Opposition and SJB Leader Sajith Premadasa has called for the appointment of a Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) to investigate the...
A land distribution programme benefiting families displaced by disaster in the Kandy District was held on April 24 at the...
United States President Donald Trump was evacuated from the White House correspondents’ dinner in Washington, DC, after shots were fired...
Twelve days after defeating Rajasthan Royals [RR] by nullifying Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Sunrisers Hyderabad [SRH] defeated them in spite of an...
Punjab Kings (PBKS) overpowered Delhi Capitals (DC) and pulled off the highest successful T20 chase in an IPL bash where...
Warm Weather Advisory Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre Issued at 3.30 p.m. on 25 April 2026, valid...
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...
The Cabinet of Ministers approved the proposal presented by the President in his capacity as the Minister of Defense to make arrangements to regulate chemicals that...
Yashavi Jaiswal has had a memorable 2023 already. In May, he smashed the fastest half century in the LPL off just 13 balls. In July, his...
US congressman Henry Cuellar was held up at gunpoint while his car was stolen in Washington on Monday evening, according to local media reports. Cuellar, a...
Police in the Indian capital, Delhi, have raided the homes of several prominent journalists and authors in connection with an investigation into the funding of news...
The price of oil will continue to stay elevated as demand for energy increases, says the secretary general of Opec+. Opec+ is a group of 23...
Former President Donald Trump has attacked a judge and prosecutor in a day of courtroom drama as he attended the opening of a fraud trial that...
Rain denied a persistent Quniton de Kock from taking South Africa over the line against New Zealand in Thiruvananthapuram. Batting first, New Zealand had made 321...
Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 03 October 2023 by the Department of Meteorology Showery condition in the South-western part of the island is expected...
England enjoyed a useful, if hyper-extended, workout under the Guwahati floodlights, as a three-hour rain delay and even a nearby earthquake couldn’t prevent the world champions...
By Shamindra Ferdinando Top Opposition spokesperson Prof. G. L. Peiris yesterday (02) said that the government should take full responsibility for the suspension of USD 2.9...
By Rathindra Kuruwita Lanka Private Bus Owners Association (LPBOA) head, Gemunu Wijeratna on Monday (02) said they needed a five percent increase in bus fares following...
by Kalyananda Tiranagama Executive Director Lawyers for Human Rights and Development (Part V of this article appeared in The Island of 02 Oct. 2023) Six months...
