… five senior officials suspended President’s Counsel Maithri Gunaratne has urged the Parliament to intervene in an ongoing investigation conducted...
Colombo Fort Magistrate Isuru Neththikumara has directed the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to arrest former SriLankan Airlines board member Shasheendra...
Israeli attacks have killed five people in southern Lebanon, including a journalist, Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA) reported, further straining...
South Africa completed their highest successful chase in T20Is and sealed the five-match series against India with two matches to...
It wasn’t the high-scoring spectacle that people might have expected, especially with Vaibhav Sooryavanshi in the house, but that didn’t...
Warm Weather Advisory Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre Issued at 3.30 p.m. on 22 April 2026, valid...
Iran’s IRGC says it has seized two vessels for “disrupting order and safety in the Strait of Hormuz”, The IRGC...
The importance of establishing learning centers at regional level has been identified in order to achieve multiple objectives, including the...
Approval was granted at the Cabinet Meeting held on 21-10-2025 to carry out a feasibility study and prepare detailed plans...
The Special Import Licence Regulations No. 01 of 2023, published in Extraordinary Gazette No. 2312/77 dated 01-01-2023, prohibit the importation...
The Cabinet of Ministers approved the resolution furnished by the Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs to appoint Iraj...
Approval was granted at the Cabinet Meeting held on 17-05-2021 to implement the recommendations submitted by the Presidential Commission appointed...
By Kumar David Life is depressing; the media perpetually serious; Lynn Ockersz solemn in “Impact of security on foreign policy” ( https://island.lk/impact-of-security-considerations-on-foreign-policy-crafting/. Inflation we are warned...
by Rohan Wijesinha Three of the finest minds on leopard conservation, Prof. Enoka Kudavidanage, Rukshan Jayewardene, and Kithsiri Gunawardena, partook in a panel discussion to discuss...
(First Edition 2022, 488 pgs. -Vijitha Yapa) Reviewed by Nigel Hatch P.C. In volume II of his autobiography “TO PARIS AND BACK” Dr. Sarath Amunugama (SA)...
by Angeline Ondaatjie What drew us all to the Aragalaya at Galle Face was the vibrant art, the creative music, the laser light shows, the exhilarating...
We all die. The goal isn’t to live forever; the goal is to create something that will. Chuck Palahnuik I felt very sad when I heard...
by Leelananda De Silva The Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East (it changed its name in Colombo in 1974 to Economic and Social Commission...
Foreword By the Hon. Michael Kirby AC CMG The first part of this book is an extended snapshot of the privileged life that the author led...
Colombo, 26, August 2022: Today, the United States, through the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and in partnership with Save the Children, received 320 metric tons...
By ECB Wijeyasinghe Number One, Jetty Street, Chilaw, is perhaps the most famous front door in the North-Western Province because it is here that “Gallinago” lived...
Love of culture trumped fuel shortages and other challenges when a group of Ceylinco Life policyholders and their families visited Kandy recently for privileged VIP viewing...
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid says 182 people were killed after torrential rains destroyed more than 3,100 houses.Flooding in Afghanistan this month has killed more than 180...
We all watched this wildlife drama with horror and fascination. A snared leopard caught in a death trap, struggling for life dragging the snare up a...
