China and Sri Lanka have intensified joint law enforcement efforts to combat cross-border online gambling and telecom fraud, crimes that...
An assistant manager and a security officer, attached to a state bank branch in Horana, have been arrested in connection...
After a 16-wicket opening day of the English Test summer, a further 17 fell on the second on an up-and-down...
A first ODI win in the West Indies since 2013 and more importantly, a winning start to Gary Kirsten’s tenure...
Anthropic is proposing that the world’s top artificial intelligence companies come up with a coordinated way to pause development of...
Iran’s World Cup football players have been granted visas to enter the United States, according to a White House official,...
Prime Minister Dr Harini Amarasooriya in her Environment Day message said that the environment is the foundation of our livelihood...
Astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) were ordered to shelter in an attached spacecraft after the structure suddenly started...
Qualifier Maja Chwalinska is one win away from a fairytale French Open triumph after setting up a final showdown with...
Volodymyr Zelensky has called for a face-to-face meeting between himself and Vladimir Putin in a renewed bid to end the...
Shreyas Iyer is set to replace Suryakumar Yadav as India’s T20I captain, and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi is set for his maiden call-up,...
Pakistan edged home in a low-scoring tussle to secure their third straight ODI series win against Australia. They batted with...
More than one in five schoolchildren in Sri Lanka were affected by malnutrition, Secretary to the Ministry of Health Anil Jasinghe said yesterday, warning of a...
Friday 5th June, 2026 The Opposition’s propaganda mill is in overdrive, manufacturing various stories about a split in the JVP-NPP government. Mighty governments collapse not because...
Sri Lanka has one of the most educated female populations in South Asia, yet only about one in three women participates in the labour force, making...
A security guard attached to the National Water Supply and Drainage Board’s Gorakadeniya Water Treatment Plant has been arrested by Peradeniya Police after more than six...
This is regarding the editorial of The Island on 19 May 2026, titled “Defeat of Terrorism- Triumph of hypocrisy”. I fully agree with the Editor when...
Tales of Mystery and Suspense 4 Though murder mysteries that are also comic novels are not very common, I have read quite a few of them...
As climate-linked regulations, investor expectations, and financing requirements increasingly influence global trade and market access, the Sri Lanka Climate Summit 2026, will place business readiness at...
Central Bank Governor Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe is scheduled to brief Members of Parliament on the country’s fiscal policy and related economic matters next Wednesday as Parliament...
Reinforcing its commitment to those who serve the nation, the Commercial Bank of Ceylon has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with the Sri Lanka Air...
The CSE was extremely volatile yesterday mainly due to external and internal negative factors. ‘The escalation of the war situation in West Asia and the proposed...
The rapid rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is reshaping the global world of work. As organisations move towards leaner, AI‑enabled teams, technology leaders such as Meta,...
BestWeb.LK, Sri Lanka’s premium website competition and the benchmark for digital excellence in Sri Lanka, is officially calling for applications and invites all .lk website owners...
