Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya yesterday sad that the Executive Presidency would be abolished, in line with the NPP’s election manifesto....
Leader Sajith Premadasa told Parliament yesterday that the suspension of duties imposed on Dr. Rukshan Bellana, Deputy Director of the...
Pakistan marched into the final of the Under 19 Asia Cup with a clinical eight wicket win over Bangladesh in...
Vihaan Malhotra and Aaron George’s patient half-centuries helped India beat Sri Lanka in a rain-reduced game and set up an...
Dasun Shanaka will be Sri Lanka’s T20I captain until the end of the forthcoming T20 World Cup. The move to...
GovPay, Sri Lanka’s Government Digital Payment Platform concluded the year 2025 by surpassing Rs. 2 billion in total digital transaction...
Devon Conway brought up a double-century and pushed New Zealand into such a strong position in Mount Maunganui that they...
At times during the first half of the third day at Adelaide Oval, England threatened to keep their Ashes hopes...
The landslide early warning center of the National Building Research Organisation [NBRO] has extended the landslide early warnings issued to...
TikTok’s Chinese owner ByteDance has signed binding agreements with US and global investors for the majority of its business in...
Violence has erupted in Bangladesh following the death of a prominent leader of the youth movement that ousted former Prime...
In support of relief efforts for communities affected by the Ditwah cyclone, Gift Sri Lanka Foundation and the Georgia Buddhist...
Ranthushka Karunathilake staged a brilliant comeback against Ashinshana Herath to win the open men’s singles title while Panchali Adhikari clinched the women’s title without having to...
England have named Harry Brook in the Playing XI for the third and final Test against South Africa. Brook, a 23-old-batter, will be making his Test...
by Rex Clementine It’s been tough covering the national cricket team in the last decade. Repeated whitewashes, multiple corruption scandals and coups to ouster captains had...
Several Swedish and Sri Lankan partners came together last week to present Sri Lanka’s vibrant culture, cuisine, dance and destination at the ‘Sri Lanka Cultural Festival’...
Top seed Sandathi Usgodaarachchi will encounter number two seed Akeesha Silva in the Under 12 girls’ singles title match of the Tennis Nationals 2022 after the...
By Saman Indrajith The government yesterday decided to put off the Social Security Contribution Bill when the JVP and the SJB, in Parliament opposed it vehemently....
Under 15 Division I Cricket Final St. Anthony’s College, Katugastota and Nalanda College, Colombo were declared join champions of the Under 15 Division I Cricket tournament...
Wednesday 7th September, 2022 This comment is not about the popular Broadway musical comedy of yore by the above title. It is on something that we...
By Usvatte-aratchi The IMF and IBRD, when they lend money soon, will impose a condition: an accountant and a lawyer will be appointed by them to...
Electricity subsidies, surcharges, and rooftop solar units: by Dr Tilak Siyambalapitiya The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) altered the CEB’s proposed prices and price...
This is in response toDharshan Weerasekera’s (DW) article appearing in The Island of 02 September, 2022, which suggests that Aragalaya is illegal, and people have to...
Having read the article ‘The Wonder Plant called Moringa and its many health benefits’ in The Island of 05 September, I was inspired to add a...
