President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, issuing a New Year message, extend his heartfelt wishes to all Sri Lankans for a peaceful...
Prime Minister Dr Harini Amarasooriya in her New Year message requested every Sri Lankan to resolve, with renewed determination to...
United States President Donald Trump’s planned naval blockade of Iran would further cripple international shipping, exacerbating the energy crisis roiling...
Vidarbha’s Praful Hinge, 24, etched his name into the IPL record books on debut, striking three times in his very...
On the apparent northward relative motion of the sun, it is going to be directly over the latitudes of Sri...
Warm Weather Advisory Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre Issued at 3.30 p.m. on 13 April 2026, valid...
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...
Deepti Sharma turned in a superb all-round performance to help India seal the ODI series 3-0 in Vadodara. She first took 6 for 31 as West...
Australia kept their vice-like grip around the MCG Test despite a fighting effort from Yashasvi Jaiswal as India went to stumps at 164 for 5, trailing...
A press briefing on the economic stabilization process and the proposed relief packages for the public was held on Thursday (26) at the Presidential Media Center...
Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 27 December 2024 by the Department of Meteorology Misty conditions can be expected at some places in Western, Sabaragamuwa,...
There have been 28 incidents of shooting, out of which 16 were carried out by organised criminal groups during the past three months, Police Media Spokesman,...
The SJB alleges that the government has launched a campaign to politicise the public service as never before, with a view to influencing the outcome of...
The shortage of medicinal drugs would be resolved by 2026, Deputy Minister of Health Dr Hansaka Wijemuni announced on Wednesday (25). Speaking in Kandy, Dr Wijemuni...
Dinasena Rathugamage Health officials in the Northern Province say the number of dengue cases in Jaffna has increased again due to the recent heavy rains in...
A severely burned body was found in the rear seat of a vehicle near a shrine in the jungle along the Habarana-Polonnaruwa main road on Wednesday...
by Geewananda Gunawardana It is encouraging that the piece on agnotology and ethnicity (The Island December 4, 2024) elicited an erudite discourse (‘Ethnicity and genetics –...
Friday 27th December, 2024 A cascade of tectonic shifts triggered by the 2022 uprising or Aragalaya during the Gotabaya Rajapaksa government has reshaped Sri Lanka’s politics...
Key survey shows an increase in employment in 2024 compared to 2023 Unemployment problem more acute for educated females than educated males By Sanath Nanayakkare Most...
