Drug controversy: “Setting up state-of-the-art drug testing facility will cost Rs 5 billion” Activists call for legal action against politicians,...
Air quality in Sri Lanka has deteriorated in recent days, with Air Quality Index (AQI) levels rising, particularly in the...
New Zealand 575 for 8 dec (Devon Conway 227, Tom Latham 137, Rachin Ravindra 72*; Alex Greaves 2-83) and 306...
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi have been sentenced to further jail terms following a...
The US has seized an oil tanker that had recently departed from Venezuela, according to the US Department of Homeland...
There was a little bit of rustiness as India returned to action 50 days after becoming ODI world champions, but...
Opener Sameer Minhas blitzed his way to 172 off 113 balls, setting up Pakistan’s demolition of India in thDeepeshe Under-19...
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...
… recoveries nearly 34,000, deaths 195 The Health Ministry yesterday (29) said 704 more had recovered from COVID-19 and the total number of recoveries had reached...
By Dr. Prasanna Cooray Kali is at centre stage, again for the wrong reason. I wrote an article about her in The Island on 26.11.2016, under...
By A. HETTIARACHCHI hetti-a@sltnet.lk In October the second wave of Corona infections appeared in Sri Lanka and started spreading at a much higher rate than the...
By Shamindra Ferdinando Sri Lanka yesterday (29) received the second group of tourists from Ukraine as Tourism Minister Prasanna Ranatunga said the health authorities would step...
98th National Athletics Championship by Reemus Fernando Emerging school athlete Shanika Lakshani competing alongside seniors shattered one of the oldest athletics records when she clocked 4:33.40...
The Olcott Oration delivered to the Old Boys Association of Ananda College (November 2020, Perth, Western Australia) by Dr D Chandraratna It can be gauged from...
By Shamindra Ferdinando Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) leader Rauff Hakeem, MP, recently told The Island that Sri Lanka had no option but to involve India...
By Rathindra Kuruwita The Ministry of Education did not spend 27.75% of the money allocated to it in the budgets between 2016 and 2019, says Ceylon...
Continuing to help individuals and businesses earn greater returns on their foreign currency savings, Sampath Bank is offering an additional bonus interest of 33% on its...
By Lynn Ockersz Before the first streaks of dawn, They throw caution to the wind, And amass at the shaman’s gate, Mesmerized by sleights-of-hand, Of those...
98th National Athletics Championship- Day IV by Reemus Fernando Sprinters Nadeesha Ramanayake and Kalinga Kumarage completed their comeback in grand style as they added 400 metres...
By Rathindra Kuruwita At least Rs. 4 billion will be needed to hold the Provincial Council elections, Chairman of the Election Commission (EC), Nimal Punchihewa said...
