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...
Donald Trump said he hoped to reach phase two of the Gaza peace plan “very quickly”, as he warned Hamas...
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...
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...
By Saman Indrajith The Opposition was trying to incite racial tensions during the COVID-19 pandemic situation prevailing in the country, State Minister of Indigenous Medicine, Rural and...
By Rathindra Kuruwita Former Governor of the Eastern Province M. L. A. M. Hizbullah’s Sri Lanka Hira Foundation (SLHF) was not registered with the Department of...
Police spokesman DIG Ajith Rohana yesterday told the media that the police were inquiring into the second corona wave but there were delays due to corona...
Nadeesha Ramanayake, Dilshi Kumarasinghe, Upamalika Ratnakumari and Nimali Liyanarachchi joined to establish a national record but that feat was not enough to win a medal as...
By Saman Indrajith Chief Opposition Whip and Kandy District MP Lakshman Kiriella yesterday told Parliament that social media and newspapers had misreported him by stating that...
By Saman Indrajith SJB MP Harin Fenanrdo told Parliament yesterday that other countries were acting with single-minded pursuit of the goal of beating coronavirus, the Sri...
Former UNF Minister Harsha de Silva yesterday said that the government was planning to obtain 500,000 hectares of forest with high biodiversity and vest those lands...
LAUGFS Supermarkets (Pvt.) Ltd. began operations on the October, 31 2000, with its first outlet opening in Havelock Town and they celebrate 20th year anniversary this...
Five more COVID-19 patients died yesterday (13), raising the number of deaths due to the pandemic to 53. The Health Ministry said a 83-year-old woman and...
The CID has initiated an inquiry into a section of social media allegedly using a statement made in camera by Fathima Hadiya, the wife of Easter...
By Saman Indrajith Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday (12) asked Parliament to increase the borrowing limit by Rs.180 billion while amending the guarantee limit to 15...
