Payment made to new account number outside agreement Civil society group ‘Free Lawyers’, which exposed the payment of USD 2.5...
Hambantota International Port (HIP) successfully handled container vessel MSC Marie Leslie, marking one of its highest-volume vessel calls to date....
Oil prices have jumped on heightened tensions between the United States and Iran in the Strait of Hormuz following Washington...
Playing the first IPL El Clasico of their career, Chennai Super King’s Sanju Samson (101 not out) and Akeal Hosein...
US President Donald Trump has said next week’s state visit from King Charles and Queen Camilla could help repair relations...
Warm Weather Advisory Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre Issued at 3.30 p.m. on 23 April 2026, valid...
The National Building Research Organisation (NBRO) has issued Landslide Early Warnings to the Districts of Kurunegala and Ratnapura effective from...
US forces have boarded a ship carrying Iranian oil in the Indian Ocean, the US military says. It comes as...
Advisory for Severe Lightning Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre of the Department of Meteorology Issued at 12.00...
Standing on top of a customised van on a hot and humid afternoon in Tirunelveli, about 600km (373 miles) south...
When Gary Kirsten coached India to ODI World Cup glory in 2011, 20 million Sri Lankan hearts were shattered. Now,...
Sri Lanka seamer Nuwan Thushara has withdrawn his lawsuit against Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), just weeks after filing it when...
The SLIM Kantar People’s Awards was held at a glittering ceremony on Tuesday night at the Monarch Imperial, Sri Jayewardenepura. Renowned actor Sanath Gunathilake was the Chief...
A person who had been duped by a foreign job agent said that the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE) declined to inquire into the...
Government has permitted, after several years, the import of motor cars. Imports, including cars, were cut off because the government then wisely prioritised importing other commodities...
Friday 21st March, 2025 There has been a sharp increase in fatal accidents on Sri Lanka’s expressways during the past several years. On Tuesday night, a...
Sri Lanka has fallen to 133rd place in the 2025 World Happiness Report, dropping five positions from its 128th ranking in 2024. The report ranks 147...
The Hambantota International Port (HIP) discharged the second batch of vehicles for the domestic market last week. A total of 1,159 vehicles were handled during the...
The Panadura South Police have arrested a man for collecting his deceased father’s pension for one and half years fraudulently. His father was an employee of...
Apropos ‘LG polls: Ranil-led grouping disintegrates; MEP, too, going it alone’ yesterday’s issue of The Island (March 20)’ we inadvertently stated that the grouping led by the...
A truck carrying 5,031.2 kilos of substandard tea, commonly referred to as “refuse tea” or tea waste, was intercepted near Danowita on the Colombo-Kandy Road yesterday.The...
The Polonnaruwa Magistrate has issued a warrant for the arrest of a former Officer-in-Charge (OIC) of the Welikanda Police, over allegations of contempt of court. The...
By Professor G. L. Peiris D. Phil. (Oxford), Ph. D. (Sri Lanka); Rhodes Scholar, Quondam Visiting Fellow of the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge and London; Former...
Acting on information received by SLN intelligence, SLN personnel and Police Narcotic Bureau (PNB) on Wednesday (19) night apprehended a person allegedly distributing narcotics in Colombo...
