… as Lakvijaya falters, power plants need over 2 mn litres of fuel daily By Shamindra Ferdinando The SJB yesterday (06) said that...
UN Women Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific, Christine Arab, concluded a two-day official visit to Sri Lanka (25–26 March),...
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...
by Ram Manikkalingam Director, Dialogue Advisory Group Sri Lanka’s democracy is on a knife edge. When Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled his post, Ranil Wickremesinghe became acting president....
By Chandre Dharmawardana chandre.dharma@yahoo.ca The title of this article, and some of the material are in what I wrote (The Island, May 6 th, 2013) when...
Post COVID recovery in labor markets remains incomplete in South Asian countries as they cope with a series of global shocks such as the economic impact...
New Zealand’s indifferent World Cup campaign burst to life with a dominant 102 run win over Sri Lanka in Paarl. Their second consecutive win boosted their...
All schools closed for the GCE A/L examination will reopen for the third term today (20). The Examination Department said the evaluation of the A-level exam...
The Bar Association of Sri Lanka has charged that there is a concerted effort to prevent elections, to undermine the franchise of the people, and endanger...
Monday 20th February, 2023 The spectre of political upheavals are looming over the country with the government suppressing the people’s right to exercise their franchise and...
By Norman Palihawadane A bowser transporting diesel from Nuwara Eliya to Kappetipola and Welimada veered off the road near the Nuwara Eliya-Hakgala bend and went down...
Close on the heels of Mitsubishi Corporation winding up its operations in Sri Lanka, another Japanese company Taisei Corp, too, has decided to pull out as...
Minister of Shipping and Aviation Nimal Siripala De Silva, on Saturday night, said the government would spend about 132 million U.S. dollars on port development projects.Revenue...
As many foreign investors opting to withdraw their operations in Sri Lanka, German companies operating here, too, have raised concerns and warned that they would be...
The Trincomalee port, the fifth largest natural harbour in the world, has received a one-billion-Yen night navigation operations facility from Japan. The project includes a state-of-the-art...
