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...
By Prabhath Withana The STF nabbed a person who had been transporting a stock of substandard tea at Boowelikada in Wellambada on Sunday. The suspect was...
Australia will provide $50 million in Official Development Assistance to support Sri Lanka meet urgent food and healthcare needs, Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Penny Wong said...
Is there a solution? There is a great mismatch in the spend between Sri Lanka’s total imports and fuel imports. According to available data, we have...
Sri Lanka pulled off the highest successful run chase ever at R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo to take a 2-1 lead in the five match ODI...
BY Shamindra Ferdinando Dudley Sirisena, who owns one of the biggest rice mills in the country, yesterday (19) alleged that the government lacked the will to...
The Federation of University Teachers Union (FUTA) has opposed the decision of the University Grants Commission (UGC) to close the universities temporarily. It has written to the...
BY S VENKAT NARAYAN Our Special Correspondent NEW DELHI, June 19: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s mother Heeraba Modi turned 100 on Saturday. He visited her...
Dear Sir / Madam, We understand with dismay that the Parliament of Canada has declared the 18th of May as “The Tamil Genocide Day”. When this...
By Eng. Thushara Dissanayake Sri Lanka is facing its worst ever economic crisis, which has affected everyone. Essential commodities such as fuel and pharmaceuticals are in...
Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday chaired a parliamentary consultative committee meeting on the situation in Sri Lanka and said there was “unanimous support”...
This refers to the article “firewood cooking and its effects on human health” written by Professor Illeperuma, published in The island of 17 June. In it,...
The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) on Saturday emphasised that it was of utmost importance for those enforcing the law to act with restraint and...
