Coal power generation falls by 27 GWh A sharp decline in coal-fired electricity generation in April 2026, compared to the...
Asith Siriwardena Counsel for former Director of State Intelligence Service, Major General (Retd.) Suresh Sallay, detained under the Prevention of...
AUSTRALIA For the first time since 2017, Australia do not have global silverware to defend, with last year’s ODI World...
Tamim Iqbal has been elected as the new BCB president following the elections held in Dhaka on Sunday. Tamim was...
With no play possible in the second ODI, both teams go into the third game well-rested. Perhaps this is a...
More than a million people lined the streets of Madrid on Sunday as Pope Leo XIV held an open-air mass...
South Africa successfully defended 136 in an 18-over game against Ireland in the Women’s T20 World Cup warm-up fixture in...
In the 11th over, KL Rahul edged a cut to the keeper off Ziaur Ahmed when he was on 16....
West Indies won the toss and put Sri Lanka into bat, but that was the extent of the action from...
WEATHER FORECAST FOR 07 JUNE 2026 Issued at 05.30 a.m. on 07 June 2026 by the Department of Meteorology Showers...
Sunday marks 100 days into the war that the United States and Israel launched against Iran. But as fighting and...
West Indies won the toss and put Sri Lanka into bat in what is a must-win second ODI in Jamaica...
On the directions of President Ranil Wickremesinghe, the Government has decided to reorganize the existing conventional institutional set-up and newly establish the International Trade Office (ITO)...
A Gazette notification signed by the members of the Election Commission has been issued by the ECSL appointing District Returning Officers and Assistant Returning Officers for...
In a match reduced to 18 overs per side due to rain, Colombo Stars edged out Galle Gladiators by seven wickets in the eliminator of LPL...
Dual citizenship controversy: By Shamindra Ferdinando Attorney-at-Law Chameera Dinesh Gallearachchi has warned Controller General, Department of Immigration and Emigration, I.S.H.J. Illukpitiya, that the Commission to Investigate...
Just saw the photo and article on the Sri Lankan High Commissioner to India, appreciating the Nagaland security detail at the Sri Lankan High Commission in...
Thursday 22nd December, 2022 The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) trade unions and Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekera have, true to form, locked horns over...
Having lost out to China considerably in its efforts to expand its influence in the global South and the ASEAN region, the West is giving every...
The Island news team should be congratulated on publishing a front-page story (19) titled, “Aussie university awards simultaneous PhDs to SL twins”. The two young identical...
Dialog Axiata PLC, the first telecommunications service provider in the South Asian region to demonstrate 5G capabilities in 2018, announced the successful testing of mmWave 5G...
The Sri Lanka Junior Open Golf Championship 2022 sponsored by Prima Sunrise Bread concluded the second round with Kaya Daluwatte clear of her field in the...
By Ifham Nizam Legal action would be taken against the powerful Ceylon Electricity Board Engineers’ Union (CEBEU) and CEB’s Joint Trade Alliance, for stating that a...
Media and Transport Minister, Bandula Gunawardane,has asked the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC), which is inquiring into massive revenue losses suffered in...
