NATA to be given more powers The Parliamentary Sectoral Oversight Committee on Health, Mass Media and Women’s Empowerment has agreed...
The hunger strike launched by a group of Development Officers demanding their absorption into the teacher service entered its fourth...
Viran Chamuditha’s 94-ball 110 helped Sri Lanka Under 19 chase 262 and keep their hopes of qualifying for the semi-finals...
Sustained heavy gunfire and loud explosions have been heard in Niger near the international airport outside the capital, Niamey. Multiple...
Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education Dr Harini Amarasuriya said that she hoped that the...
Pavan Rathnayake has re-entered Sri Lanka’s T20I squad following his 121 off 115 balls in the third ODI against England....
Australia qualified for the semi-finals of the Under-19 World Cup after beating West Indies by 22 runs in Harare courtesy...
The Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya participated in the official launch of the National Strategic Action Plan to monitor and...
Shiyam Dube hammered the third-fastest fifty by an Indian batter in T20Is, finishing with 65 off 23 balls, but it...
A South Korean court has sentenced former First Lady Kim Keon Hee to one year and eight months in prison...
A plane crash has killed the deputy chief minister of India’s Maharashtra state, Ajit Pawar, the country’s aviation regulator has...
A new circular has been issued by the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development to provide relief to micro,...
by Bob Isaacson, President CEO of Dharma Voices for Animals (DVA) I am the co-founder and President/CEO of the only international Buddhist animal advocacy organization in...
Lanka Sathosa, the country’s largest retail network business, and MILCO, one of the country’s largest dairy companies, announced that they had successfully propelled Highland to rise...
Central Province Governor carrying the sacred relics casket at Galpottawala Raja Maha Viharaya to be taken. (By Cyril Wimalasurendre ) Amidst calls by the health authorities...
Francois Du Plesis was the star for South Africa on day three By Ruan van der Merwe in Centurion After a brilliant start to their tour...
Tuesday 29th December, 2020 The country’s focus is apparently shifting from the pandemic to polls, of all things. The government is in a mighty hurry to...
Development of renewable energy projects II – By Dr Janaka Ratnasiri The comments made by the President at the meeting he had on 15.12.2020 to discuss...
Russian Ambassador in Colombo Yury Materiy has warned that extremist Islamic terrorist organizations may channel funds to their Lankan counterparts on the pretext of extending COVID-19...
By Dr. Nrmala Chandrahasan The Provincial Councils, like the windmills in Cervante’s Don Quixote, are having brickbats thrown at, and cantankerous knights tilting at them. In...
The MMBL-Pathfinder Group and the Washington DC based Centennial Group Holdings LLC., have launched a joint venture company for providing strategic advisory and project management services...
By Shamindra Ferdinando A severe shortage of turmeric, an essential ingredient in Sri Lankan cuisine has led to stepped up efforts to smuggle in large consignments...
On December 26, page one of ‘The Island’ gave a report that post-mortems conducted by a five-member team comprising four consultant judicial medical officers and a...
… stresses need to pay attention to Climate Emergency, animal welfare … frowns on practice of throwing money at the problem The World Health Organisation (WHO)...
