Reagent scandal: Deputy Director of the National Hospital, Dr. Rukshan Bellana, has been interdicted by Health Service Committee (HSC) of...
The Opposition has claimed that the government forced three of its Colombo Municipal Council members to to skip yesterday’s vote...
Highlighting the spirit of global and regional cooperation, the Sri Lanka Navy acknowledged the invaluable support by foreign warships, which...
A train driver has died and at least 40 people have been injured in a head-on rail collision near Peru’s...
Prime Minister Dr Harini Amarasuriya in her New Year message invited all Sri Lankans to step into 2026 with renewed...
According to figures released by the Ministry of Ports and Civil Aviation there have been 58,454 international aircraft movements in...
Lasith Malinga has once more been retained as consultant bowling coach for Sri Lanka’s men’s team, as they prepare for...
The Inland Revenue Department has succeeded in collecting Rs. 2,203 billion in revenue in 2025, the highest amount recorded in...
Protests and strikes in Iran over inflation and currency devaluation have spread from the capital, Tehran, to several other cities...
The year 2025 has been recorded as the highest revenue-earning year in the history of Sri Lanka Customs, stated Director...
India completed a dominant series sweep over Sri Lanka, clinching the fifth and final T20I in Thiruvananthapuram by 15 runs....
India’s opening batter Shafali Verma and swing bowler Renuka Singh have moved up to sixth spots in the ICC’s T20I...
WEATHER FORECAST FOR 01 JANUARY 2026 Issued at 05.30 a.m. on 01 January 2026 by the Department of Meteorology Misty conditions can be expected at some...
Among numerous other schemes, under its High Impact Community Development Projects (HICDPs) framework in Sri Lanka, the government of India (GoI) has been extending financial assistance...
The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) has protested against the way the NPP/JVP government promoted judicial officers (magistrates, district judges), judges of the High Court...
Thursday 1st Junuary, 2026 The CID arrested EPDP leader and former minister Douglas Devananda last Thursday in connection with an ongoing investigation into a pistol issued...
Sri Lanka’s tourism sector reached a historic milestone yesterday as the country welcomed its 2,333,797th tourist for 2025, officially surpassing the previous all-time arrival record of...
I have no intention of even implicitly commenting on the legality of the ongoing incarceration of Douglas Devananda. I’ve no legal background, and that’s because having...
Parliament passed 26 Government Bills during the First Session of the Tenth Parliament in the one-year period from January 1 to December 31, 2025, according to...
Sri Lanka is moving to substantially revise penalties imposed for marine pollution, with authorities acknowledging that the current maximum fine of Rs. 15 million under existing...
Much-debated recently proposed “Protection of the State from Terrorism Bill” is not a tool for security, but a blueprint for authoritarian overreach, Communist Party of Sri...
A call to transform schools from shelters of safety into sanctuaries of solidarity (Part I of this article appeared on 10 Dec. 2025— https://island.lk/a-national-post-cyclone-reflection-period/) What Could...
CHEC Port City Colombo (Pvt) Ltd., the master developer of Port City Colombo, reaffirms its commitment to attracting Foreign Direct Investments into Sri Lanka, and delivering...
Homegrown finance company Siyapatha Finance PLC recently opened its 61st branch in Nikaweratiya, successfully progressing a step further with the Company’s broader expansion efforts of bringing...
