Sri Lanka could not have asked for a better start to their Under-19 World Cup campaign, as their openers all...
Police have stepped up their crackdown on organised crime, after securing Interpol Red Notices for 95 suspects believed to be hiding...
Smriti Mandhana became the ninth player to enter the 90s in the WPL. For a large part of her knock,...
Vaibhav Sooriyawanshi scored 72 at better than a run a ball, and took an agile catch at the boundary at...
Torrential rains have killed more than 100 people across Southern Africa, forcing mass evacuations and rescue operations as authorities warn...
A 119-run partnership between MegLanning and Phoebe Litchfield set up a second successive win for UP Warriorz (UPW) against Mumbai...
President Yoweri Museveni has been declared the winner of Thursday’s election extending his four decades in power by another five...
Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has accused the US and Donald Trump of being responsible for “casualties, damage and...
President Donald Trump has named former British Prime Minister Tony Blair to his so-called “Board of Peace”, which is expected...
The ICC has decided to send officials to Dhaka this weekend to meet the BCB’s top brass in a bid...
Steven Hogan’s century, which included a 186-run stand with Nitesh Samuel, helped Australia brush aside Ireland for an eight wicket...
England Under 19s 210 in 46.5 overs (Ben Dawkins 33, Caleb Falconer 66; Ali Raza 2-36, Ahmed Hussain 3-38, Abdul...
Two ships carrying 140 tons arriving in Colombo today and tomorrow BY S VENKAT NARAYAN Our Special Correspondent NEW DELHI, August 21: Sri Lanka has bought...
Dr Sarala Fernando In today’s world of the Covid pandemic and climate change disasters, the increase of human violence is seen in the many family murders...
* Another Pathbreaking Innovation from the Bank That Gave Sri Lanka Its First ATMs ~ * Customers of All Banks in Sri Lanka Can Withdraw Cash...
The “rural energy crisis” has been receiving increasing attention from development policy makers because it affects the very survival of the vast majority of the world’s...
DR. DAYAN JAYATILLEKA In April 1978 in Afghanistan, a pro-Soviet Communist Party effected a revolutionary seizure of power for the first time since world communism suffered...
By Sanath Nanayakkare Minister of Tourism Prasanna Ranatunga in a letter to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has proposed several steps that parliamentarians, public and private sector employees...
BY S VENKAT NARAYAN Our Special Correspondent NEW DELHI, August 21: Esala Weerakoon, the 14th SAARC Secretary General, visited India on his customary introductory, visit during...
Nearly ten years ago when I first stepped into the Island editorial, it was Suresh Perera who warmly greeted me and directed me to the offices...
by Dr. Ruwantissa Abeyratne Compulsory vaccination is anchored on two propositions: the vaccines concerned must be formally approved by the authorities of a particular jurisdiction; there...
An invitation to write a review for the new book by Rajiva is a reason for immense joy. Seeing activity from Rajiva after nearly a decade,...
Delays in the issuance of licenses due to the prevailing Covid-19 epidemic may make it difficult to obtain the required raw materials for development projects and...
Nawalapitiya, Sri Lanka – The Merrill J. Fernando High Dependency Care Facility was inaugurated on August 16 at the, Nawalapitiya District General Hospital. The facility, costing...
