The NPP government is trying to maintain a balance between continuing demands for releasing north-east land held by the military...
Colombo Chief Magistrate Lahiru de Silva yesterday granted bail to Yoshitha Rajapaksa, second son of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, on...
The United States provided details of the 14-point memorandum of understanding it reached with Iran on Wednesday. Neither has released...
Scotland take on West Indies in Leeds at 18:30 local time (17:30 GMT) in Group 2 of the Women’s T20...
Moscow has come under the largest Ukrainian attack since the start of the full-scale war, with close to 200 drones...
Oil prices have dropped following the United States and Iran’s signing of an interim peace agreement, resuming a slide interrupted...
Leaders of the G7 have pledged at a summit in France to strengthen Ukraine’s air defences and increase pressure on...
Ghana’s fans and players celebrated wildly as Caleb Yirenkyi finished a sweeping counterattack with a tap-in goal in the fifth...
Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson, Esmaeil Baghaei, has announced that a memorandum of understanding with the United States has...
A game that began with the prospect of a chastening defeat for Pakistan at South Africa’s hands did, indeed, end...
Australia gave themselves another significant net run-rate boost by dispatching Bangladesh with ease at Headingley, restricting them to 77 for...
In overcast Headingley conditions, an all-round performance from Shafali Verma, who scored her first fifty at a T20 World Cup,...
Responding to Sri Lanka’s request, India has approved military stores worth USD 5.5 million to Sri Lanka Army on gratis basis from Indian Army’s operational stocks....
Central Bank Governor Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe on Monday (15) outlined the recent policy measures undertaken to strengthen the financial framework supporting INR-LKR transactions and emphasized the...
The UK’s Trade Envoy to Sri Lanka, Lord Hannett of Everton, is here for high level talks with the government and business leaders. The visit takes...
The ruling NPP is in a deepening dilemma over a hotly disputed move to extend the retirement age of superior courts judges. The party is also...
The Rainforest Trust of Sri Lanka (RToSL), is a Public Trust registered with the Public Trustee, established in 2004, to conserve and restore Sri Lanka’s fragile...
Wednesday 17th June, 2026 Some occupants of key positions in the public service unashamedly display their chameleon-like ability to adapt to changing political circumstances and please...
Easter Sunday probe: Former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has moved the Court of Appeal seeking to prevent his arrest under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) in...
Chanuth Jayasinghaarachchi and Bihandu Hansana produced the most influential individual performances of the day as they guided their respective teams to convincing victories in the Under-17...
Gladdening was the sight at morn, For the folk of the invisible village, Of mirthful children trekking to school, And refuge did they take in the...
The government’s decision to ban the export of mineral resources in raw form and place all future mineral exploration under state control has triggered fresh debate...
(Part I of this article appeared in The Island yesterday.) An examination of how some of the other countries have institutionalised mediation to address the problem...
United Republican Front (URF) leader Patali Champika Ranawaka and URF Secretary General Bandula Chandrasekara yesterday (16) made written submissions to the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI)...
