… alleges NPP trying to implement UPFA, UNP plan Front-line Socialist Party (FSP) yesterday (24) alleged that the NPP government’s...
The Opposition yesterday argued in Parliament that the National Environment Amendment Bill was unconstitutional. The Opposition said that it violated...
Brazil advanced to the knockout stages of the World Cup in style after Vinicius Junior netted twice in a 3-0...
Back-to-back powerful earthquakes have struck Venezuela, collapsing buildings in the capital, Caracas, and leaving residents shaken. The US Geological Survey...
Bosnia and Herzegovina are on the verge of reaching the knockout stages of the World Cup for the first time...
Apparently, Sri Lanka are about to begin a Test series against West Indies today [Thursday]. Huge if true, because that...
England became the first team to reach the Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 semi-finals with a 38-run victory over West...
Daniel Munoz has fired Colombia into the World Cup round of 32 with a 1-0 win over the Democratic Republic...
The Legal Aid Commission of Sri Lanka was established under the Legal Aid Act No. 27 of 1978 with the...
A series of political, economic, and administrative problems in the Eastern Province have arisen due to the misuse of government...
Ellyse Perry produced one of her best innings of a long T20 World Cup career to lead Australia to a...
The UN’s International Maritime Organization (IMO) is set to evacuate more than 11,000 sailors who have been stranded in the...
WEATHER FORECAST FOR 14 JULY 2025 Issued at 05.30 a.m. on 14 July 2025 by the Department of Meteorology Showers will occur at times in the...
Sri Lanka’s import bill dropped by USD 179 million in May 2025 to USD 1.507 billion, despite a notable rise in personal vehicle imports, and there...
The Navy seized over 800 kilos of smuggled spices, medicines, and cosmetic products during a search operation near Devils Point beach, in Kilinochchi, on 11 July....
Members of the Sri Lanka Education Service Lecturer Trade Union will stage a protest today (14) at 11:00 am in front of the Ministry of Education,...
Murder of underworld leader in courthouse: Mother of Ishara Sewwandi, who is wanted in connection with the killing of underworld figure Sanjeewa Kumara Samararatne, alias ‘Ganemulle...
Part 1: Principles to be followed (This is the first part of ‘The Dilemma of a Definition: Terrorism Without Terror?’, published in The Island on Friday...
Monday 14th July, 2025 There seems to be no end in sight to headline-grabbing controversies at the White House, during US President Donald Trump’s second term’....
The CID had seized 21 illegally imported motorcycles and four cannabis plants following a raid on the Hambantota Bird Park, police said on Saturday. The raid,...
The British High Commission in Sri Lanka has announced the acceptance of applications for the UK’s Chevening Scholarship programme. Issuing a statement, the High Commission has...
US tariffs: The Seafood Exporters’ Association of Sri Lanka has expressed serious concern that the recent reduction of US tariffs, from 44% to 30% on Sri...
Following the tragic demise of a Sabaragamuwa University undergraduate, more than fifty articles have appeared in the media expressing views on various aspects of the barbaric...
Dr. Justice Chandradasa Nanayakkara, who makes valuable contributions to Buddhist literature in these columns, has written another excellent article under the above caption (The Island, 10.07.2025),...
