Defence Secretary (retd.) Air Marshal Sampath Thuyakontha has discussed with UN officials in New York the deployment of Sri Lankan...
Sallay’s case: Attorney-at-law Udaya Gammanpila yesterday (27) said a lawyer could not be deprived of his or her right to...
Federal authorities in the United States have charged the suspect who allegedly shot a US Secret Service agent as he...
On Saturday, Delhi served up a belter of a pitch on which 265 played 264. Two days later, the adjacent...
Warm Weather Advisory Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre Issued at 3.30 p.m. on 27 April 2026, valid...
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has arrived in Russia for talks with President Vladimir Putin, as Teheran intensifies diplomatic efforts...
In a battle between the bottom-placed teams, momentum shifted hands multiple times before Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) beat Lucknow Super...
Warm Weather Advisory Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre Issued at 3.30 p.m. on 26 April 2026, valid...
United States President Donald Trump was evacuated from the White House correspondents’ dinner in Washington, DC, after shots were fired...
Twelve days after defeating Rajasthan Royals [RR] by nullifying Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Sunrisers Hyderabad [SRH] defeated them in spite of an...
Punjab Kings (PBKS) overpowered Delhi Capitals (DC) and pulled off the highest successful T20 chase in an IPL bash where...
Warm Weather Advisory Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre Issued at 3.30 p.m. on 25 April 2026, valid...
Japanese elections are normally steady and boring affairs. This snap election was neither. The dramatic vote follows a political funding corruption scandal, revealed last year, which...
Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 28 October 2024 by the Department of Meteorology Showers or thundershowers will occur at times in Western, Sabaragamuwa and...
The People’s Struggle Alliance (PSA), led by the JVP-splinter group, the Frontline Socialist Party (FSP), yesterday called on their former colleagues in the government to conduct...
by Harishchandra Gunaratne President of the Sri Lanka Association of Inbound and Outbound Tour Operators (SLAITO) Nalin Jayasundera says that there has not been a drop...
UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday said that he was a former president without a majority and Anura Kumara Dissanayake was an incumbent president without a majority....
Rex Clementine at Pallekele Sri Lanka’s limited-overs captain, Charith Asalanka, is optimistic about the national cricket team’s future, believing they can deliver even stronger performances in...
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s NPP won the Elpitiya local government election on Saturday (26), securing 15 of the 30 total number seats. However, it could not...
The National Medicines Regulatory Authority (NMRA) has banned the use of Depo (Depo-Provera)—a contraceptive injection intended for humans—on dogs, cats, and other animals in Sri Lanka....
On 23 October 2024, the United States Embassy in Colombo issued an advisory against travel to Sri Lanka claiming it “received credible information warning of an attack...
Monday 28th October, 2024 The JVP-led NPP bagged 15 out of 17 wards in the Elpitiya Pradeshiya Sabha (PS) in Saturday’s local government election, but could...
The distribution of official polling cards for the 2024 general election had begun yesterday (27), said Senior Deputy Postmaster General Rajitha Ranasinghe. He said the door-to-door...
By Sanath Nanayakkare ADB Sri Lanka Country Director Takafumi Kadono told The Island last week that commercial banks can play a crucial role in financing the...
