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 Shiran Ranasinghe No action has been taken in respect of 200 reports issued by the Auditor General on state officials who have caused losses to...
The above I copied from the editorial of The Island (10/10). I disagree. They continuously learn and adjust themselves, according to the behaviour of our people...
By Ifham Nizam The release of 99,000 metric tonnes of crude oil held up from unloading for nearly three weeks for want of dollars would be further...
Dr Parakrama Waidyanatha wrote an interesting and informative article to The Island under the headline, “Escalating fertilizer prices and need for judicious use”, last Monday. I...
By Norman Palihawadane President Ranil Wickremesinghe has promoted 7,499 Army personnel on the occasion of the 73rd Army Anniversary Day that fell yesterday (10), the Army said. The President has promoted...
By Hiran H.Senewiratne The ousted regime’s prioritization of political expediency over the national interest coupled with their currency printing spree exercise aimed at keeping interest rates...
By Norman Palihawadane Prisons Spokesman Chandana Ekanayake said yesterday that an internal investigation had been launched to find out how a mobile phone had been smuggled into...
Tuesday 11th October, 2022 Never a dull day in Sri Lanka! Controversies crop up at such a pace that the people even forget their hunger, and...
President of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) Saliya Peiris, PC, has issued a warning to police officers against misusing their powers. The BASL chief...
Team Fairfirst stole the show as they won their first-ever Rugby Championship at the 50th Mercantile Rugby 7’s. Amidst the loud cheers from fellow colleagues at...
Inter-command Sailing Competition – 2022 Afloat Command and Training Command won the men’s and women’s titles respectively at the Inter-command Sailing Competition – 2022 which was...
Ratnapala wins National Sports Festival Marathon on debut by Reemus Fernando The national marathon witnessed its fastest time in nearly five years in the men’s category...
