Opposition and SJB Leader Sajith Premadasa has called for the appointment of a Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) to investigate the...
A land distribution programme benefiting families displaced by disaster in the Kandy District was held on April 24 at the...
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has arrived in Russia for talks with President Vladimir Putin, as Teheran intensifies diplomatic efforts...
In a battle between the bottom-placed teams, momentum shifted hands multiple times before Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) beat Lucknow Super...
Warm Weather Advisory Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre Issued at 3.30 p.m. on 26 April 2026, valid...
United States President Donald Trump was evacuated from the White House correspondents’ dinner in Washington, DC, after shots were fired...
Twelve days after defeating Rajasthan Royals [RR] by nullifying Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Sunrisers Hyderabad [SRH] defeated them in spite of an...
Punjab Kings (PBKS) overpowered Delhi Capitals (DC) and pulled off the highest successful T20 chase in an IPL bash where...
Warm Weather Advisory Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre Issued at 3.30 p.m. on 25 April 2026, valid...
Advisory for Severe Lightning Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre Issued at 12.00 noon 25 April 2026 valid...
An exhibition of clean hitting by Virat Kohli and Devdutt Padikkal ensured Sai Sudarshan’s measured 100 off 58 balls ended...
Warm Weather Advisory Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre Issued at 3.30 p.m. on 24 April 2026, valid...
The Met Department yesterday said there would be thunder showers in the evening or the night over most parts of the country in the coming days....
By Anuradha Hiripitiyage The Opposition was eagerly awaiting sanctions to be imposed on Sri Lanka, State Minister D.V. Chanaka told The Island yesterday. All political parties...
The Colombo Municipal Council yesterday pulled down a billboard, environmentalists had put up near the Nelum Pokuna theatre, Colombo, against environmental degradation, The billboard was created...
By Uditha Devapriya Sumitra Peries turns 87 next week. In a career spanning five decades – or six, if we are to take her stints as...
Gamini and Srima Dissanayake By Rochelle Palipane Gunaratne Gamini Dissanayake Foundation commemorates Gamini Dissanayake’s 79th Birth Anniversary on 20th March and Srima Dissanayake’s 2ndrd Death Anniversary...
Gamini Dissanayakae returns home having attended the ICC meeting that granted Sri Lanka Test status. by Rex Clementine The 79th birth anniversary of former Minister Gamini...
More than 450 million, or one in five children, worldwide resided in areas of high or extremely high water vulnerability, according to a new report released...
JVP National Organiser former MP Bimal Ratnayake addressing the press yesterday By Saman Indrajith Those who question the JVP how Mohammad Yusuf Ibrahim, a key suspect...
By Nadeem F. Paracha Illustration by Abro Peter Benchley’s novel Jaws was published in 1974. In 1975 it was turned into a film. For years various cultural critics,...
A recent report in The Island says the CEB has admitted that the Mannar Wind Power Farm is not fully connected to the grid. This alarming...
K. Mathivanan Nishantha Ranatunga and Bandula Warnapura at the media briefing. Former officials K. Mathivanan and Nishantha Ranatunga and former Test cricketer Bandula Warnapura who are...
The ambassador of the Republic of Korea, Santhush Woonjin Jeong had the pleasure to meet Sanjaya Mohottala, chairman of the Board of Investment of Sri Lanka...
