Harsha rejects what he called frivolous accusations Chairman of Committee on Public Finance (CoPF) Dr. Harsha de Silva dismissed Free...
The number of patients hospitalised due to viral illnesses, including dengue fever, had increased significantly, health officials said yesterday, adding...
Smriti Mandhana and Deepti Sharma bailed India out with bat and ball respectively to fire them to an emphatic opening...
Boualem Khoukhi scored an equalising goal on a header in the fourth minute of stoppage time, and Qatar spoiled a...
Nestory Irankunda and Connor Metcalfe have scored as Australia have spoiled Turkiye’s return to the World Cup for the first...
The New York Knicks won the National Basketball Association championship for the first time in over 50 years, sending the...
Dasun Shanaka produced the batting ballistics, Kamil Mishara held the innings together, and Sri Lanka’s spinners dominated the middle overs,...
Three buses lined up at the City Street Station to ferry a long queue of cricket enthusiasts for the opening...
Vinicius Jr spared Brazil the embarrassment of defeat in an opening World Cup match for the first since 1934 as...
Debutants Harsh Dubey and Gurnoor Brar claimed three wickets each, while Shubman Gill slammed a fluent 66-ball 84 not out...
President Donald Trump has said a deal to end fighting between the US and Iran is scheduled to be signed...
Australia may have come into this Women’s T20 World Cup with doubts over their invincibility after entering a tournament without...
Sri Lanka started their ICC Men’s T20 World Cup campaign on a bright note as they registered a comprehensive 33-run win against Zimbabwe in their warm-up...
By Shamindra Ferdinando Rebel SLPP MP Prof. G.L. Peiris yesterday (10) said that corruption accusations pertaining to procurement of crude oil and coal should be probed against...
So-called ragging, in universities is a form of torture and part of a sinister political strategy. There may be some undergrads who engage in ragging to...
By Shiran Ranasinghe No action has been taken in respect of 200 reports issued by the Auditor General on state officials who have caused losses to...
The above I copied from the editorial of The Island (10/10). I disagree. They continuously learn and adjust themselves, according to the behaviour of our people...
By Ifham Nizam The release of 99,000 metric tonnes of crude oil held up from unloading for nearly three weeks for want of dollars would be further...
Dr Parakrama Waidyanatha wrote an interesting and informative article to The Island under the headline, “Escalating fertilizer prices and need for judicious use”, last Monday. I...
By Norman Palihawadane President Ranil Wickremesinghe has promoted 7,499 Army personnel on the occasion of the 73rd Army Anniversary Day that fell yesterday (10), the Army said. The President has promoted...
By Hiran H.Senewiratne The ousted regime’s prioritization of political expediency over the national interest coupled with their currency printing spree exercise aimed at keeping interest rates...
By Norman Palihawadane Prisons Spokesman Chandana Ekanayake said yesterday that an internal investigation had been launched to find out how a mobile phone had been smuggled into...
Tuesday 11th October, 2022 Never a dull day in Sri Lanka! Controversies crop up at such a pace that the people even forget their hunger, and...
President of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) Saliya Peiris, PC, has issued a warning to police officers against misusing their powers. The BASL chief...
