Interdicted Deputy Director at the National Hospital, Sri Lanka (NHSL) Dr. Rukshan Bellana yesterday (29) alleged that the powers that...
BIA unions, including those affiliated to political parties, are demanding bonuses equal to five months’ basic salaries. A group of...
After three one-sided, low-scoring encounters, the fourth T20I between India and Sri Lanka exploded into a run-fest in Thiruvananthapuram, with...
Polls have opened in Myanmar’s first general election since the country’s military toppled Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi’s democratically...
Family sources have confirmed that the interment of singer Latha Walpola will be performed at the General Cemetery Borella on...
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has been jailed for 15 years for abuse of power and money laundering, in...
New York has woken up to its heaviest snowfall in nearly four years after a winter storm blanketed parts of...
Thousands of flights have been cancelled and delayed in the United States due to winter storm Devin, airline monitoring website...
Thailand and Cambodia said they have signed a ceasefire agreement to end weeks of fierce fighting along their border that...
Sri Lankan singer Latha Walpola has passed away today (27) at the age of 92.
All the three games in this series have followed a similar pattern so far. India have won three tosses –...
For the first time in 19 matches, and nearly 15 years, England’s men experienced a Test victory in Australia as...
SLT-Mobitel, the national telecommunication Service provider has appointed Sri Lanka’s popular young reality stars, Falan Andrea and Nuwandika Senarathna as Brand Ambassadors. Falan and Nuwandika come...
Wednesday 3rd February, 2021 It was with shock and dismay that the world received the news of Monday’s military coup in Myanmar, and the detention of...
The Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) youth movement yesterday (1) lodged a complaint with the Commission to Investigate Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC), calling for an investigation into...
by Shamindra Ferdinando Primary Health Care, Epidemics and COVID Disease Control State Minister Dr Sudarshini Fernandopulle yesterday said that those who had received the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine...
Nimal Lanza, State Minister for Rural Roads and Other Infrastructure, said that 8,600 km of AB grade roads and 8,000 km of CD grade roads are...
Krishan Wickramarthna won the men’s singles table tennis title. Mahiepala Herath All Island Table Tennis Tournament Old Vidyartha’s Krishan Wickramarthna and Navy’s Muthumali Priyadarshani won...
Chathurya Nilaweera will enter the men’s singles as one of the favourites.(Pic by Kamal Wanniarachchi) The 105th Colombo Tennis Championships which was scheduled to commence on...
Interview with CBE awardee Prof Ravi Silva By Sajitha Prematunge Every hour the Earth’s atmosphere receives enough solar radiation to meet electricity needs of every human...
This is an addendum to the letter captioned ‘Is government in self-destructive mode?’ contributed by N.A.de S.Amarathunga, which appeared in The Island on 22nd January 2021....
Sunil Perera is a legend, indeed, and his band, the Gypsies, is known to practically every Sri Lankan, both here and abroad. It was in 1971...
From Left -Mr.Mahela Jayawardena – Chairman SSC Cricket,Mr.Dimuth Karunaratne – National Test Cricket Captain,Mr.W.T.Ellawala – President- SSC,Mr.Dasun Shanaka – Captain-SSC Cricket,Mr.Tyeab Akbarally – Managing Director –...
By Jehan Perera The report on Sri Lanka of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has been much stronger than anticipated. It has shattered the...
