Government authorities are exploring the possibility of shifting public sector work online on April 16 and 17, to maintain essential...
SLPP National organiser MP Namal Rajapaksa yesterday said President Anura Kumara Dissanayake should be held responsible for the coal scam.Rajapaksa...
Warm Weather Advisory Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre Issued at 3.30 p.m. on 02 April 2026, valid...
Former Matara District Member of Parliament and Cabinet Minister Mahinda Wijesekara has passed away this morning (02) at the age...
A magnitude 7.4 earthquake has hit the Northern Molucca Sea off the coast of the city of Ternate, in Indonesia,...
An unbeaten 70 from Sameer Rizvi proved decisive in a low-scoring contest in Lucknow, where Delhi Capitals (DC) became the...
Across the world on Wednesday night, millions of people will tune in to watch Donald Trump deliver a primetime update...
Warm Weather Advisory Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre Issued at 3.30 p.m. on 01 April 2026, valid...
It was the Amelia Kerr show at Basin Reserve on Wednesday as she played the sort of innings that would...
Punjab Kings 165 for 7 in 19.1 overs (Cooper Connolly 72*, Prabhsimran Singh 37, Shreyas Iyer 18, Xavier Bartlett 11*;...
Warm Weather Advisory Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre Issued at 3.30 p.m. on 31 March 2026, valid for...
Approval has been granted at the Cabinet meeting held on 27-06-2012 to provide cultivable agricultural lands from the lower Uma...
By Saman Indrajith Minister of Public Security Rear Admiral (retd.) Dr. Sarath Weerasekera told Parliament yesterday that action would be taken to ban Madrasas and burqas as a measure...
A special ceremony was organized by People’s Bank on International Women’s Day under the patronage of Sujeewa Rajapaksa – chairman, People’s Bank and Ranjith Kodituwakku –...
Ministries, Prez Secretariat owed SLAF nearly Rs 1 bn By Saman Indrajith The government and the Opposition had a heated exchange yesterday in Parliament over the...
By Dinasena Ratugamage Tamil National Alliance (TNA) MP M. A. Sumanthiran, PC, has declared that he wil not give a statement to the police regarding his...
DFCC Bank opted for a digital-first approach for its Annual Report 2020 aptly adapting to the ‘new normal’ and fast tracking the Bank’s goal of becoming...
By Shamindra Ferdinando Jaffna District Development Council co-chairperson Angajan Ramanathan yesterday (10) denied accusations regarding his coordinating officers threatening the Jaffna-based public servants. Northern Province Governor...
By Dr. SARATH GAMINI De SILVA I congratulate Dr. Upul Wijayawardena for his honest opinion expressed in The Island of 5th March. The following is a...
By Saman Indrajith Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena turned down an attempt by Leader of the Opposition Sajith Premadasa to move a motion seeking parliamentary approval for...
… insists neither he nor his brother had links to Zahran By Shamindra Ferdinando All Ceylon Makkal Congress (ACMC) leader and Vanni District Samagi Jana Balavegaya lawmaker Rishad...
By Hiran H.Senewiratne The CSE yesterday failed to sustain the emphatic revival seen this week as indices closed on a negative note, while turnover also continues...
PAYable (Pvt) Ltd., Sri Lanka’s leading cashless payment solution provider, announced that it has processed Rs. 15 billion in transactions on its platform to date. Commenting...
By Ifham Nizam The Colombo City was declared the world’s first Ramsar Wetland by the Ramsar Convention due to efforts of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to conserve...
