Defence Secretary (retd.) Air Marshal Sampath Thuyakontha has discussed with UN officials in New York the deployment of Sri Lankan...
Sallay’s case: Attorney-at-law Udaya Gammanpila yesterday (27) said a lawyer could not be deprived of his or her right to...
Federal authorities in the United States have charged the suspect who allegedly shot a US Secret Service agent as he...
On Saturday, Delhi served up a belter of a pitch on which 265 played 264. Two days later, the adjacent...
Warm Weather Advisory Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre Issued at 3.30 p.m. on 27 April 2026, valid...
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has arrived in Russia for talks with President Vladimir Putin, as Teheran intensifies diplomatic efforts...
In a battle between the bottom-placed teams, momentum shifted hands multiple times before Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) beat Lucknow Super...
Warm Weather Advisory Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre Issued at 3.30 p.m. on 26 April 2026, valid...
United States President Donald Trump was evacuated from the White House correspondents’ dinner in Washington, DC, after shots were fired...
Twelve days after defeating Rajasthan Royals [RR] by nullifying Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Sunrisers Hyderabad [SRH] defeated them in spite of an...
Punjab Kings (PBKS) overpowered Delhi Capitals (DC) and pulled off the highest successful T20 chase in an IPL bash where...
Warm Weather Advisory Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre Issued at 3.30 p.m. on 25 April 2026, valid...
(PTI) The Sri Lankan government will virtually brief all its external creditors, on September 23, on the deal agreed with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for the economic...
By Meera Sirinivasan The Hindu Sri Lanka will revive its Free Trade Agreement with India and upgrade it to a “a comprehensive economic and technological partnership”,...
From a philosophical point of view, Islamic financial markets are actually risk-sharing stock markets with moral issues defined by the shariah. So far, few Muslim countries...
Monday 19th September, 2022 An unprecedented gathering of heads of state, and people is expected in London, today, for the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, who...
Queen Elizabeth II served as the Supreme Governor of the Church of England, the Head of the Commonwealth and therefore had close links with the Church...
Strengthening Irrigation sector in Sri Lanka to ensure appropriate disaster-resilient measures Recognizing the necessity for greater investment in the planning process for disaster-resilient infrastructure across Asia...
The Global Tamil Forum (GTF) has called for a strong resolution on Sri Lanka at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva.Issuing a statement, the...
An open letter to the Minister of Agriculture Mr. Minister, You have recently, on several occasions, indicated your desire to lift the highly ill- conceived ban...
As Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union passed away, a remarkable Pizza Hut advert filmed in 1997 resurfaced. In the ad, Gorbachev walked...
Ambassador of Japan to Sri Lanka, Mizukoshi Hideaki attended the send-off ceremony on Sept 16held by Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment to give words of...
Continuing a series of engagements with concurrently accredited Diplomatic Missions to Sri Lanka from New Delhi, High Commissioner of Sri Lanka to India, Milinda Moragoda, interacted with a second group of African Heads of...
I read The Island editorial of 09 Sept., and feel comforted that we still have some intrepid journalists who can call a spade a spade without...
