Proposed education reforms have drawn sharp criticism from education professionals, teacher unions and student organisations, who warned on Thursday that...
Opposition and SJB Leader Sajith Premadasa on Friday told Parliament that the Buddhism textbook contained a “serious error,” citing the...
Rescue workers are racing to find dozens of people still missing following a landslide at a landfill site in the...
US President Donald Trump has asked for at least $100bn (£75bn) in oil industry spending for Venezuela, but received a...
The US and its partner forces have carried out large-scale strikes against Islamic State (IS) group targets in Syria, the...
Georgia Wareham towered over the rest with an impressive all-round show to lead Gujarat Giants to an impressive opening match...
After a nail-biter slipped through their hands in the last over of the opening night of WPL 2026, defending champions...
That Sri Lanka is experiencing an especially nasty north-east monsoon over the past several months is clear. It washed out...
Warning for depression to the East of Sri Lanka Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre, Department of Meteorology ...
It isn’t often that India get a 22-day break from international cricket. Rarer still for the most commercially lucrative team...
Nadine de Klerk’s sensational late onslaught, eerily reminiscent of the heist that turned the tables on India at the 2025...
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has called anti-government protesters “troublemakers” and “a bunch of vandals” just trying “to please...
By Jehan Perera The five-day march from the eastern town of Pottuvil to the northern capital of Jaffna, given the name P2P – Pottuvil to Polikandi...
Killing of Mahara Prison inmates Grieving families and the public eagerly await the findings of the judicial investigations into the killing of 11 inmates at the...
Chinese firms are not the only companies to benefit from Chinese-financed projects. Perhaps no country was more alarmed by Hambantota than India, the regional giant that...
Tuesday 9th February, 2021 It was reported yesterday that TNA MP M. A. Sumanthiran had been stripped of STF security. The reason for the withdrawal of...
By Dr. B. J. C. Perera MBBS(Cey), DCH(Cey), DCH(Eng), MD(Paed), MRCP(UK), FRCP(Edin), FRCP(Lon), FRCPCH(UK), FSLCPaed, FCCP, Hony FRCPCH(UK), Hony. FCGP(SL) Specialist Consultant Paediatrician Just about a...
By Dr. Nalani Hennayake and Dr. Kumuduni Kumarihamy (Continued from yesterday) We need to focus on the geographies within or rather internal geographies of the...
The SLSCA tournament committee has divided the 36 teams in Division I Under-19 tournament into two Tiers for the upcoming limited overs tournament. by Reemus Fernando...
By Hiran H. Senewiratne A Sri Lankan software company has developed a rare software product which enables it to witness the entirety of its operations from...
Dr. Sarath Gamini de Silva’s article “Early education towards racial harmony” appearing in The Island of 3rd February (Midweek Review) contains commendable ideas towards eschewing socially...
Indian and Sri Lankan dignitaries at Aero-India Virtual 2021 held at the Taj Samudra The Aero India (Virtual) 2021 in hybrid format was an unprecedented success...
By Gamini Seneviratne Despite the claims/confessions of Australia and the GDR (refugee) and the USA (trainee war criminal) she’s a citizen, primarily, of Chile, which by...
Going from strength to strength, Pan Asia Bank, firmly positioned as the ‘Truly Sri Lankan Bank’, was recently awarded the ‘Best Green Bank’ accolade by the...
