BASL condemns Ranjan Jayalal for obstructing lawyer The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) yesterday strongly condemned Kaduwela Mayor Ranjan...
Electricity consumers have opposed a government plan to obtain loans from the World Bank to meet the cost of repairs...
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi have been sentenced to further jail terms following a...
The US has seized an oil tanker that had recently departed from Venezuela, according to the US Department of Homeland...
There was a little bit of rustiness as India returned to action 50 days after becoming ODI world champions, but...
Opener Sameer Minhas blitzed his way to 172 off 113 balls, setting up Pakistan’s demolition of India in thDeepeshe Under-19...
In the third Test, they rose again, but there was to be no Christmas miracle. Despite a gutsy fight from...
Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya stated that steps are being taken to abolish the Executive Presidency and establish a parliamentary...
The full speech delivered by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake in Parliament (2025-12-19) “Today, we have presented to Parliament the largest...
The IMF Executive Board approved emergency financing under the Rapid Financing Instrument (RFI), providing Sri Lanka with immediate access to...
In response to severe weather impacts, the Sri Lanka Navy conducted a diving and technical assistance operation on Friday (19...
The Landslide Early Warning Centre of the National Building Research Organization (NBRO) has extended the Landslide Early Warning issued to...
Brigadier Franklin Joseph has assumed duties as the new Director Media and Spokesman of the Ministry of Defence. He succeeded Colonel Nalin Herath, who previously served...
We live in a time of accelerated militarism, environmental devastation, and deepening social collapse. Amid these crises, the destruction of our shared global heritage — humanity’s...
The Frontline Socialist Party (FSP), an offshoot of the JVP, has lambasted educational reforms proposed by the JVP-led NPP government, claiming it is less democratic and...
* Engage in a broader discussion on educational reforms! *Stop the closure of schools! * Prepare a plan to allocate 6% of the GDP to education!...
Veteran Gayanthika Abeyratne did not take part in top national level competition this year. With the old war horse settling into retirement after being in the...
The CID had been instructed to revisit the status of investigations into the mysterious disappearance of Rs. 5 million from a vault at the Central Bank...
A special raid carried out on Saturday (26) in the ‘K’ Ward of the Welikada Prison, where several high-profile inmates, including convicted former ministers, led to...
This has reference to an article by Dr Upul Wijayawardhana titled “Did the ‘unthinkable’ Happen?” in The Island of 22 July 2025. In his insightful article, the...
Nearly 20,000 individuals were subjected to checks and 408 fugitives apprehended during a large-scale, countrywide search operation conducted last Friday (25), the Ministry of Public Security...
Skeletal remains of 11 more individuals have been unearthed from the Chemmani Sindhubathi cemetery in Jaffna, bringing the total number of bodies recovered from the suspected...
A Sri Lankan woman has made headlines in Kuwait after authorities uncovered a 33-year-long fraud in which she deceived a Kuwaiti man, faked a pregnancy, and...
As Sri Lanka embarks on the development of its nuclear power programme, the country is making progress in establishing the necessary nuclear infrastructure, according to an...
