Death toll rises to 12: Director remanded Some residents were allegedly chained Police have come under public pressure to investigate...
Sri Lanka CERT has issued a public warning over the circulation of artificial intelligence (AI)-generated videos falsely depicting President Anura...
Volodymyr Zelensky has called for a face-to-face meeting between himself and Vladimir Putin in a renewed bid to end the...
Shreyas Iyer is set to replace Suryakumar Yadav as India’s T20I captain, and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi is set for his maiden call-up,...
Pakistan edged home in a low-scoring tussle to secure their third straight ODI series win against Australia. They batted with...
Welcome to England’s new Test era. Stop me if you’ve read this one before. The opening day of the 2026...
Rumesh Tharanga produced the best javelin throw of his career to smash the Golden Gala Pietro Mennea meeting record...
The Sri Lanka Cricket Selection Panel has named the following squads for the upcoming Tri-Nation ‘A’ Series and the Four-Day...
The Sri Lanka Cricket Selection Panel has selected the following squads to play in the West Indies Emerging Tour of...
A two-member ICC delegation that visited Dhaka earlier this week will report its findings and observations to the governing body....
Aryna Sabalenka’s bid for a first French Open title has been left in tatters after she fell apart in a...
Kusal Mendis hit 72 off 62 to energise Sri Lanka after a slow start, while Pathum Nissanka, Janith Liyanage and...
The commissioning ceremony of the deep-sea patrol vessel as Samudravijaya, gifted to the Sri Lanka Navy by the United States Coast Guard to enhance the Navy’s...
WEATHER FORECAST FOR 05 JUNE 2026 Issued at 05.30 a.m. on 05 June 2026 by the Department of Meteorology Showers or thundershowers will occur at times...
The Colombo High Court yesterday postponed until July 9 the hearing of the money laundering case filed against Yoshitha Rajapaksa under the Prevention of Money Laundering...
More than one in five schoolchildren in Sri Lanka were affected by malnutrition, Secretary to the Ministry of Health Anil Jasinghe said yesterday, warning of a...
Friday 5th June, 2026 The Opposition’s propaganda mill is in overdrive, manufacturing various stories about a split in the JVP-NPP government. Mighty governments collapse not because...
A security guard attached to the National Water Supply and Drainage Board’s Gorakadeniya Water Treatment Plant has been arrested by Peradeniya Police after more than six...
This is regarding the editorial of The Island on 19 May 2026, titled “Defeat of Terrorism- Triumph of hypocrisy”. I fully agree with the Editor when...
Tales of Mystery and Suspense 4 Though murder mysteries that are also comic novels are not very common, I have read quite a few of them...
As climate-linked regulations, investor expectations, and financing requirements increasingly influence global trade and market access, the Sri Lanka Climate Summit 2026, will place business readiness at...
Central Bank Governor Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe is scheduled to brief Members of Parliament on the country’s fiscal policy and related economic matters next Wednesday as Parliament...
The rapid rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is reshaping the global world of work. As organisations move towards leaner, AI‑enabled teams, technology leaders such as Meta,...
BestWeb.LK, Sri Lanka’s premium website competition and the benchmark for digital excellence in Sri Lanka, is officially calling for applications and invites all .lk website owners...
