The NPP government has not taken a final decision regarding filling of the vacancies in the judiciary. A group of...
SJB leader Sajith Premadasa has invited the UNP and other political parties to join his party. Premadasa, who is also...
Women having to choose between motherhood and representing their country should become entirely a thing of the past after the...
Chamari Athapaththu has said she feels like “a failure as a captain” after Sri Lanka’s defeat to West Indies in...
British Prime Minister KeirStarmer has resigned in a televised statement after coming under mounting pressure from his own Labour Party....
A discussion aimed at identifying swift solutions to the challenges facing Sri Lanka’s apparel sector, with a view to strengthening...
More than half of France’s regions are under a red heat alert, as the country braces for sweltering temperatures in...
Australian police have seized 2.7 tonnes of cocaine – the country’s largest ever such bust – from an underground bunker...
Liverpool star Mohamed Salah scored his first goal of the tournament as part of a second-half flurry to deliver Egypt...
Inspired by Lamine Yamal, Spain strolled to a 4-0 win over Saudi Arabia in Group H, as Mikel Oyarzabal restored...
In a contest billed as the biggest of the group stage, South Africa took a big step towards the semi-final...
Belgium were held to a scoreless draw by Iran in a frustrating encounter that saw the Red Devils reduced to...
For generations, pumpkin farmers in Villachchiya, and surrounding regions, have relied on seasonal harvests to sustain their livelihoods. However, this year, an unusually abundant yield has...
In a major milestone for Sri Lanka’s startup ecosystem, nVentures has emerged as the country’s first foreign venture capital firm to be licensed by Singapore’s Monetary...
The Pakistan High Commission, friends of Pakistan, diplomatic community and Pakistani diaspora jointly commemorated Kashmir Youm-e-Istehsal day. The text of the press release issued by Pakistan...
Across Sri Lanka, we meet many other spirited entrepreneurs—from spice farms, and fisheries to young designers, software engineers, and even creative professionals – who each possess...
Apropos Midweek article headlined ‘From Fonseka convictions to arrest of Ulugetenne …’ in the August 6th edition of The Island, we, inadvertently, mentioned that Admiral of...
Sri Lanka has been elected to the Executive Committee of the Asia-Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutions (APAARI). The government has nominated Prabath Wimal Kumara, Secretary/Director...
Intrepid Colombo has successfully concluded the third chapter of its transformative “Women in Tourism” initiative, expanding its reach to the Uva Province with two impactful capacity-building...
The CSE bounced back yesterday after two days due to the existence of conducive market conditions stemming from low interest rates. Accordingly, the market moved to...
Thousands of people gathered in Hiroshima to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the world’s first wartime use of a nuclear bomb – as survivors, officials and...
Apple plans to boost investment in the US by another $100bn (£75bn) as the tech giant comes under pressure from President Donald Trump. The White House...
Ghana’s ministers of defence and environment have died in a military helicopter crash in the central Ashanti region, along with six other people, a government spokesperson...
An elderly woman has died and another person is missing after a massive wildfire swept through parts of southern France, destroying homes and forcing thousands to...
