NATA to be given more powers The Parliamentary Sectoral Oversight Committee on Health, Mass Media and Women’s Empowerment has agreed...
The hunger strike launched by a group of Development Officers demanding their absorption into the teacher service entered its fourth...
Former Sri Lanka allrounder Shehan Jayasuriya is set to make his USA debut at the 2026 T20 World Cup. The...
Time for the real quiz. As pleasing as it was for Harry Brook and Brendon McCullum to win a rare...
Viran Chamuditha’s 94-ball 110 helped Sri Lanka Under 19 chase 262 and keep their hopes of qualifying for the semi-finals...
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...
The writing was on the wall for Sri Lanka in their World Cup warm-up game against Bangladesh in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday when they were reduced...
The Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) in association with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) joined stock exchanges from around the world to Ring the Bell for...
In December 1949, my parents, Teddy and Fernie, travelled to Ranna in the deep south, to spend the Christmas holidays with Eddie and Bridget (Bee) Wambeek....
Ex-IPKF officer here as Army Chief Indian High Commission in Colombo says Chief of the Indian Army Staff General Manoj Mukund Naravane’s visit underscores Sri Lanka...
By Shamindra Ferdinando The Presidential Media Division (PMD) on the afternoon of Oct. 06, 2021 released a letter (PS/LAD/1/9/2021(iii)) Attorney-at-Law Harigupta Rohanadeera, Director General (Legal) President’s...
by Rex Clementine When England cricket bosses discussed the idea of T-20 cricket as a third form of the game in 2003, they would have never...
By Saman Indrajith The European Union delegation that visited the country recently to review the GSP Plus facility granted to Sri Lanka observed that the incumbent...
A. Baur & Co. (Pvt.) Ltd., widely known as Baurs, a diversified business group and one of the pioneering innovators in agriculture in Sri Lanka, recently...
‘Ever-increasing demand for corrugated carton products’ By Hiran H.Senewiratne Ex-Pack Corrugated Cartons Ltd. will go for an Initial Public Offering (IPO) which is to be closed...
Award-winning construction entity, International Construction Consortium (ICC) has extended their hassle-free rental management service to their latest project, Oceanfront Condominiums, Galle to pave the way for...
By Chitra Weerarathne The Supreme Court on Monday (11) granted leave to proceed with the fundamental rights violation petition filed by Assad Sally. Arguments were fixed...
Congratulations to the Editorial staff of The Island, who keep bringing up “unpalatable facts” to make the “Authorities”, somewhat uneasy. Several recent editorials have not minced...
