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...
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...
The United States military is “striking very seriously against ISIS [ISIL] strongholds in Syria”, President Donald Trump said, a week...
Pakistan marched into the final of the Under 19 Asia Cup with a clinical eight wicket win over Bangladesh in...
Vihaan Malhotra and Aaron George’s patient half-centuries helped India beat Sri Lanka in a rain-reduced game and set up an...
Dasun Shanaka will be Sri Lanka’s T20I captain until the end of the forthcoming T20 World Cup. The move to...
In recognising the hard work and untiring dedication by the frontline health workers, SLT-MOBITEL announced the launch of ‘Suvaviru Upahara’, a free connectivity offer designed to...
‘How Parliament violated Standing Orders and Constitution in gazetting twice rejected controversial Bill’ By Shamindra Ferdinando The Federation of National Organisations (FNO) says the move to...
Despite being in its infancy, Sri Lanka`s fintech industry has made great strides over the years, and one of the biggest came last year with the...
The Island editorial centres around a story of stripping off the gold medal won by a Malaysian Shot Put winner, Ziyad Zolkefli, an intellectually disability player...
Sampath Bank became the first bank in Sri Lanka to present a Man of the Match award digitally at a cricket match, giving away a prize...
Amidst a simmering dispute between the US and China over the origins of Corona virus, Sri Lanka yesterday (8) said that the tracing process should be...
The historic speech quoting Buddha’s teaching to attain peace given by the then Sri Lankan Finance Minister J.R. Jayewardene on September 06, 1951, at the San...
By Rathindra Kuruwita The lockdown has had a positive impact on COVID control, Medical Technical Services Director Dr. Anwar Hamdani said yesterday. He said that a...
The complex question of terrorism insists on resurfacing in the public domain and it is not only the Taliban’s return to Afghanistan that has highlighted this...
…declares country in debt to the tune of USD 47 bn Minister of Energy Udaya Gammanpila has claimed that the USD 267 billion worth of oil...
The World Health Organization has urged countries in South Asia Region to enhance routine immunization along with the ongoing efforts to rapidly increase COVID-19 vaccination coverage....
Making much headway in the Doha scene is Rubeena Shabnam, from Sri Lanka. Her voice is heard on radio – Radio Suno Lanka – and she...
