… hands over proposal asking for PSC probe into govt.’s lapses Opposition and SJB leader Sajith Premadasa yesterday accused the...
Sri Lanka Army Engineers have restored essential connectivity following the collapse of the Nayaru main bridge in Mullaitivu, which was...
Dasun Shanaka will be Sri Lanka’s T20I captain until the end of the forthcoming T20 World Cup. The move to...
GovPay, Sri Lanka’s Government Digital Payment Platform concluded the year 2025 by surpassing Rs. 2 billion in total digital transaction...
Devon Conway brought up a double-century and pushed New Zealand into such a strong position in Mount Maunganui that they...
At times during the first half of the third day at Adelaide Oval, England threatened to keep their Ashes hopes...
The landslide early warning center of the National Building Research Organisation [NBRO] has extended the landslide early warnings issued to...
TikTok’s Chinese owner ByteDance has signed binding agreements with US and global investors for the majority of its business in...
Violence has erupted in Bangladesh following the death of a prominent leader of the youth movement that ousted former Prime...
In support of relief efforts for communities affected by the Ditwah cyclone, Gift Sri Lanka Foundation and the Georgia Buddhist...
Oussama Tannane’s wonder goal from inside his own half set Morocco on their way to their second FIFA Arab Cup...
The Hydrology and Disaster Management Division of the Department of Irrigation has issued flood warnings for the Mahaweli River Basin...
Captains in IPL 2023 will walk in with two different team sheets before handing in their final XI after the toss. That is one of the...
By Dinasena Ratugamage Several roads in Kilinochchi were submerged yesterday due to heavy rains that drenched the area after a four month drought.Irathnamnagar and Barathipuram areas...
The Parliament must decide whether the government must still be involved in operating hotels, Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena said yesterday in Parliament.The PM said that State...
By Saman Indrajith Trade Minister Nalin Fernando said that eggs had not been supplied to Parliament canteen for the past two weeks.Responding to a question raised...
Friday 24th March, 2023 Hardly a day passes without a labour dispute reported from the state sector. There are signs of public opinion turning against the...
Hope springs eternal in the human breast, it is said, but if the breast is of a national-minded Sri Lankan, hope cannot rise; it is stifled...
This refers to the superlatively interesting and provocative piece on the above subject by Dr Upul Wijewardene{UW) appearing in The Island of 21/3/23 wherein, as he...
Conservationist and social entrepreneur Anoka Abeyrathne has been featured by the prestigious PeaceFirst organization’s 5 Young Women Changing the World list.The list comprises of young women...
Seeing through testing times and the future Text of the Keynote address By Prof Rajiva Wijesinha at the 8th International Research Conference on Humanities and Social...
The IMF successfully coerced the government into falling line with its instructions on debt restructuring and increasing of revenue, among others, and in all probability will...
In his article, (The Island, 8th March), Dr Jayampathy Wickremeratne, would have us believe that the Death Penalty is not an effective deterrent and it should...
Dear Mrs. Peries, So you would have turned 88 today, 24th March 2023. On a day like this, my mind goes back many, many years, to...
