More than 200 Iranian sailors left stranded in Sri Lanka after a US torpedo attack are returning home after being...
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, issuing a New Year message, extend his heartfelt wishes to all Sri Lankans for a peaceful...
US President Donald Trump has threatened to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell if he does not step aside at...
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) bowled Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) out for 146 and chased it down with nearly five overs...
Warm Weather Advisory Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre Issued at 3.30 p.m. on 15 April 2026, valid...
Pakistan’s army chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, has landed in Iran as part of a delegation to hold high-level talks...
The Indonesian Navy Sailing Ship KRI BIMA SUCI – 945 arrived at the Port of Colombo on a goodwill visit...
Chennai Super Kings left the bottom of the table and joined four other teams on four points by achieving two...
About 250 Rohingya and Bangladeshis, including children, are missing after their boat capsized last week in the Andaman Sea, according...
President Donald Trump has suggested talks aimed at ending the war in Iran could resume this week, after negotiations collapsed...
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 3.30 p.m. on 14 April 2026, valid...
By Harim Peiris The president of Sri Lanka, sensing serious frustration by the electorate at non-performance, sacks his prime minister and swears in another prime minister....
Backed by its solid capital base and prudent risk fundamentals, Sampath Bank continues to prove that it is well equipped to navigate the challenging economic environment....
By Hiran H.Senewiratne The CSE opened with a 2.5 per cent gain, surpassing a turnover of over Rs 2 billion yesterday, a day after President Gotabaya...
The Commercial Bank Group has posted a balanced financial performance for the first quarter of 2022, highly influenced by the sharp devaluation of the Rupee impacting...
in contention to play first Test versus Sri Lanka Bangladesh allrounder Shakib Al Hasan has tested negative for Covid-19, bringing him back into consideration for the...
It was interesting to read The Island editorial today (13); it says Ranil Wickremesinghe should consider having ‘Houdini’ as his middle name, given his adeptness at...
By Uditha Devapriya The protests at Galle Face have been continuing for more than a month now. Initially aimed against Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his band of...
By Saman Indrajith Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), General Secretary, Tilvin Silva warned yesterday that the appointment of Ranil Wickremesinghe as the Prime Minister was a delaying...
The Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Sri Lanka (MMCA Sri Lanka) has extended Rotation 1 of its current exhibition ‘Encounters’ until 22 May 2022. The...
Sri Lankan authorities must immediately rescind the emergency regulations and shooting orders that provide excessive powers to the police and military, and take immediate steps to...
Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena yesterday (12) said that he would soon ask the police to conduct a thorough investigation into the killing of MP Amarakeerthi Atukorake...
Human rights groups local and foreign, the diplomatic corps of the west, (some of who usually and shamelessly interfere in the internal matters of this country),...
