warm Weather Advisory Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre Issued at 3.30 p.m. on 27 April 2026, valid...
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has arrived in Russia for talks with President Vladimir Putin, as Teheran intensifies diplomatic efforts...
In a battle between the bottom-placed teams, momentum shifted hands multiple times before Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) beat Lucknow Super...
Warm Weather Advisory Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre Issued at 3.30 p.m. on 26 April 2026, valid...
United States President Donald Trump was evacuated from the White House correspondents’ dinner in Washington, DC, after shots were fired...
Twelve days after defeating Rajasthan Royals [RR] by nullifying Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Sunrisers Hyderabad [SRH] defeated them in spite of an...
Punjab Kings (PBKS) overpowered Delhi Capitals (DC) and pulled off the highest successful T20 chase in an IPL bash where...
Warm Weather Advisory Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre Issued at 3.30 p.m. on 25 April 2026, valid...
The Opposition is pressing for a one-day debate on USD 2.5 mn Treasury theft, which is more like a daylight robbery that had been kept under...
Wednesday 29th April, 2026 The police yesterday intervened to prevent a clash between a group of JVP activists and some Opposition politicians who held a protest...
An accountant and a management assistant at the Mullaitivu District Hospital were arrested by the sleuths of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption...
What has happened to our beloved nation, its loving people, and our once high-esteemed culture? At a time when the country has become the cynosure of...
A quiet but powerful reform in Brazil is challenging traditional thinking about prisons. Instead of viewing incarceration purely as punishment, Brazil has introduced a system that...
UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe has turned down SJB leader Sajith Premadasa’s invitation for his party to join the SJB-led May Day rally at P.D. Sirisena ground....
This essay was presented at The Philosophy Group of the University of London about 20 years ago. The thought provoking essay published in The Island on...
Thanks to community centres, Taking root and flowering Down-Under, Sri Lankans have finally given shape, To a truly National New Year, Where communities meet and greet,...
A nursing mother has been remanded by the Mallakam Magistrate’s Court over a land dispute following a complaint lodged by independent Jaffna MP Dr Archchuna Ramanathan,...
The Commercial Bank of Ceylon has been named the Asia Pacific regional winner of the Circular Economy Commitment award at the sixth annual Sustainable Finance Awards...
The latest Advanced Level results show that the Central Province has fallen to the 8th position in the national rankings, according to Senior Assistant Education Secretary...
JVP supporters yesterday (28) confronted Nava Janatha Peramuna activists who staged a protest outside the residence of Finance Secretary Dr. Harshana Suriyapperuma in Akuregoda, Pelawatta. Protesters...
