More than 200 Iranian sailors left stranded in Sri Lanka after a US torpedo attack are returning home after being...
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, issuing a New Year message, extend his heartfelt wishes to all Sri Lankans for a peaceful...
Warm Weather Advisory Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre Issued at 3.30 p.m. on 15 April 2026, valid...
Pakistan’s army chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, has landed in Iran as part of a delegation to hold high-level talks...
The Indonesian Navy Sailing Ship KRI BIMA SUCI – 945 arrived at the Port of Colombo on a goodwill visit...
Chennai Super Kings left the bottom of the table and joined four other teams on four points by achieving two...
About 250 Rohingya and Bangladeshis, including children, are missing after their boat capsized last week in the Andaman Sea, according...
President Donald Trump has suggested talks aimed at ending the war in Iran could resume this week, after negotiations collapsed...
On the apparent northward relative motion of the sun, it is going to be directly over the latitudes of Sri...
Warm Weather Advisory Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre Issued at 3.30 p.m. on 14 April 2026, valid...
United States President Donald Trump’s planned naval blockade of Iran would further cripple international shipping, exacerbating the energy crisis roiling...
Vidarbha’s Praful Hinge, 24, etched his name into the IPL record books on debut, striking three times in his very...
India rode on Renuka Singh’s 3 for 18 to beat Bangladesh by 45 runs in the opening game of the five-match T20I series in Sylhet, on...
By Norman Palihawadane and Hemantha Randunu Six persons have been arrested with stocks of narcotics with a total street value of over Rs. 350 million, during...
The Urban Development and Housing Ministry is planning to open a wax museum at the Ehelepola Walawwa, Kandy, depicting life in the Kandyan era. The Walawwa,...
the Mini CARAT 2024 exercise, conducted by the navies of the US and Sri Lanka, ended successfully on Friday (26), the Navy said yesterday. The Mini Cooperation...
May Day rallies: by Chaminda Silva Colombo Municipal Council Commissioner Bhadrani Jayawardena said political parties, including the UNP, SLPP, SJB and JVP/NPP and many civil organisations,...
Hundreds of millions of people in South and Southeast Asia were suffering the weekend from a punishing heat wave that has forced schools to close, disrupted...
by Thiagaraja Arasanayagam I read with great interest the article, ‘Ethir: Legendary high jumper,’ in The Island newspaper of 22 April, 2024, not only for the...
Monday 29th April, 2024 The Committee on Public Finance (COPF), headed by SJB MP Dr. Harsha de Silva, is reported to have called upon the government...
Former President Maithripala Sirisena says there is no truth in stories being circulated via the social media that he intends to leave the country for good....
JVP/NPP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake, who is currently visiting Sweden, says Sri Lanka’s crisis has arisen from the prevailing political culture, which needs a radical shake-up....
Parliament’s Committee on High Posts has approved appointments of a new ambassador, a secretary to a ministry, and two chairpersons of institutions. The Committee, at a...
by Guwan Seeya In the early nineties, the Hingurakgoda (Mineriya) Airport was nominated to be upgraded as an alternative airport to Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) ‘out...
