President, Academy of Health Professionals, Ravi Kumudesh, yesterday (22), alleged that the National Medicines Regulatory Authority’s (NMRA) decision to suspend...
Amidst the ongoing controversy over the suspension of several batches of Indian manufactured Ondansetron Injection USP 8 mg/4 mL (Batch...
With the objective of enhancing the living conditions of the agricultural community and increasing the contribution of the agricultural sector...
The Ministry of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education has entered into agreements with Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation General Limited...
20 Consultancy Boards have been established by now covering the production industries field with the objective of minimizing the policy...
The BCCI has raised the match fees in women’s domestic cricket, from INR 20,000 to INR 50,000 per day, for...
Gede Priandana, Indonesia’s 28-year-old right-arm quick bowler, has become the first to pick up five wickets in an over in...
Australia captain Pat Cummins won’t feature again in the Ashes and there is uncertainty about whether he will be available...
United States President Donald Trump has issued a new warning to Nicolas Maduro, saying “it would be smart” for the...
New Zealand 575 for 8 dec (Devon Conway 227, Tom Latham 137, Rachin Ravindra 72*; Alex Greaves 2-83) and 306...
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi have been sentenced to further jail terms following a...
The US has seized an oil tanker that had recently departed from Venezuela, according to the US Department of Homeland...
Sri Lanka has been ranked 64 out of the 107 countries in the 2020 Global Hunger Index, with a score of 16.3 and has a level...
The Asia Pacific Institute of Information Technology (APIIT), Sri Lanka in partnership/collaboration with Deakin University Australia has organised a webinar on the newly launched Deakin pathway...
Sri Lanka Apparel Exporters Association Chairman Rehan Lakhani Urges general public to be more compassionate and respectful The Chairman and the Executive Committee of the...
China’s Yang Jiechi and President Rajapaksa When a recent top level Chinese delegation came here, they had a touching message for Sri Lanka. The message was.....
With Covid-19 forcing me to stay at home my mind roams around what I read in “The Island” and hear on TV. And questions arise frequently,...
The number of worldwide COVID-19 deaths had risen to 1,117,641 by Monday. There is no sign of a vaccine being found to permanently control it. It...
BY S VENKAT NARAYAN Our Special Correspondent NEW DELHI, October 18: India’s elite National Security Guard (NSG) has trained a group of personnel who protect Sri...
For two years Ambepitiya had the rare privilege of having sprint king Usain Bolt and his closest contender to world titles Yohan Blake as his training...
The government had decided to introduce three changes to the proposed 20th amendment to the constitution, Minister of Industries, Wimal Weerawansa said yesterday in Colombo. “During...
By Sumith Tennakoon Senior Manager, Air Traffic Control The aviation industry and profession Air Traffic Control (ATC) is battered by the global pandemic COVID-19 all over...
‘Origin of current Covid-19 wave’, and ‘Mystery of latest Covid-19 cluster and its origins’ are the titles of two articles published in The Island newspaper of...
Sports Minister Namal Rajapaksa and Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa hailed the election of Vanushi Walters to the New Zealand Parliament. She is the first Sri Lankan-born...
