Mounting concerns over drug safety and regulatory oversight have triggered strong calls from medical professionals and trade unions for the...
China has pledged its full support to Sri Lanka’s economic and social recovery efforts in the wake of Cyclone Ditwah,...
The Hydrology and Disaster Management Division of the Department of Irrigation has issued flood warnings for the Mahaweli River Basin...
Volodymyr Zelensky is urging European Union leaders gathered at a crunch summit in Brussels to loan billions of euros in...
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says his government will crack down on hate speech following Sunday’s deadly shooting at Bondi...
The Bay of Plenty lived up to its name but only for New Zealand. Devon Conway and Tom Latham harvested...
Australia have not yet officially retained the Ashes, but it already seems a matter of “when” not “if” after England’s...
Winter storms are worsening conditions for hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians in Gaza, as aid agencies warn that Israeli...
An official meeting was held between Wang Dongming, Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC)...
The landslide early warning centre of the National Building Research Organization [NBRO] has issued Level III landslide early warnings to...
Astonishingly, this Ashes series is just seven days old, but it remains in no mood to slow down and take...
Sri Lanka has named a young squad for the forthcoming T20Is against India, bringing in the likes of 17-year-old ambidextrous...
Bhante Dhammika of Australia Just a few weeks ago the recipients of this year’s Nobel Prizes were announced. I always follow the announcement because I’m interested...
As part of the breast cancer awareness month, we feature Ramani Fernando,a popular hairdresser who initiated the hair donation campaign for cancer patients. She partnered with...
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will ask Sri Lanka to make “difficult” choices on its growing relationship with China amid criticism the island is sliding...
The Sri Lanka Golf team of Southern California, beat the Indian Golfers at the 2nd Annual Golf challenge, held on Wednesday October 21st, at the Los...
by Rex Clementine Starved of international cricket due to the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic, Sri Lanka will finally engage in Test cricket when they tour South...
Nawaloka Air Services (Pvt) Ltd, a subsidiary of Nawaloka Holdings, has been appointed the General Sales Agent for Maldivian Airlines in Sri Lanka for passengers and...
By Saman Indrajith The United States blacklisting and imposing a travel ban on Army chief, Lt. Gen. Shavendra Silva, was one of the fallouts of the yahapalana...
By Saman Indrajith SJB Kalutara District MP Dr Rajitha Senaratne told Parliament yesterday that if the government had heeded the calls from the Opposition to take...
…asks for an end to taking suspects out without court approval By Shamindra Ferdinando It is being asked in legal circles whether there have been lapses...
BY RAJITHA RATWATTE Fromoutsidethepearl.co.nz The long awaited once postponed General Election is finally over in NZ. Jacinda Ardern (pronounced aarrdoon) and her labour party have won...
Reminiscences upon turning 100: The comprehensive and interesting article written by Capt. Elmo Jayawardena in The Island newspaper of 06 October 2020 under the title, ‘First...
We are now in the post-20 era of Non-democracy. Our elected parliament has given a huge approval for curtailing or even abolishing the principles and values...
