Sri Lanka could face a serious electricity supply crisis if outstanding payments owed to renewable energy producers are not settled...
Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya told Parliament on Wednesday that the government was planning to reform the higher education sector...
The official welcoming ceremony for the President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and General Secretary of the Central Committee...
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has said it will conduct periodic checks on the IPL teams...
President To Lam, President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party...
It has been reported quoting the Police, that former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of SriLankan Airlines, Kapila Chandrasena, has been...
This series picks up from Bangladesh’s finest red-ball hour against arguably Pakistan’s bleakest one. Two years ago, Bangladesh came to...
The Iranian military has said it retaliated against United States Navy ships after US forces targeted an oil tanker in...
Warm Weather Advisory Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre Issued at 3.30 p.m. on 07 May 2026, valid...
Lucknow Super Giants’ (LSG) much-vaunted pace attack applied the skids on Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in a banana-peel clash at...
Two people in a serious condition who were evacuated from a cruise ship with a confirmed outbreak of deadly hantavirus...
The India and Zimbabwe women’s teams are all set to play an international fixture against each other for the first...
Further to my earlier letter titled, “Psychology of Greed and Philosophy for a New World Order” (The Island 26.11.2025) it may not be far-fetched to say that...
Monday 8th December, 2025 The number of deaths due to the recent weather disasters reached 627 yesterday. The Opposition has blamed the government’s poor disaster response...
National Airport Exit Survey tells quite a story Australia’s role here is strategic, not charitable In a quiet but significant shift, Sri Lanka’s tourism sector is...
When Senior biodiversity scientist Vimukthi Weeratunga speaks of Sinharaja, his voice carries the weight of four decades spent beneath its dripping emerald canopy. To him, Sri...
A driver attached to the Kandy Four Gravets and Gangawata Korale Divisional Secretariat has been arrested for allegedly selling donated drinking water that was intended for...
Switzerland has delivered a consignment of essential WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) relief equipment and personnel to support Sri Lanka’s disaster response efforts following recent extreme...
The Committee on Public Finance (COPF) has approved the Strategic Development Project (Amendment) Bill along with six Gazette Extraordinary notifications, following a meeting held in Parliament...
LTL Holdings has launched a nationwide relief initiative, under the banner ‘LTL Humanity’, aiming to provide immediate assistance and long-term recovery support to communities affected by...
A police sergeant has been admitted to the National Hospital, Colombo after being shot when a firearm accidentally discharged inside the Malabe Police Station. The incident...
More than 60,000 cattle, goats and poultry had gone missing from livestock farms in the flood-hit Northern Province, the Northern Livestock Farmers’ Association said yesterday. The...
The 6th of December marked the sixth solar cycle since my adored life partner, Dr Malwattage Josephine Sarojini Perera (née Peeris), left this mortal world. Six...
Sri Lanka is facing one of its worst simultaneous flood and landslide disasters in many decades, with nearly two million people affected and more than 820...
