The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) has directed owners of large-scale rooftop solar systems to temporarily disconnect their installations for a...
The cost of preparing a traditional kevili table for the Sinhala and Tamil New Year has risen by 7 per...
The toss is crucial in night matches at Wankhede Stadium with a true flat pitch and dew giving the chasing...
Prasidh Krishna is beginning to make a mark at IPL 2026. Three nights after his clever slower bouncer to David...
Warm Weather Advisory Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre Issued at 3.30 p.m. on 12 April 2026, valid...
On the apparent northward relative motion of the sun, it is going to be directly over the latitudes of Sri...
The Pakistan Navy Ship (PNS) TAIMUR and ASLAT arrived at the Port of Colombo on a goodwill visit on 12...
Sanju Samson’s first century for Chennai Super Kings (CSK) set up the team’s first win in IPL 2026 and their...
Punjab Kings trumped Sunrisers Hyderabad in a battle of explosive top orders, chasing down 220 with more than an an...
Warm Weather Advisory Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre at 3.30 p.m. on 11 April 2026, valid for...
On the apparent northward relative motion of the sun, it is going to be directly over the latitudes of Sri...
On Tuesday, from a balcony in Lima’s historic San Martin Square, Ricardo Belmont — who, at 80, is Peru’s oldest...
A group of non-governmental organisations and their linked individuals have urged President Anura Kumara Dissanayakaye to withdraw the Personal Data Protection Act (amendment) Bill (Data Protection...
The Institute of Chemistry Ceylon (IChemC) has called applications for its two flagship Chemistry programmes: the Bachelor of Science Honours (BSc Hons) degree in Chemical Science...
Tuesday 6th May, 2025 Elections to 339 local government (LG) institutions are set to take place today––at long last. The terms of the local councils, which...
Former SLPP Matara District parliamentarian Weerasumana Weerasinghe (Communist Party) said that former Pohottuwa seniors representing the Matara District had shed their differences to field combined groups...
The mighty haka echoed through the hills of Kandy as New Zealand’s Under-85 kg rugby team, a touring side from the land of the long white...
The local government elections, long delayed and much anticipated, are shaping up to be a landmark political event. These elections were originally due in 2023, but...
I refer to the editorial of The Island, dated 24.04 2025, under the title ‘Good governance: Pie in the sky?’ and the article of Dr. Upul...
The Commonwealth may offer ‘a glimpse of hope for Sri Lanka to overcome effects of US tariffs’, says former chairman, British- Sri Lanka Chamber of Commerce,...
The fall of Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City – HCM) on 30 April 1975 marked the end of Vietnam’s decades-long struggle for liberation—first against French...
If not for its huge impact on our people, Astrology could be dismissed as a harmless indulgence. It is popularly understood as being based on the...
Sri Lanka’s white-ball resurgence over the past 12 months has seen them punch above their weight and rise to fourth in the ICC rankings – a...
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) investigating the suicide of second-year student Charith Dilshan (23) of the Department of Engineering Technology at the Sabaragamuwa University on April...
