… calls for modernising Inland Revenue Dept. Opposition and SJB Leader Sajith Premadasa yesterday criticised the government’s proposed amendments to the Inland...
Adverse weather conditions prevailing across the country have severely affected 3,475 persons belonging to 1,113 families in seven districts, according...
Punjab Kings’ (PBKS) playoff chances took a serious beating after they lost their fifth game in a row, this time...
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has been named in a 15-member India ‘A’ squad for the forthcoming one-day tri-series in Sri Lanka, scheduled...
Saudi Arabia is set to host its first franchise league later this year, with the ‘Dunes League T20’ due to...
After back-to-back ducks in his last two innings, Virat Kohli showed most emphatically that he had merely been out of...
A Special Coordination Committee meeting for the Badulla District was held on Wednesday (13) afternoon at the Badulla District Secretariat...
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake emphasised that both the political authority and public officials have a responsibility to ensure that the...
US President Donald Trump lands in Beijing for a high-stakes two-day visit with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. The red...
Kagiso Rabada and Mohommed Siraj could have been wearing their Test whites. By the end of the powerplay, they had...
The UK has said it will contribute drones, fighter jets and a warship to a joint mission aimed at safeguarding...
Jess Phillips, a high-profile Labour minister, has quit in protest as Prime Minister Keir Starmer refuses to heed growing calls...
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...
by PRIYAN DE SILVA Figures released by the Ministry of Fisheries indicate that 2021 is going to be a record year for the export of fish...
Chagall , the hair and grooming destination has come up with a new year’s eve bonanza for its clients which is guaranteed to have everyone heading...
