The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) and the Treasury are facing heightened scrutiny as the Ceylon Electricity Board...
Massive waste, corruption, irregularities and mismanagement at laboratories of the country’s premier hospital, revealed by the National Audit Office (NAO),...
By Rathindra Kuruwita A cabal of regional politicians and businessmen had put paid to the government efforts to ensure that rural communities enjoyed the benefits of...
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...