The Sri Lanka Aviation Unit operating under the United Nations (UN) mandate in the Central African Republic (CAR) has successfully...
Sri Lanka will mark National Safety Day today (26) with countrywide religious observances, a national moment of silence and the...
The Bangladesh Cricket Board took over the ownership rights of Chattogram Royals for the remainder of the Bangladesh Premier League...
Prime Minister Dr Harini Amarasuriya in her Christmas message, called upon everyone to uphold the true meaning of Christmas following...
A quick glance at the head to head record is enough to show the gulf between India and Sri Lanka...
With the objective of enhancing the living conditions of the agricultural community and increasing the contribution of the agricultural sector...
The Ministry of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education has entered into agreements with Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation General Limited...
20 Consultancy Boards have been established by now covering the production industries field with the objective of minimizing the policy...
The BCCI has raised the match fees in women’s domestic cricket, from INR 20,000 to INR 50,000 per day, for...
Gede Priandana, Indonesia’s 28-year-old right-arm quick bowler, has become the first to pick up five wickets in an over in...
Australia captain Pat Cummins won’t feature again in the Ashes and there is uncertainty about whether he will be available...
United States President Donald Trump has issued a new warning to Nicolas Maduro, saying “it would be smart” for the...
By Jehan Perera The US government has decided to include Sri Lanka as one of the countries to which it will donate the excess stock...
Minister Johnston Fernando with Premier Mahinda Rajapaksa at the inauguration of the road development project. Chief Government Whip and Highways Minister Johnston Fernando yesterday (7) said...
The writer’s article last week on fundamental rights issues in Grade 1 admissions provoked some discussion, going by the several emails received. A senior lawyer who...
Tuesday 8th June, 2021 The government has had to give public health priority over everything else and extend the current countrywide lockdown to prevent the spread...
BY KAUSHALYA HERATH Recent socio-political debates in Sri Lanka on higher education suggest that universities are being viewed as neo-liberal institutions set up to produce human...
By Ifham Nizam Extreme weather pattern causing floods and landslides countrywide had claimed the lives of 19 people, while five others were injured, the Disaster Management...
‘The best option available is to use a mixture of both synthetic and carbonic fertilizers, benefiting from their advantages to help farmers increase the agricultural output.’...
By Rathindra Kuruwita Garment factories had been hotbeds for the spread of COVID-19 and there was a need for government labs to conduct PCR tests in...
An SLAF Cessna 150 made an emergency landing at Irrakkandy, north of Nilaveli yesterday (7) due to some technical fault. A senior official told The Island...
The sick fisherman being transferred by SLN personnel in personnel protection clothing (pic courtesy Navy media) The Navy brought ashore a critically ill fisherman and rushed...
Says potential investors can connect directly with policymakers at the highest level President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said yesterday that he and his government are deeply committed to...
The event encouraged SMEs to understand the availability of an alternative method to raise capital The Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) recently initiated a series of virtual...
