NATA to be given more powers The Parliamentary Sectoral Oversight Committee on Health, Mass Media and Women’s Empowerment has agreed...
The hunger strike launched by a group of Development Officers demanding their absorption into the teacher service entered its fourth...
Former Sri Lanka allrounder Shehan Jayasuriya is set to make his USA debut at the 2026 T20 World Cup. The...
Time for the real quiz. As pleasing as it was for Harry Brook and Brendon McCullum to win a rare...
Viran Chamuditha’s 94-ball 110 helped Sri Lanka Under 19 chase 262 and keep their hopes of qualifying for the semi-finals...
Sustained heavy gunfire and loud explosions have been heard in Niger near the international airport outside the capital, Niamey. Multiple...
Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education Dr Harini Amarasuriya said that she hoped that the...
Pavan Rathnayake has re-entered Sri Lanka’s T20I squad following his 121 off 115 balls in the third ODI against England....
Australia qualified for the semi-finals of the Under-19 World Cup after beating West Indies by 22 runs in Harare courtesy...
The Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya participated in the official launch of the National Strategic Action Plan to monitor and...
Shiyam Dube hammered the third-fastest fifty by an Indian batter in T20Is, finishing with 65 off 23 balls, but it...
A South Korean court has sentenced former First Lady Kim Keon Hee to one year and eight months in prison...
Junior National Table Tennis Championship 2021 Dhanushka Wijesinghe of Kingswood College, Kandy and Tamadi Kavindya of Devananda College Ambalangod won the best player titles of the...
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday (20) morning started discussions with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) delegation, now in Colombo. Issuing a press statement, the PM’s Media...
By Chitra Weerarathne President’s Counsel Romesh de Silva yesterday gave an undertaking to the Supreme Court that his client, Dhammika Perera, would not change the status...
Litro Gas Lanka yesterday announced that it was looking at the possibility of bulk buying as opposed to ad-hoc purchasing to manage the domestic demand. A spokesperson for Litro...
By Norman Palihawadane Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena told The Island yesterday that many MPs would not be able to attend Parliament sitting this week owing...
Tuesday 21st June, 2022 President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has taken swift action to prevent a shady deal some state officials strove to cut with a foreign company,...
107th Colombo Championships Ave Maria Convent player Githmi Fernando clinched the Under 14 girls’ singles title of the 107th Colombo Championships at the Sri Lanka Tennis...
by LATHEEF FAROOK Sri Lanka’s centuries old historic ties with the Middle East suffered a setback during the past decade and half due to the Island’s...
Sri Lankan multinational conglomerate and market leader in wood coatings, JAT Holdings PLC, has posted its best ever financial year on record, doubling its Profit After...
Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner to India, Milinda Moragoda met with the External Affairs Minister of India Dr. S. Jaishankar yesterday (20) to discuss the way forward...
By Ifham Nizam The Indian government would supply 65,000 tonnes of urea fertiliser for the 2022 Yala season on 06 July, Agriculture Minister Mahinda Amaraweera said. He...
After a year of research of the fashion, handloom and batik sectors in Sri Lanka, the Cultural Relations Platform announces a pilot training, as a form...
