BASL condemns Ranjan Jayalal for obstructing lawyer The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) yesterday strongly condemned Kaduwela Mayor Ranjan...
Electricity consumers have opposed a government plan to obtain loans from the World Bank to meet the cost of repairs...
In the third Test, they rose again, but there was to be no Christmas miracle. Despite a gutsy fight from...
Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya stated that steps are being taken to abolish the Executive Presidency and establish a parliamentary...
The full speech delivered by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake in Parliament (2025-12-19) “Today, we have presented to Parliament the largest...
The IMF Executive Board approved emergency financing under the Rapid Financing Instrument (RFI), providing Sri Lanka with immediate access to...
In response to severe weather impacts, the Sri Lanka Navy conducted a diving and technical assistance operation on Friday (19...
The Landslide Early Warning Centre of the National Building Research Organization (NBRO) has extended the Landslide Early Warning issued to...
The United States military is “striking very seriously against ISIS [ISIL] strongholds in Syria”, President Donald Trump said, a week...
Pakistan marched into the final of the Under 19 Asia Cup with a clinical eight wicket win over Bangladesh in...
Vihaan Malhotra and Aaron George’s patient half-centuries helped India beat Sri Lanka in a rain-reduced game and set up an...
Dasun Shanaka will be Sri Lanka’s T20I captain until the end of the forthcoming T20 World Cup. The move to...
Visiting External Minister S. Jaishankar had discussed starting an ‘air travel bubble’ with India and expanding a free trade agreement during a meeting with Sri Lanka...
Claiming that the Opposition was misleading the public about the initiative to attract Ukrainian visitors to Sri Lanka to help boost the tottering tourism industry, State...
Milinda Moragoda, Founder of the Pathfinder Foundation, presented the report of the Pathfinder Indian Ocean Security Conference – 2020 (PFIOSC – 2020) to the Indian External...
by Chantal Hiranthi Obeyesekere de Saram My grandfather, Sir James Peter Obeyesekere, was a benevolent man who believed in giving to the society/community in which he...
Perils of a Profession. By Merril Gunaratne. Published January 2021. 136 pages. Price Rs. 300/-. Available at Vijitha Yapa and Sarasavi Bookshops. Reviewed by Leelananda De...
BY S VENKAT NARAYAN, Our Special Correspondent NEW DELHI, January 9: India’s tech capital Bengaluru may soon become a round-the-clock city. It is a challenging mission...
by Ifham Nizam With the killing of a man by a leopard at Panama in Ampara recently, the relatively harmless fishing cats (Prionailurus viverrinus) are being...
Retains its position as the lead for SA region Sri Lanka has retained its position as the lead for the South Asian region and moved up...
Denies President ordered a halt to Rs. 15bn pipeline project Referring to The Sunday Island news stories headlined “President orders immediate halt to Rs. 15bn cross-country...
Life is a painful battle for Jagath Prasanna, a cancer patient with two school-going children struggling to eke out an existence. As he has undergone bilateral...
by Suresh Perera Police investigators are still awaiting the Government Analyst’s report to unravel the mystery behind the suspicious death of the Dutch monk, who was...
An uncharted global future commences in 2021 by Kumar David There are two schools of thought, one says that the world will gradually return to “normal”...
