Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa yesterday called on the government to begin negotiations immediately for a successor programme with the International...
Minister of Buddhasasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs Hiniduma Sunil Senevi yesterday told Parliament that 42 ancient paintings were missing from...
The National Building Research Institute [NBRI] has issued Landslide Early Warnings to the Districts of Colombo, Gampaha, Kalutara, Kegalle, Nuwara...
Based on the heavy rainfall currently being received in the Kalu River Basin and the analysis of water level data...
A considerable rainfall has occurred in the catchment areas of the Aththanagalu Oya Basin as atb5.00 AM today (22). By...
A significant rainfall of nearly 300 mm has been recorded in the upper catchment areas of the Kelani River Basin....
The National Building Research Organisation (NBRO) has issued landslide early warnings to the districts of Gampaha, Kalutara and Ratnapura valid...
WEATHER FORECAST FOR 22 MAY 2026 Issued at 05.30 a.m. on 22 May 2026 by the Department of Meteorology The...
A French appeals court has found Airbus and Air France guilty of manslaughter in 2009 Rio de Janeiro – Paris...
Israel has deported hundreds of foreign activists abducted by Israeli forces who stormed a Gaza aid flotilla earlier this week,...
Chennai Super King’s (CSK) slim playoff hopes were crushed emphatically by Gujarat Titans [GT] in Ahmedabad on Thursday night as...
Gaby Lewis has been rested for Ireland’s upcoming T20I tri-series against Pakistan and West Indies at home in Clontarf as...
A committee will be formed by President Ranil Wickremesinghe to identify suitable government hospitals as teaching hospitals to provide clinical training for Medical Students enrolled at...
By Shamindra Ferdinando President Ranil Wickremesinghe, who is also the Finance Minister, recently named three persons – all women -whose intervention supposedly brought relief to bankrupt...
By Rathindra Kuruwita Teachers’ trade unions had not asked their members to boycott the evaluation of GCE A/L answer scripts, Mahinda Jayasinghe, General Secretary of the...
Sri Lanka Under 19 will compete against Afghanistan and Bangladesh in a Tri-Nation Youth tournament in Abu Dhabi, UAE under the captaincy of St. Joseph’s all-rounder...
Under 19 Division II Tier A Cricket quarter-finals by Reemus Fernando Sri Devananda College took a step closer to earning the Division I promotion as they...
Under 19 Division I Tier ‘B’ Cricket quarter-finals Electing to bat first St. Servatius’ posted 308 for nine wickets declared against Ananda as skipper Chiran Neththaru...
Wednesday 15th March, 2023 Warring trade unions are girding up their loins for a showdown with the government, which is determined to crush today’s strike. What...
By Prof. W.A.J.M. De Costa Senior Professor and Chair of Crop Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya Sri Lankan agriculture appears to be recovering from...
Diabetes is a major killer of humans. It is very dangerous. It comes third or fourth after the chief killers namely, heart attacks and strokes. Anyone...
I must disagree with Rohana Wasala’s claim that Sri Lanka was communally divided at independence (The Island Opinion, 9 Mar). During the entire British period there...
By Lynn Ockersz It was left to that edifying dramatist, Professor Ediriweera Sarachchandra, Of ‘Maname’ and ‘Sinhabahu’ fame, Whose memory is to date cherished; To give...
The Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) Mobile App was adjudged as a winner, in the category of Business and Commerce, by the e-Swabhimani Grand Jury, at the...
