Interdicted Deputy Director at the National Hospital, Sri Lanka (NHSL) Dr. Rukshan Bellana yesterday (29) alleged that the powers that...
BIA unions, including those affiliated to political parties, are demanding bonuses equal to five months’ basic salaries. A group of...
After three one-sided, low-scoring encounters, the fourth T20I between India and Sri Lanka exploded into a run-fest in Thiruvananthapuram, with...
Polls have opened in Myanmar’s first general election since the country’s military toppled Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi’s democratically...
Family sources have confirmed that the interment of singer Latha Walpola will be performed at the General Cemetery Borella on...
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has been jailed for 15 years for abuse of power and money laundering, in...
New York has woken up to its heaviest snowfall in nearly four years after a winter storm blanketed parts of...
Thousands of flights have been cancelled and delayed in the United States due to winter storm Devin, airline monitoring website...
Thailand and Cambodia said they have signed a ceasefire agreement to end weeks of fierce fighting along their border that...
Sri Lankan singer Latha Walpola has passed away today (27) at the age of 92.
All the three games in this series have followed a similar pattern so far. India have won three tosses –...
For the first time in 19 matches, and nearly 15 years, England’s men experienced a Test victory in Australia as...
by Neville Ladduwahetty (This is an updated version of an article which first appeared in The Island on 16 March 2009. It is republished because of...
Church governance and Anglicanism By S. Ratnajeevan H. Hoole In our Universities Act, there is provision for a University Council to forward three names for the...
By Harim Peiris The United States, under-secretary of state for political affairs Victoria Nuland was visiting Sri Lanka last week and dominating her agenda with the...
Ranjan Dharmasena booked a berth in the singles final against Korea’s Sung Bong Han as he beat Sagg-Ho OH 6-1, 6-2 in his semi-final in the...
By Shamindra Ferdinando Eric Walsh presented his credentials to President Ranil Wickremesinghe, on Feb. 02, at the President’s House in Kandy. Wickremesinghe was flanked by Foreign...
By A Special Sports Correspondent Tennis star Sharmal Dissanayake (26) made a comeback to the racquet game in Sri Lanka when he won the Men’s Singles...
Under 19 Cricket by Reemus Fernando Kavindu Amameth scored back-to-back centuries and put on a partnership over 200 runs for the second time in the match...
MSC America, the first container vessel under the business promotions programme to attract new lines to the Port of Colombo (POC), called at the East Container...
The Upali Group of Companies, its employees, and sales agents countrywide, have made arrangements to invoke blessings on its founder, Upali Wijewardene, who disappeared in his...
President Ranil Wickremesinghe has accepted the letter of resignation tendered by Member of the Election Commission, P.S.M. Charles, the President’s Media Division (PMD) said. Charles was...
By Shamindra Ferdinando Yuthukama leader Gevindu Cumaratunga, MP, yesterday (07) said that the 13th Amendment to the Constitution should be abolished. The SLPP National List MP...
The Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) yesterday (07) declared that its members would launch a 24-hour strike, comencing 8 am today, against the new tax regime,...
