Drug controversy: “Setting up state-of-the-art drug testing facility will cost Rs 5 billion” Activists call for legal action against politicians,...
Air quality in Sri Lanka has deteriorated in recent days, with Air Quality Index (AQI) levels rising, particularly in the...
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...
Health staff of the Vavuniya Teaching Hospital held a demonstration on Wednesday urging the government to take immediate action to prevent the spread of COVID-19. They...
Monetary Policy Review: No. 06 – August 2021 The Monetary Board of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, at its meeting held on 18 August 2021,...
By Dinasena Ratugamage Jaffna Mayor Vishwalingam Maniwannan held discussions with health and security officers in Jaffna on 17 August to have restrictions currently in force relaxed...
By Rathindra Kuruwita Leaders of 10 constituent parties of the government yesterday asked the President to lockdown the country for three weeks and establish an all-party...
The trip had been on my mind for a long time. The trick was to find a matching dullard to come along. Wild goose chasers these...
World Junior Athletics Championships by Reemus Fernando Susantha Fernando, the coach who trained 16-year-old Tharushi Karunaratne to qualify for the World Junior Athletics Championship believes...
By Dinasena Ratugamage TNA leader R. Sampanthan told journalists yesterday that he had sent a letter to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa requesting an appointment to discuss various...
Despite challenging times due to COVID, Sri Lanka Cricket is continuing the ongoing Invitational T-20 league at Pallekele. The games that were set to be played...
By Hiran H.Senewiratne Stock market trading was positive during the morning session yesterday but later investors panicked and profit-takings were noted when the Central Bank announced...
Newly appointed Foreign Minister Prof. G.L Peiris assumed duties at the Ministry yesterday (18). Minister of Education Dinesh Gunawardena, who held the Foreign Affairs portfolio previously,...
The Island is deeply saddened to announce the demise of one of its veteran journalists. Suresh Perera, 59, was a colossus when it came to both...
Provincial Councils and Local Government Affairs State Minister Roshan Ranasinghe has launched a project to set up 50 e-libraries immediately to supplement online education of schoolchildren...
