Parliament proceedings were disrupted yesterday when Opposition MPs staged a protest demanding an immediate debate on the delay in filling...
Climate change, pollution, deforestation and water degradation are no longer abstract environmental concerns but mounting economic threats already affecting Sri...
Daniel Munoz has fired Colombia into the World Cup round of 32 with a 1-0 win over the Democratic Republic...
The Legal Aid Commission of Sri Lanka was established under the Legal Aid Act No. 27 of 1978 with the...
A series of political, economic, and administrative problems in the Eastern Province have arisen due to the misuse of government...
Ellyse Perry produced one of her best innings of a long T20 World Cup career to lead Australia to a...
The UN’s International Maritime Organization (IMO) is set to evacuate more than 11,000 sailors who have been stranded in the...
Erling Haaland scored his second World Cup brace in a row as Norway beat Senegal 3-2 at New York New...
More than 5,300 people remain trapped in online scam centres in Myanmar near the Thai border, despite a multinational crackdown...
The United States Senate has passed a bill to pause President Donald Trump’s military campaign against Iran and seek congressional...
A merciless unbeaten 106 off 61 balls from captain Chamari Athapaththu sent Sri Lanka scorching to the target of 131...
After hectic double-headers and triple-headers, the Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 only has one game in store for us on...
The John De Silva Memorial Theatre, a Colombo landmark built in 1974 as a tribute to the playwright credited with the rise of Sinhala historical drama...
There have been instances where the Sri Lanka Standards Institution (SLSI) allowed the release of imported goods to the market prior to the issuance of test...
By Sonali Wijeratne A former Ministry Secretary (Mrs Dhara Wijayathilake) writes in The Island Opinion of 27th April 2022 of an imperative need for a Code...
By W.A.D.S. Gunasinghe Director General (Planning) Ministry of Transport Foreign exchange issue is at the core of the current economic crises in the country. A number...
Former Sri Lanka all-rounder Ruwan Kalpage has been appointed as Head Coach of Emerging team with former opening batsman Avishka Fernando taking over as Head Coach...
By Hiran H.Senewiratne The CSE gained for a second consecutive day yesterday reaffirming that investor sentiment has improved. This was due to high expectations of forthcoming...
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa told a group of Local Government members yesterday that his younger brother President Gotabaya had never asked him to step down and...
By Sanjeewa Jayaweera The Board of Directors of SriLankan Airlines (UL) was summoned before the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) on account of the controversy that...
By Ifham Nizam The Academics’ Movement to Safeguard Agriculture (AMSA) Sri Lanka, a concerned group of University academia, representing Faculties of Agriculture and Technology, yesterday stressed...
By Chitra Weerarathne The former Governor of the Central Bank has been re-noticed to appear before Colombo Additional Magistrate Harshana Kekunawela on 02 May in connection...
The Finance Ministry should find out whether import tax reductions on commodities, such as rice, are actually are benefiting the public, as intended, the members of...
By Sanath Nanayakkare Now that the people have realised the need to fight for their rights, they should make a holistic effort to push lawmakers to...
