AKD’s request to Harsha: Speaker Dr. Jagath Wickramaratne has frustrated an attempt by Chairman of the Committee on Public Finance...
The NPP government’s coal procurement process has once again come under scrutiny following allegations by the Frontline Socialist Party (FSP)...
With scores of 74*, 135, 102 and 65* in his last four ODIs, Virat Kohli seemed to be telling the...
Dasun Shanaka clobbered 34 off 9 balls, Kusal Mendis, Kamil Mishara, Dhananjaya de Silva, Charith Asalanka and Janith Liyanage all...
One person has died and 300 properties have been destroyed in bushfires that have torn across south-east Australia. The fires...
Iran has warned it will retaliate if attacked by the US, as protesters defied a deadly government crackdown on Saturday...
Rescue workers are racing to find dozens of people still missing following a landslide at a landfill site in the...
US President Donald Trump has asked for at least $100bn (£75bn) in oil industry spending for Venezuela, but received a...
The US and its partner forces have carried out large-scale strikes against Islamic State (IS) group targets in Syria, the...
Georgia Wareham towered over the rest with an impressive all-round show to lead Gujarat Giants to an impressive opening match...
After a nail-biter slipped through their hands in the last over of the opening night of WPL 2026, defending champions...
That Sri Lanka is experiencing an especially nasty north-east monsoon over the past several months is clear. It washed out...
Govt. insists on capping its members to ensure functionality In the previous Parliament, where there were six Opposition parties, 10 slots were allocated for the Opposition...
The NPP government was planning to increase the allowance for differently abled individuals from the current Rs 7,500 to Rs 10,000, said Sugath Wasantha de Silva,...
By Norman Palihawadana Only about 2,000 out of the 8,821 candidates whocontested the 14 November general election had submitted their expenses reports, R.M.A.L Rathnayake, Chairman of...
Sri Lankan people have given the NPP a two-thirds majority in Parliament to change the disastrous policies that successive governments took after 1977, NPP MP Lakmali...
Saturday 7th December, 2024 The Rajapaksa governments used labels such as ‘traitor’ and ‘terror sympathiser’ to vilify their political opponents. They effectively created a bogey to...
By Rathindra Kuruwita Locally produced superphosphate would be introduced to the market next year, Prof. Gomika Udugamasooriya, President’s Senior Advisor on Science and Technology, Professor at...
The government was planning to generate a revenue of 15 billion U.S dollars through the digital economy within the next five years, the President’s Media Division...
By Harischandra Gunaratna President of The Hotels Association of Sri Lanka (THASL) M. Shanthikumar addressing its members at the organization’s 59th anniversary celebrations recently at the...
By Hemantha Randunu Senior Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) for the Northern Province, Tilak Dhanapala, told The Island that the police were planning to arrest the...
More than 1,000 new leprosy patients have been identified in the first 10 months of 2024, according to the Anti-Leprosy Campaign. Dr Nirupa Pallewatta, Director of the Anti-Leprosy Campaign,...
… after their administration bankrupted country through costly borrowings It was absurd to hear Opposition MPs, who were part of the Ranil Wickremesinghe administration from 2016...
Under 19 Division I Cricket by Reemus Fernando Dulsath Nimviru with a match bag of eight wickets and Vinod Danushka with a top score of 65...
