Flawed, poorly planned and rushed education reforms could widen inequalities between urban and rural schools, teachers’ unions warned yesterday, criticising...
Former Minister Johnston Fernando, his two sons and two others were further remanded until 13 February by the Wattala Magistrate’s Court yesterday.The...
Danish firm Maersk will temporarily operate two ports on the Panama Canal after a court ruled that contracts given to...
It’s India vs Pakistan, for the first time in the 2026 Under 19 World Cup, being played in Zimbabwe and...
More than 200 people have been killed in a mine collapse in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, rebel authorities have...
Gujarat Giants (GG) don’t enjoy the routine. On a day when they became the first team in 41 WPL games...
Myanmar’s military-backed party secured a sweeping victory in the country’s three-phase general election, according to state media, following the tightly...
The ICC and the global players’ body the World Cricketers Association (WCA) are locked in a fresh tussle over player...
Faisal Khan’s extraordinary century was the highlight of Afghanistan’s historic win over Ireland that helped them seal their spot in...
England continued to remain unbeaten in the Under-19 World Cup and sealed their place in the last four after swatting...
Sam Curran bounced back from a bruising opening spell to claim a memorable hat-trick, while Adil Rashid served notice of...
Former Sri Lanka allrounder Shehan Jayasuriya is set to make his USA debut at the 2026 T20 World Cup. The...
by Dr. Sumedha S. Amarasekara Sanja De Silva Jayatilleka’s (SDJ) article, ‘Why Ranil Wickremasinghe cannot be my President in The Island 18.07.2022, discusses elegantly the constitutional...
By Ifham Nizam The Public Utilities Commission, yesterday said that power tariffs would be increased from the beginning of next month.A PUCSL official told The Island that from August the existing electricity tariffs would...
By Rathindra Kuruwita The SLFP wants Sri Lanka SLPP MP Dullas Alahapperuma, Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) leader, Sajith Premadasa and Jathika Jana Balavegaya (JJB) leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake...
By Shamindra Ferdinando Senior Front line Socialist Party (FSP) spokesperson Pubudu Jagoda yesterday (19) urged all members of Parliament, including Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena, to reveal whom...
The US denied visa to Narendra Modi in 2005 over his alleged role in murderous rampage in Gujarat three years earlier during his tenure as the...
by Chitra Weeraratne A Fundamental Rights violation application filed by Attorney-at-Law Nagananda Kodituwakku on behalf of the Vinivida Foundation, challenging the election of Acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe as...
By Sanath Nanayakkare Sri Lanka’s economic and social instability have led to massive portfolio outflows and weakened disposable incomes, Fitch Ratings said yesterday in its quarterly...
SJB leader Sajith Premadasa proposed Dullas Alahapperuma, MP, as presidential candidate during yesterday’s parliamentary proceedings. Premadasa declared his support for the dissident SLPPer following an understanding between...
The Global Tamil Forum (GTF) has said that the change of government should lead to a truly democratic and pluralistic modern state, enshrined with a Constitution...
Perera & Sons (P&S), Sri Lanka’s foremost Quick Service Restaurant facility provider, recently reached a significant milestone in its long journey as it celebrated its 120th...
The bi-lingual Scholarly Dhamma Symposium that the Colombo-based Foundation for Buddhist Brotherhood conducted recently at the auditorium of the Buddhist and Pali University, Homagama, to coincide...
by PRIYAN DE SILVA Executive Director of the Institute of Democratic Reforms and Electoral Studies (IRES) Manjula Gajanayake said that it was time for the youth...
