Sri Lanka could face a serious electricity supply crisis if outstanding payments owed to renewable energy producers are not settled...
Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya told Parliament on Wednesday that the government was planning to reform the higher education sector...
The official welcoming ceremony for the President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and General Secretary of the Central Committee...
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has said it will conduct periodic checks on the IPL teams...
President To Lam, President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party...
It has been reported quoting the Police, that former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of SriLankan Airlines, Kapila Chandrasena, has been...
This series picks up from Bangladesh’s finest red-ball hour against arguably Pakistan’s bleakest one. Two years ago, Bangladesh came to...
The Iranian military has said it retaliated against United States Navy ships after US forces targeted an oil tanker in...
Warm Weather Advisory Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre Issued at 3.30 p.m. on 07 May 2026, valid...
Lucknow Super Giants’ (LSG) much-vaunted pace attack applied the skids on Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in a banana-peel clash at...
Two people in a serious condition who were evacuated from a cruise ship with a confirmed outbreak of deadly hantavirus...
The India and Zimbabwe women’s teams are all set to play an international fixture against each other for the first...
by Ifham Nizam Ceylon Petroleum Storage Terminals LTD Managing Director M. Uvais Mohamed yesterday resigned from his post, Energy Ministry officials said. Energy Minister Udaya Gammanpila had...
Part II By Jayantha Somasundaram (Continued from December 17) The Bangladesh Armed Forces, the Mukti Bahini, was created in April 1971 under Colonel Muhammad Ataul Goni...
Police have arrested seven persons, allegedly involved in various scams carried out via social media. The arrests were made during a raid at the JAIC Hilton...
‘We created this problem on our own’ State Minister Dr. Nalaka Godahewa says the government had caused a wholly unnecessary problem by trying to do away...
Foreign Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris has apprised Australian Minister for Home Affairs Karen Andrews of the ongoing review of policies and laws, including the Prevention of...
Gananath Obeyesekere, Stories and Histories, Sri Lankan pasts and the dilemmas of narrative representation (Sarasavi Publishers, Nugegoda, 2019) An introduction by Usvatte-aratchi Professor (Emeritus, Princeton) Gananath...
Rohan Wijeyaratna remembers Vijaya Malalasekera in this Saturday’s The Island. Book your copy now…
Asian Junior Chess Championships 2021 V.S. Rahul (2387) beat Sri Lanka National Chess Champion, Ranindu Liyanage as India further cemented their top position of the Asian...
by Liyanage Amarakeerthi (Lecture given at the 18th annual academic sessions of the Sri Lanka College of Psychiatrists On 16 December 2021 at Grand Kandyan Hotel,...
By Norman Palihawadane Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday said Jesus Christ had set a good example to the world by not hating even those who crucified...
Japan has provided a sum of US$ 88,819 (approx. Rs. 17.6 million) for a project to construct school buildings for resettled children in Northern Province under...
Air Force Commander Air Marshal Sudarshana Pathirana recemt;u handed over a MiG-27 fighter aircraft (MiGs comprising the famed No 10 squadron has been removed from active...
