Mounting concerns over drug safety and regulatory oversight have triggered strong calls from medical professionals and trade unions for the...
China has pledged its full support to Sri Lanka’s economic and social recovery efforts in the wake of Cyclone Ditwah,...
The Hydrology and Disaster Management Division of the Department of Irrigation has issued flood warnings for the Mahaweli River Basin...
Volodymyr Zelensky is urging European Union leaders gathered at a crunch summit in Brussels to loan billions of euros in...
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says his government will crack down on hate speech following Sunday’s deadly shooting at Bondi...
The Bay of Plenty lived up to its name but only for New Zealand. Devon Conway and Tom Latham harvested...
Australia have not yet officially retained the Ashes, but it already seems a matter of “when” not “if” after England’s...
Winter storms are worsening conditions for hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians in Gaza, as aid agencies warn that Israeli...
An official meeting was held between Wang Dongming, Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC)...
The landslide early warning centre of the National Building Research Organization [NBRO] has issued Level III landslide early warnings to...
Astonishingly, this Ashes series is just seven days old, but it remains in no mood to slow down and take...
Sri Lanka has named a young squad for the forthcoming T20Is against India, bringing in the likes of 17-year-old ambidextrous...
Monday 25th January, 2021 So, it should now be clear that the Dhammika peniya or syrup, which the Department of Ayurveda has undertaken to test, is...
International Construction Consortium (ICC), the multi-sector contractor, has been successful in selling out all apartment units of Mount Clifford Residencies, Homagama before reaching completion. It’s an...
Dear Group Capt. Wijesinghe, This is in response to your letter written to the Editor of The Island, on behalf of the Commander of the SLAF,...
People’s Merchant Finance PLC relocated its Kurunegala branch to a more conveniently accessible location No. 2 South circular Road, Kadurugas Junction, Kurunegala on 4th January 2021...
By Praying Mantis Our big brother from across the Palk Strait has very firmly and clearly started to wield the stick; yet again and most certainly...
By Chaminda Silva The government should reveal to the people the truth as regards the community spread of COVID-19, editor of the Government Medical Officers’ Association...
They had also honeymooned in Nuwara-Eliya Over 100 families in Homagama had been ordered to be quarantined after a couple, who held three separate events to...
Prominence would be given for local academics and intellectuals under a Samagi Jana Balavegaya administration, SJB and opposition leader, Sajith Premadasa said on Saturday evening addressing...
Seylan Bank PLC has appointed Ramesh Jayasekara as its Chief Operating Officer (COO) with effect from the 1st of January, 2021, the bank announced recently. A...
Dialog Axiata PLC recently announced pre-order availability for the all-new 5G ready Samsung Galaxy S21 line-up which includes the Samsung S21, S21 Plus and S21 Ultra. ...
State Minister of Primary Health Care, Epidemics and COVID Disease Control, Dr. Sudarshini Fernandopulle yesterday said that the country should explore the possibility of treating asymptomatic...
George Steuart & Co., Sri Lanka’s oldest mercantile establishment, has commenced an exciting project to restore a repository of artifacts that trace back to its founding...
