The National Development Bank PLC (NDB), in consultation with the Central Bank, will soon appoint an international firm to conduct...
Archbishop of Colombo Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith and Bishop Anton Ranjith will preside over the Easter Sunday commemoration event at St....
Advisory for Severe Lightning Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre Issued at 12.00 noon 21 April 2026 valid...
Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has said Iran is “prepared to reveal new cards on the battlefield” after United States...
Two High Commissioners, three Ambassadors and an Apostolic Nuncio-designate of the Holy See presented their credentials to President Anura Kumara...
Mumbai Indians (MI) needed something dramatic to scrape themselves off the bottom of the table, and Tilak Varma provided that...
Warm Weather Advisory Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre at 3.30 p.m. on 20 April 2026, valid for...
Dasun Shanaka has received a one-year ban from participating in the Pakistan Super League [PSL] following a review of his...
Nahid Rana’s five-wicket haul followed by Tanzid Hasan’s fiery half-century got Bangladesh a six-wicket win against New Zealand. The home...
Sharmin Akhter’s 86 helped Bangladesh beat Sri Lanka by three wickets in the first Women’s ODI in Rajshahi, which was...
Advisory for Severe Lightning Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre Issued at 12.00 noon 20 April 2026 valid...
Global oil prices have jumped after US President Donald Trump said its navy had intercepted and seized an Iran-flagged cargo...
Lankan Australian playwright S Shakthidharan, widely known as Shakthi, has won the $US175,000 ($250,000) Windham-Campbell Prize for drama.The international prize is awarded each year to writers...
Sri Lanka has reached a staff-level agreement with the International Monetary Fund to secure the next tranche of funding under its ongoing bailout programme, marking a...
(A sequel to the two-part article, War with Iran and unravelling of the global order, published in The Island on April 8 and 9.) The unfolding...
Friday 10th April, 2026 A motion of no confidence against Energy Minister Kumara Jayakody is scheduled to be taken up in Parliament, today. The JVP-NPP government,...
How Artificial Intelligence is breaking barriers in Autism Diagnosis and Care For any parent, the early years are a most valuable countdown of “firsts” of his...
Sri Lanka could face extended drought conditions through September if an El Niño event develops during the upcoming southwest monsoon season, the Department of Meteorology warned...
The recent disclosure of a substantial internal fraud at National Development Bank has understandably unsettled the financial community. What began as a relatively contained incident has...
Another incident that is etched in my memory also relates to Dr Karunaratna. I happened to be in his surgery when a poor lady brought her...
Coal-fired power generation remains a central component of Sri Lanka’s energy mix, with the Lakvijaya (Norochcholai) Power Plant contributing a substantial share of national electricity production....
Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe, who underwent a surgery in Singapore, returned to the country yesterday morning (09). Former President Wickremesinghe departed for Singapore on March 15..
Initially CSE trading was somewhat volatile despite the ceasefire in West Asia but it experienced further volatility after Israel attacked Lebanon yesterday. However, the IMF delegation...
Marking 25 years of trust, growth, and service excellence, HNB Assurance PLC has unveiled its new corporate identity, transitioning to HNB Life PLC a strategic evolution...
