… Warns would-be polluters of criminal prosecution, hefty fines and even blacklisting The Marine Environment Protection Authority (MEPA) has warned...
A 10-member delegation from Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court, headed by Chief Justice P. Padman Surasena, departed to New Delhi on...
US President Donald Trump has filed a $5bn (£3.7bn) lawsuit against the BBC over an edit of his 6 January...
The Situation Report issued by the Disaster Management Center at 06:00AM on 16th December 2025 shows that 70,297 persons belonging...
New South Wales Police say 15 people, including a 10 year old girl were killed in a shooting at Bondi...
The ninth phase of the islandwide programme to recognise outstanding achievers at the G.C.E. Advanced Level implemented by the Presidential...
Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya stated that education should not be a burden to children during the recovery period after...
India reclaimed the series lead by bowling South Africa out for 117 in seam-friendly conditions in Dharamsala. Arshdeep Singh and...
New South Wales Police say that nine people were killed in a shooting at Bondi Beach Hanukkah event was being...
The Landslide Early Warning Center of the National Building Research Organisation [NBRO] has issued landslide early warnings to the Districts...
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has instructed officials to give top priority to restoring the livelihoods of communities affected by the...
Police and school officials in the United States are asking residents of Providence, Rhode Island, to shelter in place after...
* Cost to Income Ratio (before VAT on Financial Services) improves to 30.73% from 33.95% at end 2020 and 38.51% at end 2019 *Pays Rs.10.981 billion...
By Ifham Nizam The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) had lost nearly eight billion rupees savings due to the lackadaisical attitude of the Dispatch Department, energy experts...
WPBA Open Championships 2021 Viren Nettasinghe and Panchali Adhikari clinched the men’s and women’s singles crowns at the Western Province Badminton Association (WPBA) – organised Open...
Capital Alliance Limited (CALT), one of Sri Lanka’s non-bank primary dealers is pleased to announce the successful conclusion of its Virtual Investor Forum. The event was...
by Dr. Siri Galhenage Psychiatrist [Retired] [sirigalhenage@gmail.com] John Stuart Mill [1806-73], English philosopher, political economist and parliamentarian, extrapolated the concept of market competition to a theory...
The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) has requested President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to appoint as chairperson of Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka a person is...
By Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka Just weeks before turning 65, the age at which a third vaccine is mandatory in many countries, my first memory remains clear....
Sal Salgado, who we featured last week, says he is working on another original and, hopefully, may even try his luck at winning his fourth Global...
The leading blue-chip conglomerate, Aitken Spence PLC reported an impressive growth of 388% from its earnings before interest expense, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) of Rs....
By Shamindra Ferdinando A bald-headed person, seated in a corner chair, in the deserted The Island editorial, looked at the writer as he entered the office....
External sector performance – Sept. 2021 Merchandise trade deficit narrowed to US dollars 495 million in September 2021, compared to US dollars 525 million in September...
by Jehan Perera Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has informed Parliament that the draft constitution will be finalised by the end of the year. An expert committee...
