Mounting concerns over drug safety and regulatory oversight have triggered strong calls from medical professionals and trade unions for the...
China has pledged its full support to Sri Lanka’s economic and social recovery efforts in the wake of Cyclone Ditwah,...
The Hydrology and Disaster Management Division of the Department of Irrigation has issued flood warnings for the Mahaweli River Basin...
Volodymyr Zelensky is urging European Union leaders gathered at a crunch summit in Brussels to loan billions of euros in...
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says his government will crack down on hate speech following Sunday’s deadly shooting at Bondi...
The Bay of Plenty lived up to its name but only for New Zealand. Devon Conway and Tom Latham harvested...
Australia have not yet officially retained the Ashes, but it already seems a matter of “when” not “if” after England’s...
Winter storms are worsening conditions for hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians in Gaza, as aid agencies warn that Israeli...
An official meeting was held between Wang Dongming, Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC)...
The landslide early warning centre of the National Building Research Organization [NBRO] has issued Level III landslide early warnings to...
Astonishingly, this Ashes series is just seven days old, but it remains in no mood to slow down and take...
Sri Lanka has named a young squad for the forthcoming T20Is against India, bringing in the likes of 17-year-old ambidextrous...
Sri Lanka faces a “dangerous situation” with continuing social unrest and must avoid a “disorderly default,” the former chief economist of the South Asia regions at...
by Rex Clementine There are many good things about writing for The Island and one of them is that you get to see every game that...
Canon Inc. celebrates during March 2022 the 35th anniversary of the launch of the company’s EOS System, which includes EOS-series interchangeable-lens cameras and a diverse range...
Near death experience at Town Hall by Sumi Moonesinghe narrated to Savithri Rodrigo After I sold Jones Overseas in 1996, I retired completely from business and...
By Gotabaya Dasanayaka Born within the first decade of Sri Lanka’s Independence from the British, I believe I had the good fortune of seeing a more...
he inaugural session of the bilateral political consultations between Sri Lanka and the Netherlands at Foreign Ministry level was convened on Tuesday 05 April, 2022 on...
Prez to be empowered to remove PM, cabinet among far reaching proposals By Shamindra Ferdinando Amidst Sri Lanka’s worst ever political and economic crises that triggered...
Calls for probe into controversial Govt-LIOC diesel deal By Shamindra Ferdinando Opposition trade union activist Ananda Palitha says large stocks of both diesel and petrol are...
The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) had to operate independently, newly appointed Governor of the Central Bank, Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe said yesterday, addressing the media....
Saturday 9th April, 2022 The incumbent government has failed miserably, and the people have a legitimate right to demand its ouster, and hold protests to achieve...
MP Ali Sabry informed the House yesterday (08) that he would continue as the Finance Minister because the President did not accept his resignation. The Minister...
Controversial payments made to US broker never probed By Shamindra Ferdinando Wartime Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama said that shocking revelations made in a US court as...
