Sri Lanka’s environmental protection framework is rapidly eroding, with weak law enforcement, politically driven development and the routine sidelining of...
IGP Priyantha Weerasooriya has issued a letter, warning police officers against presenting gifts to senior officers during festivals or special...
Polls have opened in Myanmar’s first general election since the country’s military toppled Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi’s democratically...
Family sources have confirmed that the interment of singer Latha Walpola will be performed at the General Cemetery Borella on...
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has been jailed for 15 years for abuse of power and money laundering, in...
New York has woken up to its heaviest snowfall in nearly four years after a winter storm blanketed parts of...
Thousands of flights have been cancelled and delayed in the United States due to winter storm Devin, airline monitoring website...
Thailand and Cambodia said they have signed a ceasefire agreement to end weeks of fierce fighting along their border that...
Sri Lankan singer Latha Walpola has passed away today (27) at the age of 92.
All the three games in this series have followed a similar pattern so far. India have won three tosses –...
For the first time in 19 matches, and nearly 15 years, England’s men experienced a Test victory in Australia as...
Shafali Verma continued her superb form, cracking a 42-ball 79 as India brushed aside Sri Lanka once again to win...
The Ceylon Electricity Board and several other large private sector organisations, including Banks, are now refusing to provide customers with Paper (hard copy) of their Bills....
Asiff Hussein, author of The Zeylonese Treasure Book on Myth, Mystery and Mystique, traces the origins of some well-known but elusive local beliefs and legends Interviewed...
By Guwan Seeya This has reference to Dr Upul Wijayawardhana’s article on ‘Biggest Mysteries in Aviation History’ that appeared in The Island on 22nd March 2024. He ends his...
Chief Government Whip and Housing Minister Prasanna Ranatunga on Saturday said that there was a stretch of 23 km to be cleared of landmines in the...
Azusa Kubota, Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Sri Lanka, inaugurated UNDP’s mobile interactive exhibition, ‘A Journey of Transformation and Women’s Empowerment,’ in...
Matara District SLPP dissident MP Dullas Alahapperuma has submitted a private member’s motion seeking parliamentary approval for converting all Colleges of Education into faculties of universities....
On 7 April 1942, four political prisoners escaped from Bogambara Prison Ask modern Sri Lankans what 5 April signifies for them, and most will answer “the JVP...
(PTI)Four Pakistani nationals have been arrested in Nepal for taking hostage four Sri Lankan citizens on the pretext of sending them to different European countries for...
Sri Lanka’s leading non-banking financial services provider, People’s Leasing & Finance PLC (PLC), recently announced the launch of two networkwide digital initiatives, PLC eDoc and PLC...
DIMO Academy, the educational arm of DIMO, recently hosted its 32nd convocation ceremony, recognizing the achievements of 50 graduates who completed the German Diploma in Automobile...
The vibrant city of Ratnapura, renowned as the “City of Gems,” welcomes a new era of innovation and entrepreneurship with the grand opening of the Nalanda...
The soft pedaling by the government to carry out crucial reforms of State Owned Enterprises is forcing taxpayer’s wallets to take the brunt of the hit,...
