SJB Working Committee member and ex-SLPP lawmaker Charitha Herath says that all eyes are on the newly constituted Constitutional Council...
A Catholic Church–backed organisation, Just for Justice, has called on the government to immediately fast-track the extradition of Pulasthini Mahendran,...
The price of gold has risen above $5,000 (£3,659) an ounce for the first time, extending a historic rally that...
West Indies wristspinners, Micah McKenzie and Vitel Lawes, combined to take six wickets on a surface that had plenty of...
It took Australia U19s 32.5 overs, going at just around 3.5 runs an over for the majority of a belaboured...
India waltzed to their 11th straight series or tournament win in T20Is as they restricted New Zealand to 153, and...
Building on its success in seizing major narcotic stocks in 2025, the Navy continued to support the “A Nation United”...
Nihar Parmar produced an excellent all-round display as Japan comfortably defeated Tanzania by nine wickets at Windhoek in the first...
India bundled out New Zealand for a mere 135 in their final Group B fixture of the Under-19 World Cup...
Josh Hoey had said he was excited to take a shot at the world 800m short track record in Boston...
US President Donald Trump has threatened to slap a 100% tariff on Canadian goods if the country strikes a trade...
Pakistan’s participation at the upcoming Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 has been thrown into uncertainty after the PCB chairman Mohsin...
By Saman Gamage Colombo Archbishop His Eminence Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith met His Holiness Pope Francis at the Vatican yesterday (28). Sri Lankans in Italy said that...
By Sujeewa Thathsara President of the Government Medical Officers’ Forum Dr Rukshan Bellana yesterday called on medical authorities to reconsider the mandatory health regulations for people...
By Jehan Perera The government has sent its “A Team” to Geneva to face the international human rights community and the UN Human Rights Commission. The...
While condemning Russia’s invasion of an independent country, Ukraine, we cannot approve the past records of the countries in the forefront and calling for action against...
By Ifham Nizam Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa and Ministry Secretary S.R. Attygalle yesterday acceded to a request from Power Minister Gamini Lokuge to provide uninterrupted power...
by Rex Clementine The Mohali Test that gets underway later this week will be a landmark one for Sri Lankan cricket as this is the nation’s...
I am happy my letter on a news item ‘China Leading World in New Type of Energy Production’ in your esteemed issue of The Island on...
It is now three months since Elmo de Silva passed away. He was a regular contributor to the country’s newspapers. Nearly a year ago his autobiography,...
Ukraine is giving as much as they are getting. In 2014 when Russia invaded Crimea, it was plain sailing. Not so today. The resistance offered by...
BY Savithri Guruge The Russian invasion of Ukraine (or as Russian President Vladimir Putin prefers it, “the special military operation for the demilitarisation and denazification of...
The, year 2021 was another tumultuous year for the entire world due to wider and much longer impacts turned out by the Covid-19 pandemic. Fight back...
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