The Auditor General has warned that delays in coal procurement and continued reliance on suppliers of questionable standards could disrupt...
In the wake of the National Development Bank (NDB) PLC having to publicly acknowledge a loss of as much as...
In the lead-up to IPL 2026, Lucknow Super Giants coach Justin Langer believed that rookie <ukul Choudhary had the potential...
The Darts Regulation Authority has banned transgender women from competing in its women’s events with immediate effect. The DRA, which...
Warm Weather Advisory Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre Issued at 3.30 p.m. on 09 April 2026, valid...
Peshawar Zalmi held their nerve to beat Hyderabad Kingsmen off the final ball in a tense four-wicket win in the...
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has ruled that all the benched players are not allowed to...
Why did David Miller refuse a single off the penultimate delivery with Delhi Capitals needing 2 off 2? It’ll be...
Greece has announced plans to ban access to social media for under-15s, becoming the latest European country to restrict children’s...
On the apparent northward relative motion of the sun, it is going to be directly over the latitudes of Sri...
Warm Weather Advisory Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre Issued at 4.30 p.m. on 08 April 2026, valid...
United States President Donald Trump has agreed to suspend his planned bombing of Iran for two weeks, following his threat...
President receives draft amendment to Penal Code SLPP National List member and Attorney-at-Law Premanath C. Dolawatta yesterday (24) handed over a bill to amend the Penal...
Rex Clementine in Chelmsford There’s much to like about Essex County Cricket ground. It may not have the aura of Lord’s, history of The Oval or...
Thursday 25th August 2022 Central Bank (CB) Governor Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe is facing a tough challenge. It is not the current round of negotiations he and...
For the international community, these ought to be particularly anxious times. Not only are East-West polarities widening; they are taking on new military dimensions that could...
In my view, the present unique in the world system of INDISCRIMINATE or EQUITABLE supply of drugs, needs to be reviewed by the Government as the drug...
The following is a response former Central Bank Governor, Arjuna Mahendran, has sent for publication: Dear Sir, You have mentioned in the editorial of The Island...
We welcome the Private Member’s Bill by Premnath Dolawatte MP introduced today, August 24, 2022, to decriminalise same sex sexual activity between consenting adults by amending...
Most, if not all, practitioners of Medicine in Sri Lanka, I believe, would surely have come across patients presenting with the above complaint. I find this...
Newly designated Australian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Paul Stephens marked his first official appearance in his new role at the launch of a landmark partnership...
Claims mandate to drive out Wickremesinghe govt. The JVP has called on the government to repeal the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) and release the Aragalaya...
President Ranil Wickremesinghe in his capacity as the Minister of Finance, Economic Stability and National Policies would present the second reading of the Appropriation (Amendment) Bill...
by Daya Gamage Sri Lanka’s former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa is reportedly seeking his once-renounced Lawful Permanent Residency (LPR) restored in the United States. According to U.S....
