Minister of Foreign Affairs, Vijitha Herath, held talks with Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Andrey Rudenko at the Foreign Ministry,...
Police yesterday arrested 157 foreign nationals in connection with an alleged organised online financial scam, conducted from a hotel in...
The head of Italy’s football federation (FIGC) has resigned, falling on his sword after the men’s national team failed to...
Iranian forces have said they struck down two fighter jets belonging to the United States military, one over the southwest...
Nasa has shared the first high-resolution images of the Earth taken by the Artemis II crew as they head on...
With the US-Israeli war with Iran waging on, the White House earlier announced that it will ask the US Congress...
Punjab are the Kings of 200 plus chases in the IPL. They’d done it eight times before Friday night, and...
Warm Weather Advisory Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre Issued at 3.30 p.m. on 03 April 2026, valid...
Kuwait says a power and desalination plant has been hit by an Iranian attack. Gulf countries continue to face retaliatory...
The Sri Lanka Cricket Selection Panel has named a 15-member squad for the upcoming Tri- Series tour of Australia, which...
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has announced the following appointments to the National High Performance Center: Ryan van Niekerk – National...
Sunrisers Hyderabad [SRH] became the first team in IPL 2026 to successfully defend a total, and for that, they had...
By Saman Indrajith Sri Lanka has the potential to become a regional education hub, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said addressing a Committee Stage debate of the 2023...
By Rex Clementine If you had no idea why Roy Dias identified Charith Asalanka as a Test captain in the waiting some seven years ago, there...
Warns of 12 to 14 hour power cuts by March if preventive action is not taken now By Rathindra Kuruwita There could be 12-14 hour power...
By Saman Indrajith The government had allocated only eight billion rupees for capital expenditure of the Ministry of Industries, SJB MP Buddhika Pathirana said in Parliament...
By Samanthi Weerasekera The Kandy Police have arrested a constable deployed for duty at the limited overs encounter between Sri Lanka and Afghanistan at Pallekele stadium...
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state of Gujarat is voting in local polls with his Hindu nationalist party expected to win a seventh straight term,...
By Pradeep Prasanna Samarakoon Malnutrition was on the rise among children under five Director of the Family Health Bureau (FHB) Dr. Chithramalee de Silva told journalists...
I am pleasantly surprised and marvel too most times I read the editorial in The Island. Why? Because they are so very apt on the most...
By George Braine Maris Stella College, Negombo, is celebrating its centenary this year. These are my recollections of the years I spent there.Maris Stella had classes...
AGC Innovate secures First Place AGC Innovate (Pvt) Ltd has been selected as the winner of the Country Finals of Innovate Lanka 2022 Competition, organized by the...
BY Dr. C. S. Weeraratna csweera@sltnet.lk According to United Nations’ Committee on World Food Security, “Food security is achieved when all people, at all times, have...
By R.A.S. Premathilake Wadduwa Police on Wednesday evening arrested a youth who had produced an airgun by watching YouTube videos.The airgun was four feet in length,...
