Former Speaker of Parliament Karu Jayasuriya has written to President Anura Kumara Dissanayake expressing concerns over the proposed abolition of...
Five suspects, including former Minister Johnston Fernando and his two sons, who were arrested by the Financial Crimes Investigation Division...
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...
Ukraine has condemned a fresh wave of Russian strikes overnight which killed one person and injured 23 others, as talks...
Sri Lanka elected to bat first in the second ODI against England at the R Premadasa International Stadium Sri Lanka:...
Bangladesh cruised to a seven wicket victory to close out their group stage, with a three-for from Iqbal Hossain Emon,...
A five-wicket haul from Will Byrom helped Australia top Group A of the Under 19 men’s World Cup after they...
US President Donald Trump has withdrawn an invite for Canada to join his newly constituted Board of Peace, in the...
Two people have died and several are feared buried after landslides in New Zealand’s North Island. The deaths were reported...
Following a difficult Ashes tour, what is left of Bazball ran into an old-fashioned spin-bowling choke in Colombo. There were...
Pakistan beat Zimbabwe in their final group game of the 2026 Under 19World Cup in Harare, but did so in...
Tribute to entertainer-singer par excellence – Desmond de Silva By Trevine Rodrigo (Melbourne, Australia) The great Desmond De Silva, who departed from this world, on Sunday,...
By Cyril Wimalasurendre KANDY – Kandy district Samagi Jana Balavegaya (SJB) Parliamentarian Abdul Haleem said in Kandy early this week that SJB would not back a...
Fairfirst Insurance delivers another Sri Lankan first by fueling their innovative Click2Claim platform with AI-powered claim settlements. Winner of multiple awards – ‘Innovative Brand of the Year...
By Rathindra Kuruwita The number of children admitted to Lady Ridgeway Hospital (LRH) with COVID-19 had increased during the last five to six days, Hospital Director,...
By Rathindra Kuruwita Deputy Director General of Health Services, Dr. Hemantha Herath told The Island yesterday that a fourth COVID-19 jab would be given if necessary....
Thursday 20th January, 2022 Pickpockets and Sri Lankan politicians have many things in common, besides being nimble-fingered. Their modi operandi are similar in most respects. They...
Dr. Richard Leakey and what Sri Lankan conservationists can adopt from his work By Tharindu Muthukumarana- Author of the award-winning book “The Life of Last Proboscideans:...
Under 17 Division I Cricket by Reemus Fernando Notable all-round performances by Sithum Fernando for De Mazenod, an underdog’s triumph by Sri Sumangala, Kandy...
SLT-MOBITEL, the National ICT and Telecommunication Service Provider, celebrated Thai Pongal at the District General Hospital -Vavuniya this year, joining in the festive rituals and making...
… seek action on prison conditions (New York, January 18, 2022) – Human Rights Watch on January 18, 2022 joined other organisations in condemning Sri Lanka’s...
The Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) is organizing a training programme mainly for Listed Companies on Climate Disclosure in collaboration with UN Sustainable Stock Exchanges Initiative (SSE),...
Pathetic public response to Pfizer booster roll-out By Shamindra Ferdinando In spite of the promotional campaign for the Pfizer-BioNTech booster jab, the public response for just...
