… announces temporary relief package President Anura Kumara Dissanayake yesterday acknowledged in Parliament that the import of substandard coal had...
The Chinese Embassy in Colombo launched the commemorative publication in connection with the 70 years of Sri Lanka Diplomatic Relations...
Approval has been granted at the Cabinet Meeting held on 30-03-2026 to provide relief by granting up to rupees 20/-...
The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the resolution furnished by the President in his capacity as the Minister of Digital...
The Galle fort which has been declared as a World Heritage by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization...
Seven players from the Eritrean football squad that scored a historic victory in Eswatini last week have failed to return...
The Artemis II astronauts are bound for Earth after conducting a historic lunar fly by and witnessing a total solar...
Matheesha Pathirana and Wanidu Hasaranga are among 15 Sri Lankan players under central contracts yet to take their mandatory fitness...
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 06 April 2026, valid...
United States President Donald Trump has threatened to attack civilian infrastructure inside Iran, including bridges and power plants, if the...
Defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru [RCB] razed Chennai Super Kings’ [CSK] attack and the record books, in front of their...
The Elections Commission announced yesterday that the District Returning officers had issued gazettes announcing that the local covernment elections would be held on 25 April 2023....
The Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) has instructed the Chairman of the Sri Lanka Export Credit Insurance Corporation to obtain CID assistance to investigate the loss...
The confidence in Saika Ishaque’s voice was unmistakable as she put on the purple cap, having become the highest wicket-taker in the WPL with two strikes...
By Dinasena Ratugamage Vavuniya Police arrested Jayavanitha Kasipillai, the Head of the Association of Relatives of the Disappeared, on 09 March, for pirating electricity. Kasipillai and...
By Shamindra Ferdinando President of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) Saliya Pieris, PC, yesterday (10) said that US Ambassador Julie J. Chung had been...
BY Rathindra Kuruwita The government’s actions were forcing thousands of health professionals out of the country and it would become impossible to manage the healthcare sector,...
Sri Lanka will carry out tourism promotion campaigns in nine markets to boost arrivals this year, Chairperson of Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau (SLTPB), Chalaka Gajabahu,...
By Saman Indrajith The government had printed 278 billion rupees in the last few months of 2022 and its claim that there was no money for...
By Saman Indrajith Minister of Education Susil Premajayantha, on Thursday, told Parliament that he had asked the Ministers of Internal Affairs, and Law and Order as...
BY Nimal Gunathilake The major and medium scale irrigation tanks were about 65 percent full, Director of Irrigation – Hydrology S.P.C. Sugeeshwara told The Island on...
By Saman Indrajith Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP S.M. Marikkar, on Thursday, told Parliament that a SJB government would take action against state officials who follow...
Around 25,000 foreign tourists had visited Sri Lanka between 01 and 06 March, the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority said in its Weekly Report on Friday.24,363...
