Mounting concerns over drug safety and regulatory oversight have triggered strong calls from medical professionals and trade unions for the...
China has pledged its full support to Sri Lanka’s economic and social recovery efforts in the wake of Cyclone Ditwah,...
The Hydrology and Disaster Management Division of the Department of Irrigation has issued flood warnings for the Mahaweli River Basin...
Volodymyr Zelensky is urging European Union leaders gathered at a crunch summit in Brussels to loan billions of euros in...
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says his government will crack down on hate speech following Sunday’s deadly shooting at Bondi...
The Bay of Plenty lived up to its name but only for New Zealand. Devon Conway and Tom Latham harvested...
Australia have not yet officially retained the Ashes, but it already seems a matter of “when” not “if” after England’s...
Winter storms are worsening conditions for hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians in Gaza, as aid agencies warn that Israeli...
An official meeting was held between Wang Dongming, Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC)...
The landslide early warning centre of the National Building Research Organization [NBRO] has issued Level III landslide early warnings to...
Astonishingly, this Ashes series is just seven days old, but it remains in no mood to slow down and take...
Sri Lanka has named a young squad for the forthcoming T20Is against India, bringing in the likes of 17-year-old ambidextrous...
Li Ning – Lanka Shuttle Challenge by Reemus Fernando Southern Stars were given a rousing start to Li Ning – Lanka Shuttle Challenge 2020 by Sachin...
Mudliyar M. Seeman Fernando Sri Chandrasekera, more popularly known in his time, as Singho Appu Baasunnahe, was a man of a humble beginings. By sheer single...
History and nostalgia came to the fore when the Galle Fort branch of the Commercial Bank of Ceylon was reopened in its original location this week...
The government intends to equip more hospitals to treat Covid-19 patients in the wake of the daily count being between 500-600 . Health Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi...
By Capt Elmo Jayawardena elmojay1@gmail.com It looks like when Silver Bells ring this year and Silent Night takes the air, Santa himself will be struggling to...
Thursday 17th December 2020 The Attorney General’s Department gives the witnesses who appear before the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI), probing the Easter Sunday terror attacks,...
By Saman Indrajith Batik, Handloom, and Local Apparel Products State Minister Dayasiri Jayasekera says that cassocks of Bishops and the Cardinal would be provided from locally...
By Saman Indrajith Industry Minister Wimal Weerawansa says that the COVID-19 pandemic, despite all its ill-effects, has reminded us of the value of indigenous wisdom and...
LOLC Holdings PLC’s strategic Investment arm, Browns Investments PLC (BI), acquired the controlling stake of 55.65% of Serendib Hotel PLC (Serendib) for a consideration of Rs.792Mn....
The Covid pandemic, apart from causing much human misery all over the world, has had a deleterious effect on human values as well. It appears that...
The Island editorial on the 14th of December, 20, titled ‘Putting the cart before the horse’, and the following little story, made me pen this short...
I’m sure lots of you would remember the good old days – not too long ago – when radio had quality announcers (or DJs), presenting programmes...
