Environment Minister Dammika Patabedi said yesterday he had ordered an inquiry into the withdrawal of China-based Amber Adventures (Private) Ltd.,...
Balangoda Kassapa Thero, held in Trincomalee remand prison over alleged violations of the Coastal Conservation Act, reportedly refused meals yesterday...
A court in South Korea has sentenced the country’s former president, Yoon Suk Yeol, to five years in jail after...
West Indies kickstarted their campaign at the 2026 Men’s U19 World Cup with a drubbing of Tanzania for the first...
Five-time champions India began their 2026 Men’s Under-19 World Cup campaign with a six wicket win (via DLS) over United...
A fired-up UP Warriorz (UPW) side breathed some life into their WPL 2026 campaign by earning their first points of...
The Bangladesh Cricket Board has removed Nazmul Islam as chairman of the board’s finance committee, following the CWAB’s player boycott...
A crane collapse has killed two people on the outskirts of Thailand’s capital Bangkok, one day after a falling crane...
India has shut down a medical college in Indian-administered Kashmir in an apparent capitulation to protests by right-wing Hindu groups...
Singapore’s Leader of the Opposition in parliament, Pritam Singh, has been stripped of his title by the prime minister following...
The Bangladesh Cricket Board has issued a show cause notice to its director M Nazmul Islam over his “objectionable comments”...
Sadio Mane fired Senegal into the final of the Africa Cup of Nations with a 1-0 victory over seven-time winners...
I was intrigued reading the views of an MP where she seems to believe that the old iron bridges, built by the British throughout Sri Lanka,...
By ROHANA R. WASALA It was recently reported in the media (e. g. The Island/Monday, July 19, 2021) that Public Security Minister Rear Admiral (Retd) Sarath...
The passenger Vessel ‘Vadatharaki’, repaired by the Sri Lanka Navy, resumed its operations between Punguduthivu and Delft Islands recently. The SLN said the passage between the...
By Dinasena Ratugamage Members of the Tamil National People’s Front (TNPF) on Tuesday (27) held a demonstration opposite the Jaffna bus stand, asking the government to...
By I. P.C. MENDIS Neighbouring big brother India has gone through many “five-year plans” very successfully since its Independence. Such planning has been and is being undertaken...
COVID-19 pandemic is one of the most defining moments of our times and it has upended normal life and established systems across the globe with devastating...
Politicians should let the doctors and experts to decide matters pertaining to the professorial unit of the Wayamba University’s Medical Faculty since it was not a...
Piramal Glass Ceylon PLC reported its results for the quarter ended 30th June 2021, with a turnover of Rs. 1876 mn as against Rs. 1,330 mn...
…relief for 540,000 State Minister of Production, Supply and Regulation of Pharmaceuticals, Prof Channa Jayasumana, told The Island that Sri Lanka would receive the long delayed shipment of 728,460...
By Kusum Wijetilleke (kusumw@gmail.com) Twitter: @kusumw Ahnaf Jazeem and Hejaaz Hizbullah find themselves thrust as symbols of Sri Lanka’s latest contentions with that most delicate of...
By Jude Denzil Pathiraja The Officer In-Charge of the Community Police Unit of Colombo North Range, Chief Inspector Abeysinghe, yesterday, said they were taking steps to...
In Iran and Cuba the people are both angry and hungry and they are thrusting their fingers at their rulers as being primarily responsible for their...
