Death toll hits 627, over 2.17 mn affected across 25 districts The Disaster Management Centre (DMC) has issued fresh landslide...
In a massive nationwide crackdown under the Ratama Ekata (A Nation United) Drug Prevention Programme, police have taken 35,855 drug...
A powerful earthquake has struck off Japan’s coast, triggering a tsunami alert, according to local media reports. An initial report...
Residents on both sides of Thailand’s and Cambodia’s border evacuated in droves on Monday as fresh clashes erupted, killing at...
New Zealand’s bowling spearhead Matt Henry (calf strain), seam-bowling allrounder Nathan Smith (side strain) and spin-bowling allrounder Mitchell Santner (groin...
The Level III RED landslide warnings issued to the districts of Kandy, Kegalle, Kurunegala and Matale by the landslide early...
A special District Coordinating Committee meeting, convened to review the damage caused to the agricultural sector in the Nuwara Eliya...
UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer will host Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in London today [Monday] amid a continuing deadlock...
The President emphasised that no room will be given in the future for unauthorised constructions and that the laws relating...
The Situation Report issued by the Disaster Management Center at 0600hrs on 8th December 3035 confirms that 627 persons have...
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake instructed officials to prepare the farmers in the Anuradhapura District whose paddy cultivation was destroyed due...
The Landslide Early Warning Center of the National Building Research Organisation [NBRO] has extended the RED landslide early warnings issued...
Sri Lanka’s most sought-after higher education institute – the University of Colombo – celebrates its centenary this year. Senior Professor Premakumara de Silva, Former Dean, Faculty...
Aitken Spence PLC and the Aitken Spence Hotel Holdings PLC emerge in the top 10 Most Awarded by LMD. Aitken Spence is the only Group that...
… refers to a certain CJ Sarath Nanda’s ruling By Saman Indrajith Chief Opposition Whip Kandy District MP Lakshman Kiriella told Parliament yesterday that MP Ranjan...
The subjects of `Gerontology’, a scientific study of old age and the process of ageing of old people and `Geriatric’ a subject related to the medical...
National Savings Bank (NSB) has been able to further expand its remittance service NSB U -Trust by joining hands with RIA Money Transfer, a leading and...
Sixteen-year-old Chathurya Nilaweera continued to turn tables on senior players when he paired Thehan Wijemanne to win the men’s doubles title against fancied Yasitha de Silva...
By Ifham Nizam Plans are underway to install hybrid renewable energy systems to provide clean electricity to the islands of Nagadeepa, Delft and Analativu in the...
SLT-MOBITEL, the national ICT solutions provider, celebrated the Thai Pongal festival on of January 13 at the Talawakelle – Great Western Sri Muthu Mari Amman Temple,...
By Saman Indrajith Women and Child Development, Pre-School and Primary Education, School Infrastructure and Education Services State Minister Piyal Nishantha ingested, Dhammika Peniya touted as the...
By PROF. ROHAN RAJAPAKSE Emeritus Professor of Entomology, University of Ruhuna This is a continuation of the previous article written by me, published in The Island...
Archbishop of Colombo Rt. Rev. Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith yesterday (20) said that destruction of public property couldn’t be condoned under any circumstances. Taking part in the...
Believe me, this question pops up quite frequently, from my readers, especially when they check out social media, and also watch the news on TV. We...
