Admiral of the Fleet Wasantha Karannagoda said that he is still waiting for the government’s response to the UK sanctions...
Sri Lankan Ambassador to the Russian Federation, Shobini Gunasekera recently presented a conceptual framework of seven key vectors that defined contemporary...
After three one-sided, low-scoring encounters, the fourth T20I between India and Sri Lanka exploded into a run-fest in Thiruvananthapuram, with...
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...
… asks for reappraisal of pay structure CB never opposed pay hikes for anyone: Governor By Shamindra Ferdinando Chairman of the Committee on Public Finance (CoPF)...
By Rathindra Kuruwita About 35 percent of Sri Lankan schoolchildren are suffering from chronic muscle and skeletal diseases, Dr. Kapila Jayaratne, Consultant Community Physician attached to...
The Government of Sri Lanka has established a new Honorary Consulate for Haifa and Northern District of Israel, which is a main trade and industrial hub,...
Road accidents had left 341 people dead during the first two months of the current year, the police said yesterday. About 651 others were severely injured...
My piece “Whither JVP?” (The Island, 28 February) seems to have irked Brigadier (Retd) Ranjan de Silva very much, judging from the personal insults he has...
The gross salary of the lowest ranking employee of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL), an Office Assistant – Grade 1, has been increased by...
The commemoration marking the 80th birth anniversary and the 9th death anniversary of the esteemed Professor J.N.O. Fernando took place on the 1st of March 2024...
For the fifth time, Kelaniya English Literary Festival (KELF), organised by the Department of English, University of Kelaniya, is set to take place on Tuesday 12th...
Police yesterday (06) arrested Convenor of the IUSF (Inter University Students’ Federation) Madushan Chandrajith during a protest at Borella. The arrest was made after police trained...
By Saman Indrajith President Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday told Parliament that the government was planning to exempt items such as books, school equipment, health equipment, and medicine...
Additional Secretary of the Health Ministry, Dr. Saman Ratnayake, arrested by the CID and remanded over the procurement of a stock of fake immunoglobulin, made a...
A coordinated operation conducted by the Navy and the Police Special Task Force in Uduththurei, Kilinochchi on 05 March had led to the arrest of a...
