The internationally recognized “Walk for Peace,” originating from the United States, is set to take place in Sri Lanka starting...
The World Bank Group and the Sri Lankan government on Thursday launched a new five-year country partnership framework to support...
Sameer Rizvi picked up his second Player-of-the-Match award in as many games in IPL 2026, this time scoring 90 off...
On the apparent northward relative motion of the sun, it is going to be directly over the latitudes of Sri...
Warm Weather Advisory Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre Issued at 3.30 p.m. on 04 April 2026, valid...
Iran has executed two men convicted of being members of the banned People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) opposition group,...
An earthquake in Afghanistan has killed eight members of the same family when their home collapsed in the Gosfand Dara...
Iraq’s qualification for the FIFA World Cup 2026 has completed the lineup of 48 nations for the tournament hosted by...
A total of 365 US service members have been wounded in action since the start of the US-Israeli war with...
The head of Italy’s football federation (FIGC) has resigned, falling on his sword after the men’s national team failed to...
Iranian forces have said they struck down two fighter jets belonging to the United States military, one over the southwest...
Nasa has shared the first high-resolution images of the Earth taken by the Artemis II crew as they head on...
Wednesday 24th November, 2021 Two Sri Lankan academics, in an article published in today’s Midweek Review section, discuss the vexed issue of brain drain affecting this...
Sri Lanka Signals Corps athlete Sachini Kaushalya improved her own Sri Lanka national record with a leap of 3.60 metres to win the women’s pole vault...
Government MP Weerasumana Weerasinghe has strongly criticised the failure on the part of those responsible to ensure a steady supply of fertiliser for tea cultivations. The...
By Ifham Nizam The Court of Appeal yesterday took up a public interest litigation pertaining to the allegedly illegal gazette pertaining to 15 illegally captured elephants....
The Navy has briefed the new Governor of the Northern Province Jeevan Theagarajah on the continuing problem of poaching by the Indian fishing fleet. The briefing...
Chandradasa Nanayakkara’s piece on Buddhism (The Island, 18/11) fails to mention the sense of altruism that had been lodged deeply in human psychology (and for that...
Particularly since the 1970s, University students could be seen on the road clamouring for social justice and against, all sorts of inequalities. But most of them,...
The Government Medical Officers Associations (GMOA) yesterday urged the Director General of Health Services, Dr. Asela Gunawardane to take action against an organisation, named ‘Coalition to...
The Climate Summit in Scotland had many ambitious goals; countries were asked to come forward with strong emission-reduction targets to reach net zero carbon emissions by...
By Rathindra Kuruwita There are only two consultant nephrologists attached to the National Nephrology Hospital, Polonnaruwa despite having an approved cadre of 10 consultants with various...
by Rasanjalie Kularathne and Dr.Manoj Samarathunga “I’m not happy to live in Sri Lanka” – a housewife “I can earn more money if I go abroad”...
By Chitra Weerarathne The Supreme Court yesterday (23) gave the respondents, cited in the fundamental rights violation petition filed by Diana Gamage, Samagi Jana Balavegaya National...
