The Opposition yesterday called for the entire Cabinet-of-Ministers to accept responsibility for the coal scam. Addressing the media at the...
The Colombo High Court yesterday ordered that the case, filed under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act against Yoshitha Rajapaksa,...
Advisory for Severe Lightning Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre Issued at 12.00 noon 25 April 2026 valid...
An exhibition of clean hitting by Virat Kohli and Devdutt Padikkal ensured Sai Sudarshan’s measured 100 off 58 balls ended...
Warm Weather Advisory Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre Issued at 3.30 p.m. on 24 April 2026, valid...
Oil prices have jumped on heightened tensions between the United States and Iran in the Strait of Hormuz following Washington...
Playing the first IPL El Clasico of their career, Chennai Super King’s Sanju Samson (101 not out) and Akeal Hosein...
US President Donald Trump has said next week’s state visit from King Charles and Queen Camilla could help repair relations...
Warm Weather Advisory Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre Issued at 3.30 p.m. on 23 April 2026, valid...
The National Building Research Organisation (NBRO) has issued Landslide Early Warnings to the Districts of Kurunegala and Ratnapura effective from...
US forces have boarded a ship carrying Iranian oil in the Indian Ocean, the US military says. It comes as...
Advisory for Severe Lightning Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre of the Department of Meteorology Issued at 12.00...
WEATHER FORECAST FOR 12 FEBRUARY 2026 Issued at 05.30 a.m. on 12 February 2026 by the Department of Meteorology Misty conditions can be expected at some...
… ex-Public Security Minister says lives of MP and bodyguard could have been saved The Gampaha High Court Trial-at-Bar yesterday (11) sentenced 12 persons to death...
The Devnimori Relics of Lord Buddha, brought to Sri Lanka on February 04, 2026, departed for India on February 11, 2026, after the successful conclusion of...
Action was taken on Monday (9) to drain rainwater from the Chemmani mass graves as preparations continued for the next phase of excavation, Tamil Guardian has...
Himal Southasian Editor Roman Gautam has said that despite many journalists’ best intentions to foster regional cooperation, structural constraints within which South Asian media operates have...
Sri Lanka’s World Cup campaign has hit another pothole on a road already full of bumps after champion leg-spinner Wanindu Hasaranga was ruled out of the...
Thursday 12th February, 2026 President Anura Kumara Dissanayake once spoke of a ‘shadow state’ run by powerful crime syndicates and vowed to dismantle it. The general...
Will the Bangladesh parliamentary election bring into being a government that will ensure ethnic and religious harmony in the country? This is the poser on the...
The Island has recently published various articles on AI, and they are thought-provoking. This article is based on a paper I presented at a London University...
The Trincomalee High Court yesterday (11) granted 10 persons, including four Buddhist monks, bail. They were arrested on January 19 for placing a Buddha statue at...
Sri Lanka’s small and medium enterprise (SME) sector—responsible for 52 percent of GDP and employing nearly half the national workforce—has become the next decisive test of...
Under 19 Cricket Damesh Mathishan hogged the limelight with a knock of 144 (139-ball) runs as his innings and a half century by Nethan Fernando (71)...
