Dr. Harsha points out masses are burdened with cascading taxes While online casinos and betting roam free without being taxed...
Apropos ‘Creditor receives USD 2.5 mn as Lankan public bears loss from theft of Treasury funds’, government sources told The Island that...
A discussion on the modernisation initiatives required within the Sri Lanka Customs and measures to encourage exporters in support of implementing the National Export Development Plan...
Shubman Gill recorded his ninth ODI century, Ishan Kishan scored his second, while Arshdeep Singh and Gurnoor Brar picked up three wickets each as India claimed...
Austria marked their return to the World Cup after a 28-year absence with a tense 3-1 win over debutants Jordan in their Group J opener on...
Ghana’s fans and players celebrated wildly as Caleb Yirenkyi finished a sweeping counterattack with a tap-in goal in the fifth minute of second-half stoppage time to...
Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson, Esmaeil Baghaei, has announced that a memorandum of understanding with the United States has been finalised and signed electronically by...
A game that began with the prospect of a chastening defeat for Pakistan at South Africa’s hands did, indeed, end in defeat, but that didn’t quite...
Australia gave themselves another significant net run-rate boost by dispatching Bangladesh with ease at Headingley, restricting them to 77 for 8 before chasing down the runs...
In overcast Headingley conditions, an all-round performance from Shafali Verma, who scored her first fifty at a T20 World Cup, then took 3 for 20, headlined...
WEATHER FORECAST FOR 18 JUNE 2026 Issued at 05.30 a.m. on 18 June 2026 by the Department of Meteorology Several spells of showers will occur in...
The NPP government is trying to maintain a balance between continuing demands for releasing north-east land held by the military and post-war security requirements, says Deputy...
Colombo Chief Magistrate Lahiru de Silva yesterday granted bail to Yoshitha Rajapaksa, second son of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, on three sureties of Rs. 5 million...
Expanding the use of electric vehicles (EVs) in Sri Lanka is not only vital for reducing the country’s dependence on costly fossil fuel imports but also...