Teachers, principals and education professionals have said the government is unprepared to roll out proposed education reforms scheduled to take effect...
SLT-MOBITEL’s post-Cyclone Ditwah response reinforces its role as the National ICT Solutions Provider In the aftermath of Cyclone Ditwah, SLT-MOBITEL...
According to figures released by the Ministry of Ports and Civil Aviation there have been 58,454 international aircraft movements in...
Lasith Malinga has once more been retained as consultant bowling coach for Sri Lanka’s men’s team, as they prepare for...
The Inland Revenue Department has succeeded in collecting Rs. 2,203 billion in revenue in 2025, the highest amount recorded in...
Protests and strikes in Iran over inflation and currency devaluation have spread from the capital, Tehran, to several other cities...
The year 2025 has been recorded as the highest revenue-earning year in the history of Sri Lanka Customs, stated Director...
India completed a dominant series sweep over Sri Lanka, clinching the fifth and final T20I in Thiruvananthapuram by 15 runs....
India’s opening batter Shafali Verma and swing bowler Renuka Singh have moved up to sixth spots in the ICC’s T20I...
The Cabinet of Ministers granted their concurrence to the resolution furnished by the Minister of Youth Affairs to appoint S....
The Cabinet of Ministers granted approval to the proposal furnished by the Minister of Environment to publish the draft bill of...
Approval was granted by the Cabinet of Ministers at the cabinet meeting held on 17-03-2025 to establish a single, more...
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...
By Uditha Devapriya Since at least Marx and Malinowski, anthropologists have been fascinated by, and focused on, the links between “primitive-tribal” and “modern-secular” societies. I use...
Striving for a per capita income of $12,000 in Sri Lanka by Dammika Kobbekaduwe Sri Lanka has an immense potential to achieve economic growth and development....
By Dinasena Ratugamage President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Wednesday instructed officials from the Archaeology Department to release 229 acres in Thannimuruppu, Mullaitivu that the department had taken...
