… announces temporary relief package President Anura Kumara Dissanayake yesterday acknowledged in Parliament that the import of substandard coal had...
The Chinese Embassy in Colombo launched the commemorative publication in connection with the 70 years of Sri Lanka Diplomatic Relations...
On the apparent northward relative motion of the sun, it is going to be directly over the latitudes of Sri...
Warm Weather Advisory Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre Issued at 3.30 p.m. on 07 April 2026, valid...
Approval has been granted at the Cabinet Meeting held on 30-03-2026 to provide relief by granting up to rupees 20/-...
The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the resolution furnished by the President in his capacity as the Minister of Digital...
The Galle fort which has been declared as a World Heritage by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization...
Seven players from the Eritrean football squad that scored a historic victory in Eswatini last week have failed to return...
The Artemis II astronauts are bound for Earth after conducting a historic lunar fly by and witnessing a total solar...
Matheesha Pathirana and Wanidu Hasaranga are among 15 Sri Lankan players under central contracts yet to take their mandatory fitness...
On the apparent northward relative motion of the sun, it is going to be directly over the latitudes of Sri...
Warm Weather Advisory Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre Issued at 3.30 p.m. on 06 April 2026, valid...
Wednesday 5th May, 2021 April is apparently the cruellest month in this country, as we said in a previous comment, with apologies to T. S. Eliot....
By Saman Indrajith Chief Government Whip Highways Minister Johnston Fernando told Parliament yesterday that the Colombo Port City Economic Commission Bill would be taken up for...
In his feature article, titled “Reduce O/Level STRESS”, appearing in The Island of 03 May, Anton Peiris makes a timely intervention to introduce an alternative mathematics...
By Norman Palihawadane The Navy nabbed 80 Indians attempting to immigrate illegally into Sri Lanka in 11 boats at Mannar yesterday. They had fled India, fearing...
Colombo: The Embassy of France in Sri Lanka and the Maldives last Friday (30 April) proudly launched ‘Rendez-Vous with Yasmin and Kumar’, a Franco-Sri Lankan talk...
I refer to the article, under the heading “Internal Unity – a priority”, on the Opinion Page of The Island of 30th April. I have no...
The first batch of 15,000 doses of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine arrived in Sri Lanka yesterday. The Russian Embassy in Colombo said that the consignment...
By Hiran H. Senewiratne CSE witnessed a negative performance due to a drop in LOLC Group share prices yesterday following a delay in the presentation of...
Making sense of regional integration in South Asia: By Dr Srimal Fernando Regional integration and cooperation have proven to be vital in dealing with political...
Lahiru Wickramasinghe, Founding CEO/ Director, Evoke International Limited & Mr.&Siddhartha Roy, COO, Hungama Digital Media Evoke International Limited recently announced that it had acquired limited exclusive...
Squatters to be relocated By Ifham Nizam The Central Environmental Authority will take steps to remove those who are currently occupying river banks and prevent construction...
By Saman Indrajith Matara District SJB MP Buddhika Pathirana yesterday informed Parliament that Excise Department officers colluded with artificial toddy makers to deprive the state coffers...
