The Auditor General has warned that delays in coal procurement and continued reliance on suppliers of questionable standards could disrupt...
In the wake of the National Development Bank (NDB) PLC having to publicly acknowledge a loss of as much as...
Peshawar Zalmi held their nerve to beat Hyderabad Kingsmen off the final ball in a tense four-wicket win in the...
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has ruled that all the benched players are not allowed to...
Why did David Miller refuse a single off the penultimate delivery with Delhi Capitals needing 2 off 2? It’ll be...
Greece has announced plans to ban access to social media for under-15s, becoming the latest European country to restrict children’s...
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 4.30 p.m. on 08 April 2026, valid...
United States President Donald Trump has agreed to suspend his planned bombing of Iran for two weeks, following his threat...
Heavy rain in Guwahati delayed the start of the match between Rajasthan Royals (RR) and Mumbai Indians (MI) by more...
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 07 April 2026, valid...
But China is not in a position to defend any of the eight bases it might set up in the next two to five years, the...
Remembering a great Thomian Teacher on his 56th death anniversary (Republishing an article which appeared in The Island 7/03/14) The excitement of “big school” was tangible....
(Excerpted from volume ii of the Sarath Amunugama autobiography) In fact it was Rajiv who made an attempt to break the logjam The Parathasarathy proposals had...
by Vijaya Chandrasoma (Written in February 2019) My old friend, Lalith ended his brief journey on this planet last week. He has, over the past 70+...
(Excerpted from the Merrill Fernando autobiography) Infrequently, my preoccupation with my personal business was disrupted by unexpected but welcome interruptions, in the form of foreign travel...
I first met T Malli in the basketball court of St Sebastian’s College. I was the coach yet did not know how to tell him politely...
“Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds” That pronouncement, translated from the Bhagavad Gita and quoted by the creator of the atom bomb as...
(Excerpted from Memories that linger: My Journey in the World of Disability by Padmani Mendis) Barbara McNamee was from Jamaica. She became my friend when we...
By Uditha Devapriya On Wednesday, August 9, the Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute (LKI) unveiled its inaugural Foreign Policy Seminar. Titled “Changing Global Dynamics: Implications for Sri Lanka”,...
by Lorenz Pereira When I saw Daya Sahabandu’s name included in the publication on the 30 “Lions of Sri Lanka” cricket, I am not ashamed to...
By AN OCTOGENERIAN Trincomalee had derived its name from the anglicized version of the old Tamil word,‘ Thiru- kona-malai ‘ meaning ‘Lord of the Sacred Hill’....
TRUMP INCITES VIOLENCE – “REPUBLICANS MUST GET TOUGHER” by Vijaya Chandrasoma The criminal behavior of Donald J. Trump, since he stole the US presidency in 2016,...
