The countrywide Local Government (LG) election concluded at 4 pm yesterday (06) without serious incidents. Voting began at 7 am...
Having voted at Abeysinharamaya, Panchikawatte, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake declared that the NPP would comfortably win Tuesday’s local government polls....
As the Election Commission (EC) finalised arrangements for the conduct of the Local Government polls today (06), election watchdog PAFFREL has accused Prime Minister Dr. Harini...
The College of Cardinals will gather beneath Michelangelo’s frescoed ceiling at the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday, tasked with the solemn duty of choosing a successor to...
A group of non-governmental organisations and their linked individuals have urged President Anura Kumara Dissanayakaye to withdraw the Personal Data Protection Act (amendment) Bill (Data Protection...
The Institute of Chemistry Ceylon (IChemC) has called applications for its two flagship Chemistry programmes: the Bachelor of Science Honours (BSc Hons) degree in Chemical Science...
Tuesday 6th May, 2025 Elections to 339 local government (LG) institutions are set to take place today––at long last. The terms of the local councils, which...
Former SLPP Matara District parliamentarian Weerasumana Weerasinghe (Communist Party) said that former Pohottuwa seniors representing the Matara District had shed their differences to field combined groups...
I refer to the editorial of The Island, dated 24.04 2025, under the title ‘Good governance: Pie in the sky?’ and the article of Dr. Upul...
The Commonwealth may offer ‘a glimpse of hope for Sri Lanka to overcome effects of US tariffs’, says former chairman, British- Sri Lanka Chamber of Commerce,...
The fall of Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City – HCM) on 30 April 1975 marked the end of Vietnam’s decades-long struggle for liberation—first against French...
If not for its huge impact on our people, Astrology could be dismissed as a harmless indulgence. It is popularly understood as being based on the...
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) investigating the suicide of second-year student Charith Dilshan (23) of the Department of Engineering Technology at the Sabaragamuwa University on April...
St. Servatius’ College all-rounder Viran Chamuditha and St. John’s College Jaffna speedster Kugathas Mathulan picked up three wickets each as Sri Lanka Under 19s pulled off...