Sri Lanka’s environmental protection framework is rapidly eroding, with weak law enforcement, politically driven development and the routine sidelining of...
IGP Priyantha Weerasooriya has issued a letter, warning police officers against presenting gifts to senior officers during festivals or special...
Polls have opened in Myanmar’s first general election since the country’s military toppled Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi’s democratically...
Family sources have confirmed that the interment of singer Latha Walpola will be performed at the General Cemetery Borella on...
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has been jailed for 15 years for abuse of power and money laundering, in...
New York has woken up to its heaviest snowfall in nearly four years after a winter storm blanketed parts of...
Thousands of flights have been cancelled and delayed in the United States due to winter storm Devin, airline monitoring website...
Thailand and Cambodia said they have signed a ceasefire agreement to end weeks of fierce fighting along their border that...
Sri Lankan singer Latha Walpola has passed away today (27) at the age of 92.
All the three games in this series have followed a similar pattern so far. India have won three tosses –...
For the first time in 19 matches, and nearly 15 years, England’s men experienced a Test victory in Australia as...
Shafali Verma continued her superb form, cracking a 42-ball 79 as India brushed aside Sri Lanka once again to win...
…reminds how SLPP attacked Udaya following June revision By Shamindra Ferdinando Samagi Jana Balavegaya lawmaker Mujibur Rahman yesterday (21) asked whom would the ruling SLPP blame for...
Ordinary people who cannot afford private healthcare arrived in large numbers at state-run hospitals to obtain treatment despite the government medical doctors’ strike. Our photographer Nimal...
By Saman Indrajith The JVP yesterday called on people to take to the streets against the government that cannot control market prices of essential items. Addressing...
The Prorogation Message Events fast changing keep boggling our minds making it difficult to establish their continuity. Each new scene is staged by the same players...
Wednesday 22nd December, 2021 There seems to be no end in sight to the crippling blows people are suffering at the hands of those who came...
by Ifham Nizam Ceylon Petroleum Storage Terminals LTD Managing Director M. Uvais Mohamed yesterday resigned from his post, Energy Ministry officials said. Energy Minister Udaya Gammanpila had...
Part II By Jayantha Somasundaram (Continued from December 17) The Bangladesh Armed Forces, the Mukti Bahini, was created in April 1971 under Colonel Muhammad Ataul Goni...
Police have arrested seven persons, allegedly involved in various scams carried out via social media. The arrests were made during a raid at the JAIC Hilton...
‘We created this problem on our own’ State Minister Dr. Nalaka Godahewa says the government had caused a wholly unnecessary problem by trying to do away...
Foreign Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris has apprised Australian Minister for Home Affairs Karen Andrews of the ongoing review of policies and laws, including the Prevention of...
Gananath Obeyesekere, Stories and Histories, Sri Lankan pasts and the dilemmas of narrative representation (Sarasavi Publishers, Nugegoda, 2019) An introduction by Usvatte-aratchi Professor (Emeritus, Princeton) Gananath...
Rohan Wijeyaratna remembers Vijaya Malalasekera in this Saturday’s The Island. Book your copy now…
