New controversy erupts over missing USD 2.5 mn: Public interest activist Nagananda Kodituwakku has sought citizenship details of Finance Ministry...
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake handing over a sapling of the Sri Maha Bodhiya in Anuradhapura to Ven Bhikku Pannakara (Sue...
A beluga whale suspected of having been trained as a spy by Russia has been found dead off the Norwegian coast. The body of the animal...
Advisory for heavy rain, strong winds and rough seas issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre at 2.30 p.m. 01 September 2024, valid until 2.30...
The Department of Meteorology has announcedthat the sun is going to be directly over the latitudes of Sri Lanka from the 28th of August to the...
Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 02 September 2024 by the Department of Meteorology Showers or thundershowers will occur at times in Western, Sabaragamuwa and...
Senathiraja strikes discordant note by Saman Indrajith TNA Spokesman and Jaffna District MP MA Sumanthiran told The Island yesterday said the Illankai Thamil Arasu Katchchi (ITAK)...
by Ranil Dharmasena and Jude Denzil Pathiraja The distribution of official polling cards for the September 21 Presidential Election is scheduled to commence today (02), with...
By Shamindra Ferdinando General (retd) Jagath Dias has appealed to presidential contestants to explain how they intended to meet the growing threat posed by the Geneva-based...
Rex Clementine in London Sri Lanka’s unbeaten run in London in Test match cricket that has stretched for 33 years was set to end at Lord’s...
By Sujeeva Nivunhella reporting from London High Commissioner of Sri Lanka to the United Kingdom, Rohitha Bogollagama, hosted a special reception at Sri Lanka House in...
by A. J. A. Abeynayake The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL), at a special meeting on Saturday unanimously decided that its President, Kaushalya Navaratne, PC,...
President of the Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka Dr. Malini Dias passed away on August 31. She was 81 years old.Her funeral will be held...
Monday 2nd September, 2024 Election campaigns are getting down and dirty as the much-anticipated presidential contest rapidly approaches; politicians and political parties are slinging mud at...