“Auditor General’s reports a matter for Legislature not the Executive” Former Chairman of the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) Charitha...
The National Joint Committee (NJC) has urged the government to seek compensation for the environmental damage caused by the US...
Minister of Power and Energy Kumara Jayakody and Ministry Secretary Prof. Udayanga Hemapala have resigned from their respective positions today...
Rwanda will host the inaugural Women’s Challenge Trophy, which starts on April 18 in Kigali with Rwanda taking on Italy,...
The ICC’s Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) is investigating allegations of corruption involving Cricket Canada, one of which focuses on a game...
Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry on Thursday confirmed that the United States and Iran were in discussions – through Islamabad – to...
The leaders of Israel and Lebanon have agreed a 10-day ceasefire, US President Donald Trump has said, starting from 17:00...
Warm Weather Advisory Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre Issued at 3.30 p.m. on 16 April 2026, valid...
Three Sri Lankan leopard cubs that were born at the Singapore Zoo on Jan 1 have now made their public...
The Sri Lanka Navy has seized a local multi- day fishing trawler, it’s four man crew together with a consignment...
US President Donald Trump has threatened to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell if he does not step aside at...
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) bowled Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) out for 146 and chased it down with nearly five overs...
The Frontline Socialist Party (FSP) has alleged that two recent coal tenders awarded for 2026 are illegal, citing irregularities in both the long-term and emergency local...
Docs resume trade union action Health and Mass Media Minister Nalinda Jayatissa told Parliament yesterday that the government was prepared to face any situation arising from...
Sri Lanka and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have reached staff-level agreement on economic policies to conclude the combined Fifth and Sixth Reviews of Sri Lanka’s...
More than 200,000 micro, small and medium-scale enterprises (SMEs) in Sri Lanka ceased operations between 2018 and 2022, Deputy Minister of Finance and Planning Prof. Anil...
Lankan Australian playwright S Shakthidharan, widely known as Shakthi, has won the $US175,000 ($250,000) Windham-Campbell Prize for drama.The international prize is awarded each year to writers...
Sri Lanka has reached a staff-level agreement with the International Monetary Fund to secure the next tranche of funding under its ongoing bailout programme, marking a...
(A sequel to the two-part article, War with Iran and unravelling of the global order, published in The Island on April 8 and 9.) The unfolding...
Friday 10th April, 2026 A motion of no confidence against Energy Minister Kumara Jayakody is scheduled to be taken up in Parliament, today. The JVP-NPP government,...
How Artificial Intelligence is breaking barriers in Autism Diagnosis and Care For any parent, the early years are a most valuable countdown of “firsts” of his...
Sri Lanka could face extended drought conditions through September if an El Niño event develops during the upcoming southwest monsoon season, the Department of Meteorology warned...
The recent disclosure of a substantial internal fraud at National Development Bank has understandably unsettled the financial community. What began as a relatively contained incident has...
Another incident that is etched in my memory also relates to Dr Karunaratna. I happened to be in his surgery when a poor lady brought her...
