Ranil-led group asks govt. to hold PC polls Former Cabinet Minister Dr. Rajitha Senaratne yesterday (27) claimed that there was...
A Parliamentary delegation, comprising 20 Members of Parliament, and four officials, of the Parliament of Sri Lanka, led by Dr....
Advisory for Strong Winds and Rough Seas Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre at 04.30 p.m. 28 May...
The West Indies men’s side will play home series against Sri Lanka, New Zealand and Pakistan during the 2026 season,...
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says it has targeted an American air base in the region, after fresh US...
Prime Minister Dr Harini Amarasuriya issuing a message on the occasion of the Hajj festival called upon all Sri Lankans...
Vaibhav Sooriyavanshi is enjoying one of the most extraordinary seasons not just of the IPL, not just of T20, and...
A new draft peace proposal says Iran would fully restore commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz to pre-war levels...
With the Women’s T20 World Cup looming into view, this three-match series across the green swards of Chelmsford, Bristol and...
It has been revealed that fake news created using the name, photographs, and video footage of Prime Minister Dr. Harini...
The commander of Hamas’s military wing, Mohammed Odeh, has been killed in a strike in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday...
Sunrisers Hyderabad’s IPL 2026 was going nowhere four games into the season. They had won just one game, their bowling...
WEATHER FORECAST FOR 15 MAY 2026 Issued at 05.30 a.m. on 15 May 2026 by the Department of Meteorology The low-pressure area located northeast of Sri...
Punjab Kings’ (PBKS) playoff chances took a serious beating after they lost their fifth game in a row, this time going down to Mumbai Indians (MI)...
… calls for modernising Inland Revenue Dept. Opposition and SJB Leader Sajith Premadasa yesterday criticised the government’s proposed amendments to the Inland Revenue Act, claiming that a new...
Adverse weather conditions prevailing across the country have severely affected 3,475 persons belonging to 1,113 families in seven districts, according to the Disaster Management Centre (DMC).The...
A controversial move to release sections of the protected Thumbikulam Forest Reserve in the North Central Province for private commercial interests has triggered strong protests from...
The Colombo High Court yesterday (14) overruled a preliminary objection raised by the defence in the money laundering case against Yoshitha Rajapaksa, son of former President...
Members of the Inter University Students’ Federation (IUSF) yesterday (14) occupied a controversial Malwana property, widely described as an “ownerless estate” and previously linked to former...
The Colombo Crime Division (CCD) has arrested Osmand Gunasekara, alias Gampaha Osmand on Wednesday (13) night, over his role in the killing of underworld figure Sanjeewa Kumara Samararatne, alias Ganemulle Sanjeewa early...
Sampath Bank reported Total Operating Income of Rs 28.5 Bn for the quarter ended 31st March 2026, supported by steady growth in Net Interest Income (up...
Tales of Mystery and Suspense 2 A very different sort of murder mystery today, one of the few intended to provide laughter too. Written in the...
LEST WE FORGET – IV Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjöld (‘DH’ for short) was appointed Secretary-General of the United Nations in April 1953, when he was...
I was taken aback by the response of the well-known academic Uswatte-Aratchi (U-A) to my article “Achievements of the Hunduwa”, which appeared in The Island on...
