The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) has directed owners of large-scale rooftop solar systems to temporarily disconnect their installations for a...
The cost of preparing a traditional kevili table for the Sinhala and Tamil New Year has risen by 7 per...
The toss is crucial in night matches at Wankhede Stadium with a true flat pitch and dew giving the chasing...
Prasidh Krishna is beginning to make a mark at IPL 2026. Three nights after his clever slower bouncer to David...
Warm Weather Advisory Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre Issued at 3.30 p.m. on 12 April 2026, valid...
On the apparent northward relative motion of the sun, it is going to be directly over the latitudes of Sri...
The Pakistan Navy Ship (PNS) TAIMUR and ASLAT arrived at the Port of Colombo on a goodwill visit on 12...
Sanju Samson’s first century for Chennai Super Kings (CSK) set up the team’s first win in IPL 2026 and their...
Punjab Kings trumped Sunrisers Hyderabad in a battle of explosive top orders, chasing down 220 with more than an an...
Warm Weather Advisory Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre at 3.30 p.m. on 11 April 2026, valid for...
On the apparent northward relative motion of the sun, it is going to be directly over the latitudes of Sri...
On Tuesday, from a balcony in Lima’s historic San Martin Square, Ricardo Belmont — who, at 80, is Peru’s oldest...
Colombo International Container Terminals (CICT) has continued its winning streak on the global stage by winning the award for the ‘Best Container Terminal in Asia’ in...
Digital transformation world series global event TM Forum’s Catalyst Awards recognize the world’s leading companies for their outstanding proof-of-concept solutions to challenges facing communications service providers...
by Norman Palihawadane A policeman, attached to the Eravur Police, has been interdicted for assaulting two motorcyclists in Batticaloa. The incident was captured on video, which...
Flagrant violations largely ignored during restrictions ECONOMYNEXT – The ongoing inter-provincial travel ban will be lifted on October 31, the national COVID-19 prevention task force said,...
By Nimal Welgama It’s hard to capture in a few words the flavour of Upali Wijewardene, the founder the Upali Group, who tragically went out of...
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...
