Viran Chamuditha’s 94-ball 110 helped Sri Lanka Under 19 chase 262 and keep their hopes of qualifying for the semi-finals...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has declared that the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) wouldn’t be amended in view of the...
Sustained heavy gunfire and loud explosions have been heard in Niger near the international airport outside the capital, Niamey. Multiple...
Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education Dr Harini Amarasuriya said that she hoped that the...
Pavan Rathnayake has re-entered Sri Lanka’s T20I squad following his 121 off 115 balls in the third ODI against England....
Australia qualified for the semi-finals of the Under-19 World Cup after beating West Indies by 22 runs in Harare courtesy...
The Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya participated in the official launch of the National Strategic Action Plan to monitor and...
Shiyam Dube hammered the third-fastest fifty by an Indian batter in T20Is, finishing with 65 off 23 balls, but it...
A South Korean court has sentenced former First Lady Kim Keon Hee to one year and eight months in prison...
A plane crash has killed the deputy chief minister of India’s Maharashtra state, Ajit Pawar, the country’s aviation regulator has...
A new circular has been issued by the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development to provide relief to micro,...
Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya stated that food safety practices should not be confined merely to the school curriculum, but...
By Panduka Karunanayake In a country steadily sliding downstream for six-and-a-half decades, The Island has been swimming upstream for four. As a reincarnation of our nation’s...
By Dew Gunasekara The period of 40 years since the birth of The Island covers, both globally and domestically, dramatic and far-reaching eventful developments. The Island,...
By Saman Indrajith Chief Whips of government and Opposition locked horns in Parliament yesterday, trading accusations of corruption, waste and impotence. A heated argument ensused after...
By Rathindra Kuruwita The Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) would go ahead with the scheduled protest march, today, party General Secretary, Ranjith Madduma Bandara said yesterday. Madduma...
Helping to curtail the spread of COVID-19, supporting the Health sector, and protecting citizens overcome the pandemic; SLT-MOBITEL, the National ICT and Telecommunications Service Provider, donated...
Doctors, health authorities, and knowledgeable sources have been regularly stating that Sri Lanka is likely to face another Covid-19 wave, and some have even predicted that...
It’s hard to capture in a few words the flavour of Upali Wijewardene, the founder of the Upali Group, who tragically went out of this world...
ICC T20 World Cup Tournament’s highest wicket taker Wanindu Hasaranga and Charith Asalanka have been named in the official ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Most Valuable...
By Rohan Abeywardena For the 35th anniversary of The Island five years ago, when our editor Prabath Sahabandu asked me to pen a piece for that issue, I...
By Chitra Weerarathne Gay people should not be marginalised, several petitioners have complained to the Court of Appeal. The Court of Appeal on 30 Nov. will...
By Hiran H.Senewiratne The CSE fell 2.5 percent at the beginning of trading yesterday subsequent to Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa’s 2022 budget presentation due to the...
“We have turned into a cultural desert, the sort that Ananda Coomaraswamy warned against a hundred years or so ago …. By Uditha Devapriya The Island...
