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...
One person has died and 300 properties have been destroyed in bushfires that have torn across south-east Australia. The fires...
Iran has warned it will retaliate if attacked by the US, as protesters defied a deadly government crackdown on Saturday...
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...
I am addressing this note to you as I believe that you are man of the world with a road map for the Nation. I have...
by P. K. Balachandran Sri Lanka is in discussion with India and other countries for support in the March session of the UN Human Rights Council...
Securing another edge in technological advancements, Dialog Enterprise, the corporate solutions arm of Dialog Axiata PLC (Dialog), recently announced the Global Software Defined Wide Area Networking...
Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, said, in Moscow, Russia maintained political contacts, including at the highest and high levels, and cooperate productively on the international...
Geneva sessions: Lawmakers’ role in Western strategy By Shamindra Ferdinando Sri Lanka celebrates her 73rd Independence Day tomorrow (4) under a cloud, with a section of...
Some civil society groups demanding the release of LTTE suspects and convicts in government custody on Monday (1) made Primary School students join them sin a...
The Monetary Board of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka has allowed Swarnamahal Financial Services PLC (SFSP) to operate for a limited time on a conditional...
Oil portrait by Kamalam Krishnadasan in November 1927 when the Mahatma was in the house of her father C.Arumugam in his Colombo Villa, “Ark”. Courtesy: Sri...
By Rathindra Kuruwita Several frontline health workers who had received the Indian COVID-19 vaccine had developed mild reactions although the Health Ministry wasn’t interested in collecting...
By Dr. C. S. Weeraratna (csweera@sltnet.lk) Prof. N.A. De S Amaratunga in his piece “Is government in self-destructive mode? in The Island of 22 Jan. said...
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...
