Minister of Foreign Affairs, Vijitha Herath, held talks with Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Andrey Rudenko at the Foreign Ministry,...
Police yesterday arrested 157 foreign nationals in connection with an alleged organised online financial scam, conducted from a hotel in...
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...
With the US-Israeli war with Iran waging on, the White House earlier announced that it will ask the US Congress...
Punjab are the Kings of 200 plus chases in the IPL. They’d done it eight times before Friday night, and...
Warm Weather Advisory Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre Issued at 3.30 p.m. on 03 April 2026, valid...
The Island was not started solely to cater to the people’s right to be informed. Promoting the national interest was also one of its main objectives....
Cambridge days by A. C. Visvalingam Some time in late 1955 or early 1956, I was planning to abandon a course in Agricultural Engineering that I...
by Ajith Samaranayake Between Sri Lanka’s 35th independence anniversary and his birthday Upali Wijewardene boarded his executive Lear Jet at Kuala Lumpur and in a single...
We fondly remember our founder Mr.Upali Wijewadene and his successor as our Chairman Dr. Seevali Ratwatte, who steered the Upali Group through some of the most...
BY ARJUNA HULUGALLE From the moment I met Upali Wijewardene, and that was at the age of five in the baby class at Ladies’ College, Colombo,...
About Ourselves We love this land. That is why the newspaper which is born today is called “The Island”. We are modest people but we believe...
BY RANJIT WIJEWARDENE Dynastically Upali Wijewardene could have chosen to wear the mantle of his paternal uncle, D.R. Wijewardene, the newspaperman, or follow the role model...
Some personal recollections BY NANDA GODAGE I returned to Sri Lanka in 1979 from a tour of duty in the Philippines and reassumed duties at the...
In an exclusive interview with the Sunday Island, film maker Asoka Handagama shares the story behind his latest film- Alborada (The Dawning of the Day) inspired...
ECONOMYNEXT – Northern and Eastern provinces saw the highest attendance of students, teachers, and principals when schools were reopened for the first time in six months,...
by Kumar David The Scandinavian countries are held up as models of social democracy. The distribution of wealth and after-tax income is more egalitarian than elsewhere,...
by Dr Nihal D Amerasekera The Victoria Memorial Eye and Ear Hospital with its imposing architecture is an iconic landmark in Colombo. It faces the Lipton...
