Interdicted Deputy Director at the National Hospital, Sri Lanka (NHSL) Dr. Rukshan Bellana yesterday (29) alleged that the powers that...
BIA unions, including those affiliated to political parties, are demanding bonuses equal to five months’ basic salaries. A group of...
Bangladesh’s first female prime minister Khaleda Zia has died at the age of 80 after suffering from a prolonged illness....
President Volodymyr Zelensky has denied allegations by Russia that Ukraine launched a drone attack on one of President Vladimir Putin’s...
After three one-sided, low-scoring encounters, the fourth T20I between India and Sri Lanka exploded into a run-fest in Thiruvananthapuram, with...
Polls have opened in Myanmar’s first general election since the country’s military toppled Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi’s democratically...
Family sources have confirmed that the interment of singer Latha Walpola will be performed at the General Cemetery Borella on...
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has been jailed for 15 years for abuse of power and money laundering, in...
New York has woken up to its heaviest snowfall in nearly four years after a winter storm blanketed parts of...
Thousands of flights have been cancelled and delayed in the United States due to winter storm Devin, airline monitoring website...
Thailand and Cambodia said they have signed a ceasefire agreement to end weeks of fierce fighting along their border that...
Sri Lankan singer Latha Walpola has passed away today (27) at the age of 92.
Dav Whatmore will arrive in the island shortly to take charge as Head Coach of Colombo Kings franchise. Sri Lanka’s leading cricketers like Angelo Mathews and...
By Hiran H.Senewiratne Amid the current health issues most companies are adopting a range of business strategies to face present day challenges. CIC Holdings will go...
By Ransiri Menike Silva The above innocuous question can yield a variety of answers, for there is much on TV going on all day on all...
The India Pollution Control Board has categorised all industries based on a Pollution Index, which calculates the effect they have on water, air and land and...
By Saman Indrajith TNA Jaffna District MP MA Sumanthiran told Parliament yesterday that the issues related to importation of rapid antigen test kits were due to...
Did I retire too soon? By Dr Upul Wijayawardhana We, septuagenarians, justifiably feel we are on top of the world. After all, we rule the world!...
Gains from government securities, foreign exchange (FX) swap trading and FX trading activities have enabled the Commercial Bank of Ceylon Group to mitigate to some extent...
Hemas Holdings PLC (HHL) posted a Group revenue of Rs.17.4 billion for the quarter ended 30 September 2020, an increase of 11 per cent over corresponding...
Saturday 14th November, 2020 The transition tussle in Washington has taken a turn for the worse; it has reached the Pentagon and is said to be...
National Freedom Front (NFF) Leader Wimal Weerawansa, on Thursday (12), said that a decision on resumption of burial of corona victims couldn’t be taken up by...
By Rathindra Kuruwita Former Governor of the Eastern Province M.L.A M. Hizbullah had submitted forged documents to obtain 25 acres for the construction of Batticaloa Campus,...
By Dr M. HARIS DEEN The front page headline item in The Island (12.11.2020), titled “Resumption of burials a high risk the country cannot afford to take”, ascribed...
