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...
Donald Trump said he hoped to reach phase two of the Gaza peace plan “very quickly”, as he warned Hamas...
Bangladesh’s first female prime minister Khaleda Zia has died at the age of 80 after suffering from a prolonged illness....
President Volodymyr Zelensky has denied allegations by Russia that Ukraine launched a drone attack on one of President Vladimir Putin’s...
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...
Political parties, based in the North, are reported to be getting prepared to attend the UNHRC sessions next month. For several decades, the only thing they...
Covid-19: Re-opening of schools to be taken at district-level By Shamindra Ferdinando The District Development Committees (DDC) have been asked to decide on re-opening of schools...
The first batch of COVID-19 vaccines from India would arrive in the country on Wednesday, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa announced at Yattapatha, Kalutara, on Friday evening during...
By Ifham Nizam A 20-foot road is to be built shortly in a very environmentally sensitive location leading to a hotel which is also under construction,...
Text and Pix by Dinasena Rathugamage A group of Tamil politicians led by former Northern Provincial Council Member M. K. Sivajilingam and former Chairman of the...
Issues that had arisen over the quazi court system would be resolved through the new Constitution that would be formulated soon, Minister of Public Security, Sarath...
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...
