Engineers at the Ceylon Electricity Board have drawn a clear red line over the government’s plan to gazette the appointed...
The annual Colombo Navam Maha Perahera, along with an exhibition of sacred relics brought from India, will be held at...
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...
Joe Root struck his 45th ODI fifty and with it helped England snap an 11-match losing streak away from home,...
A Sri Lankan innings that never really got going eventually parked itself at middling total of 219, as they were...
It is now official: Scotland have replaced Bangladesh in the T20 World Cup 2026 starting in India and Sri Lanka...
At least seven people have died and more than 80 others are missing after a landslide hit Indonesia’s West Java...
by Dharshan Weerasekera Fisher folk in Northern Sri Lanka are facing two unprecedented threats to their livelihood: first, the threat of withdrawal of GSP+ by the...
SJB Colombo District MP Dr. Harsha De Silva told the media yesterday that the Surcharge Tax Bill contained provisions applicable to the Employees Provident Fund (EPF)....
… accuses some JVP leaders of being in league with top capitalists, eyeing presidency Frontline Socialist Party (FSP) has ruled out any possibility of teaming up...
Tuesday 8th February, 2022 Sri Lanka’s health service is as sick as a dog, and shows no signs of recovery in the foreseeable future. Hardly a...
Ceylon Fisheries Corporation (CFC) and Uber EATS today announced a partnership to facilitate the delivery of CFC products on the popular online food delivery platform. This...
By Jehan Perera Every Independence Day there is the hope that the country will turn the corner and reach the potential it had in 1948. Leonard...
By Dr Upul Wijayawardhana Sunday 6th February was a very significant day where two great ladies concerned; one completed her journey in this world after an...
Several young players are earning reputation as match winners with their big hitting and yesterday it was Nuwanidu Fernando’s turn as he smashed a hundred off...
Dr. Pradeep Kariyawasam Former Epidemiologist/Chief Medical Officer of Health Colombo Municipal Council All over the world the Delta variant of the Covid-19 virus has been replaced...
By GARVIN KARUNARATNE Ph.D. The editorial of The Island on Sri Lanka’s Independence Day says it all: “The challenge before us is to retrace our steps,...
By Ifham Nizam Sri Lanka had imported USD 611 million worth of plastics in 2020, Environment Minister Mahinda Amaraweera said at a recent discussion. During the...
Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia, Dewi Gustina Tobing, paid a courtesy visit to Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa last week to discuss issues including enhancing economic...
