BASL condemns Ranjan Jayalal for obstructing lawyer The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) yesterday strongly condemned Kaduwela Mayor Ranjan...
Electricity consumers have opposed a government plan to obtain loans from the World Bank to meet the cost of repairs...
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi have been sentenced to further jail terms following a...
The US has seized an oil tanker that had recently departed from Venezuela, according to the US Department of Homeland...
There was a little bit of rustiness as India returned to action 50 days after becoming ODI world champions, but...
Opener Sameer Minhas blitzed his way to 172 off 113 balls, setting up Pakistan’s demolition of India in thDeepeshe Under-19...
In the third Test, they rose again, but there was to be no Christmas miracle. Despite a gutsy fight from...
Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya stated that steps are being taken to abolish the Executive Presidency and establish a parliamentary...
The full speech delivered by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake in Parliament (2025-12-19) “Today, we have presented to Parliament the largest...
The IMF Executive Board approved emergency financing under the Rapid Financing Instrument (RFI), providing Sri Lanka with immediate access to...
In response to severe weather impacts, the Sri Lanka Navy conducted a diving and technical assistance operation on Friday (19...
The Landslide Early Warning Centre of the National Building Research Organization (NBRO) has extended the Landslide Early Warning issued to...
By Hiran H. Senewiratne The CSE was extremely bullish throughout yesterday and shares jumped in mid-day trade following President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s address to Parliament, wherein he...
It is with deep sorrow that we announce the demise of former Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL), H.B. Dissanayake. He passed away...
The President of the Executive Board of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), His Excellency Artur Andrzej Pollok, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Poland, has...
The Lankan Angel Network (LAN) recently hosted a Mentor Networking Night at Colombo’s newest hotel, Courtyard by Marriott, for the Sri Lankan leg of WeScale, a...
The Women Parliamentarians’ Caucus (WPC) proposes to develop a more effective and efficient investigative mechanism to regulate gender-based violence on digital platforms, in order to safeguard...
The Sri Lanka Retailers’ Association (SLRA), the apex body of organised retail in Sri Lanka, recently concluded the annual Sri Lanka Retail Forum under the theme...
Capital Metals plc, a UK mineral resources company listed on the London Stock Exchange, is ready to commence development of its high grade mineral sands project...
By Ifham Nizam The transportation of cattle from the Northern Province had been banned after the detection of Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD) spreading among cattle in the Mullaitivu...
Two notorious underworld criminals in Sri Lanka’s drug trade, Nadun Chinthaka Wickramaratne alias “Harak Kata” and Salindu Malshitha Gunaratne alias “Kudu Salidu,” and six others, have...
Under 19 Division I Tier ‘A’ quarter-final A hurricane knock of 44 runs by Shenel Samarathunga and all-round bowling performances in the first innings helped St....
An Open Letter to the Police Chief Some days ago there was an interesting and factual article in The Island about the inefficiency and indifference of...
By Rohan M. Fernando I had the privilege of being present on the august occasion of St. Joseph’s College, Colombo-10 celebrating the 125th anniversary of its...
