… hands over proposal asking for PSC probe into govt.’s lapses Opposition and SJB leader Sajith Premadasa yesterday accused the...
Sri Lanka Army Engineers have restored essential connectivity following the collapse of the Nayaru main bridge in Mullaitivu, which was...
Pakistan marched into the final of the Under 19 Asia Cup with a clinical eight wicket win over Bangladesh in...
Vihaan Malhotra and Aaron George’s patient half-centuries helped India beat Sri Lanka in a rain-reduced game and set up an...
Dasun Shanaka will be Sri Lanka’s T20I captain until the end of the forthcoming T20 World Cup. The move to...
GovPay, Sri Lanka’s Government Digital Payment Platform concluded the year 2025 by surpassing Rs. 2 billion in total digital transaction...
Devon Conway brought up a double-century and pushed New Zealand into such a strong position in Mount Maunganui that they...
At times during the first half of the third day at Adelaide Oval, England threatened to keep their Ashes hopes...
The landslide early warning center of the National Building Research Organisation [NBRO] has extended the landslide early warnings issued to...
TikTok’s Chinese owner ByteDance has signed binding agreements with US and global investors for the majority of its business in...
Violence has erupted in Bangladesh following the death of a prominent leader of the youth movement that ousted former Prime...
In support of relief efforts for communities affected by the Ditwah cyclone, Gift Sri Lanka Foundation and the Georgia Buddhist...
As a future-ready brand, vivo is continuously pushing the boundaries of innovation since it came to Sri Lanka in 2017. It has closely followed the evolution...
By Chandre Dharmawardana, Canada Mr. I. C. P. Mendis, writing to The Island (“The organic deal – killing two birds with one stone”, 15-05-21) proposes to...
SL COVID-19 epidemiological trend bleak By Sajitha Prematunge From 200 to 300 positive cases, in mid-April, to over 3,000, in mid-May, the number of COVID-19 positive...
By Rathindra Kuruwita The best way to address misinformation about SARS-CoV-2 is by being transparent, Public Health Inspectors’ Union (PHIU) head Upul Rohana said yesterday commenting...
Lord Michael Naseby on Wednesday (19) questioned why wartime dispatches from Colombo-based UK Defence Attaché Lt. Col. Anthony Gash had been heavily censored, if both the...
By Saman Indrajith Colombo Port City Economic Commission Bill was passed in parliament yesterday with a majority of 91 votes. The bill received 149 votes in...
SriLankan Airlines and Boeing, the leading aerospace company in the USA signed a collaboration MOU in Colombo, Sri Lanka recently. The new agreement would enable both...
Recently, I have seen some whinges emanating from the Pearl about the so-called rich countries hoarding large stocks of vaccines and not giving them to the...
The Director-General of the Sri Lanka Tourism Develop Authority has given the thumbs up sign to the Director General of Health and IGP to allow foreign...
The Select Committee of Parliament to Identify Appropriate Reforms of the Election Laws and the Electoral System and to Recommend Necessary Amendments requests the public and...
by Usvatte-aratchi We seem to face a complicated set of problems in handling the epidemic Covid-19 in our country. The infection rate is well above 1....
Barrier Breakers Sumanthiran Navaratnam a.k.a. Summa Navaratnam had a penchant to break records. Being a nonagenarian itself is a record. He is 96 years old and...
