The NPP government is trying to maintain a balance between continuing demands for releasing north-east land held by the military...
Colombo Chief Magistrate Lahiru de Silva yesterday granted bail to Yoshitha Rajapaksa, second son of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, on...
The United States provided details of the 14-point memorandum of understanding it reached with Iran on Wednesday. Neither has released...
Scotland take on West Indies in Leeds at 18:30 local time (17:30 GMT) in Group 2 of the Women’s T20...
Moscow has come under the largest Ukrainian attack since the start of the full-scale war, with close to 200 drones...
Oil prices have dropped following the United States and Iran’s signing of an interim peace agreement, resuming a slide interrupted...
Leaders of the G7 have pledged at a summit in France to strengthen Ukraine’s air defences and increase pressure on...
Ghana’s fans and players celebrated wildly as Caleb Yirenkyi finished a sweeping counterattack with a tap-in goal in the fifth...
Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson, Esmaeil Baghaei, has announced that a memorandum of understanding with the United States has...
A game that began with the prospect of a chastening defeat for Pakistan at South Africa’s hands did, indeed, end...
Australia gave themselves another significant net run-rate boost by dispatching Bangladesh with ease at Headingley, restricting them to 77 for...
In overcast Headingley conditions, an all-round performance from Shafali Verma, who scored her first fifty at a T20 World Cup,...
Munchee the flagship brand of Ceylon Biscuits Limited (CBL) was crowned ‘Best Sri Lankan Brand Exporter of the Year” at the 29th Annual NCE Export Awards...
In a recent editorial, The Island editor recalled a statement by former MP Ranjan Ramanayake that they are all friends, meaning that these politicians of all...
Sri Lanka girls’ team comprising of Dinara de Silva, Arushi Thomas, Gehansa Methnadi and Oneli Samarawickrama beat their Nepali counterparts 3-0 to conclude the campaign of...
The TNA and the GTF, in a joint statement issued in Colombo and London over the weekend, declared that they looked forward to directly engaging the...
Premium Ceylon Tea brand Basilur Tea took home two prestigious awards at the recently held SLIM Brand Excellence 2021, with Basilur Tea winning the Gold award...
In its new CSR initiative, Ceylinco General Insurance commenced a programme to distribute clothes for free to people in need of clothing and to those who...
Kusal Mendis rediscovered his sublime touch as Sri Lanka’s misfiring batting order belatedly emerged from Australia’s stranglehold with a consolation five-wicket victory at the MCG to avoid...
Move to attract Colombo Port City to American and foreign entrepreneurs Two Washington-based senior officials of the South & Central Asia Division of the Commercial Law...
fuel shortage: CPC unwilling to release oil By Ifham Nizam The national grid is without 270MW from the West Coast Power Plant, 170MW from the Kelanitissa...
BY SHIHAR ANEEZ ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka should enter an deal with the International Monetary Fund, Petroleum Minister Udaya Gammanpila said as forex shortages delayed oil...
Text and Pix by Sujeeva Nivunhella in London A service of evening prayers was held at the Westminster Abbey last week to mark the occasion of the 74th Anniversary of...
Election talk has once more entered the political space with news reports last week speculating, rightly or wrongly we do not know, of various politicians talking...
