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...
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...
United States President Donald Trump has said he has received assurances that the killings of anti-government protesters in Iran have...
By Rathindra Kuruwita The government tarnished the reputation of the country by forcefully taking people from the court complex, in broad daylight, against court orders, General...
BR receives MR’s Finance portfolio By Shamindra Ferdinando Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday (8) gave up his finance portfolio to accommodate founder of the ruling Sri...
The media, both print and electronic, are agog with news re the sudden ban on importation of chemical fertilisers including agro-chemicals to this country for the...
By Dinasena Ratugamage A politician from the East was trying to become the leader of the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) by creating issues among its MPs,...
By Shamindra Ferdinando Energy Minister Udaya Gammanpila says the government hadn’t discussed the possibility of reducing fuel prices though there was a spate of statements regarding...
The Mullaitivu police, on Wednesday, night arrested six persons for destroying a businessman’s car at Selvapuram. The gang burnt the vehicle on 28 June as the...
Text and pictures by PRIYAN DE SILVA Addressing the media in Colombo on Thursday, Sakunthala Kadiragamar representing the Civil Society Collective for Covid19 Response called upon...
By Saman Indrajith Public Security Minister Rear Admiral Sarath Weerasekera told Parliament yesterday that it was unfair to blame the entire police force for the sins...
By SENA THORADENIYA This is an afterword to Dr. G. Usvatte-aratchi’s article, “Sinhala Surnames” published in The Island Sat Mag of 3 July 2021. The Concise...
Pandemonium outside court A tense situation arose near the Colombo Magistrate’s Court complex when police yesterday tried to take 33 people, including Ceylon Teachers Union (CTU)...
With the vision of becoming the preferred Digital Education partner for the academic institutions in Sri Lanka, Dialog Enterprise the corporate solutions arm of Dialog Axiata...
By Hiran H.Senewiratne CSE activities were positive most of yesterday but during the last hour this positive momentum slackened because stock market investors did not turn...
