Parliament proceedings were disrupted yesterday when Opposition MPs staged a protest demanding an immediate debate on the delay in filling...
Climate change, pollution, deforestation and water degradation are no longer abstract environmental concerns but mounting economic threats already affecting Sri...
Daniel Munoz has fired Colombia into the World Cup round of 32 with a 1-0 win over the Democratic Republic...
The Legal Aid Commission of Sri Lanka was established under the Legal Aid Act No. 27 of 1978 with the...
A series of political, economic, and administrative problems in the Eastern Province have arisen due to the misuse of government...
Ellyse Perry produced one of her best innings of a long T20 World Cup career to lead Australia to a...
The UN’s International Maritime Organization (IMO) is set to evacuate more than 11,000 sailors who have been stranded in the...
Erling Haaland scored his second World Cup brace in a row as Norway beat Senegal 3-2 at New York New...
More than 5,300 people remain trapped in online scam centres in Myanmar near the Thai border, despite a multinational crackdown...
The United States Senate has passed a bill to pause President Donald Trump’s military campaign against Iran and seek congressional...
A merciless unbeaten 106 off 61 balls from captain Chamari Athapaththu sent Sri Lanka scorching to the target of 131...
After hectic double-headers and triple-headers, the Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 only has one game in store for us on...
Friday 24th September, 2021 There has been a significant decrease in the daily Covid-19 cases and death toll, and therefore chances are the government will not...
Seylan Bank, the Bank with a Heart announced its partnership with South Korea’s STAREMIT, enabling a convenient real-time money transfer option for Sri Lankans in South...
The world is connected digitally in more ways than ever before, and technology is everything. Nations and societies recognize the importance of keeping abreast with cutting-edge...
Reams have been written in all local newspapers; much comment has traversed social media and persons have been bold to call for justice on two absolutely...
Those of us who grew up reading the “Asterix” comics by Goscinny and Uderzo will no doubt remember the resonant words of Obelix, the menhir delivery...
By Hiran H.Senewiratne The stock market made a welcome recovery in terms of sentiment the day before and yesterday as well though the trading level was...
Prof Saroj Jayasinghe’s candid view, published in The Island of September 17, 2021, on Ivermectin use, both in treatment and prevention of COVID-19, has been based...
The Foreign Ministry had informed the Ministry of Health that no foreign governments had informed it of preference for any particular brand of vaccine to enter...
Indian Foreign Minister Dr S. Jaishankar told his Sri Lanka counterpart, Prof. G.L. Peiris that the relations between the two countries should not be limited to...
by Reemus Fernando Sri Lanka Athletics will give priority to Asian Games over the Commonwealth Games as the two major sports events take place within five...
The market leader for cement in Sri Lanka, INSEE Cement, has boosted its COVID response programme over the past couple of months to help the Nation...
By Rathindra Kuruwita Children over the age of 12 suffering from thalassemia would be vaccinated for COVID-19 today at the Lady Ridgeway, Kurunegala and Anuradhapura Hospitals,...
