‘Bar Association must reveal its stand’ Civil society group ‘Free Lawyers’ has requested Chief Justice Preethi Padman Surasena to probe...
The Canadian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka and the Maldives, Isabelle Martin over the last weekend met representatives of the...
Three prison guards attached to the Welikada Prison have been arrested by Borella Police following the death of an inmate...
Spanish police have seized what is thought to be a national record haul of cocaine from a ship in the...
Three people have died and a UK national is seriously ill in hospital after a suspected hantavirus outbreak on a...
President Donald Trump says the US struck seven Iranian “fast boats” after vowing to help stranded vessels out of the...
There were smiles at last for Mumbai Imdians (MI) on a night that hadn’t looked promising when Nicholas Pooran’s fireworks...
Warm Weather Advisory Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre Issued at 3.30 p.m. on 04 May 2026, valid...
President of the Maldives, Dr Mohamed Muizzu, who is on a State Visit to Sri Lanka at the invitation of...
For years, India’s West Bengal state was the great exception to Narendra Modi’s political advance. His Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)...
The top half of the IPL 2026 points table is an utter logjam.Punjab Kings (PBKS), unbeaten through their first seven...
Varun Chakravarthy and Sunil Narine thrived on a slower-than-usual Hyderabad pitch to halt Sunrisers Hyderabad’s five-match winning streak in IPL...
By Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka Just weeks before turning 65, the age at which a third vaccine is mandatory in many countries, my first memory remains clear....
Sal Salgado, who we featured last week, says he is working on another original and, hopefully, may even try his luck at winning his fourth Global...
The leading blue-chip conglomerate, Aitken Spence PLC reported an impressive growth of 388% from its earnings before interest expense, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) of Rs....
By Shamindra Ferdinando A bald-headed person, seated in a corner chair, in the deserted The Island editorial, looked at the writer as he entered the office....
External sector performance – Sept. 2021 Merchandise trade deficit narrowed to US dollars 495 million in September 2021, compared to US dollars 525 million in September...
by Jehan Perera Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has informed Parliament that the draft constitution will be finalised by the end of the year. An expert committee...
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....
By Norman Palihawadane A special operation conducted by the Navy in the seas off Sandbanks, Talaimannar, yesterday morning, led to the apprehension of three suspects aboard...
Tuesday 16th November, 2021 Being in print for four long decades is no mean achievement for any newspaper. The Island passes that milestone, today. Ours has...
By Prabhath Withana Customs officers yesterday nabbed a Tunisian national at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) with a stock of cocaine with a street value of...
By Panduka Karunanayake In a country steadily sliding downstream for six-and-a-half decades, The Island has been swimming upstream for four. As a reincarnation of our nation’s...
By Dew Gunasekara The period of 40 years since the birth of The Island covers, both globally and domestically, dramatic and far-reaching eventful developments. The Island,...
