The ongoing West Asia war, triggered by joint Israel-US attack on Iran on 28 Februar, has benefited the China-run Hambantota...
A three-day “study visit” by the subject Minister to the Norochcholai coal power plant has triggered concern among power sector...
United States President Donald Trump has threatened to attack civilian infrastructure inside Iran, including bridges and power plants, if the...
Defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru [RCB] razed Chennai Super Kings’ [CSK] attack and the record books, in front of their...
Mohammed Shami’s miserly 2 for 9 and Rishabh Pant’s uncharacteristic half-century helped Lucknow Super Giants [LSG] open their account in...
On the apparent northward relative motion of the sun, it is going to be directly over the latitudes of Sri...
Warm Weather Advisory Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre Issued at 3.30 p.m. on 05 April 2026, valid...
Sameer Rizvi picked up his second Player-of-the-Match award in as many games in IPL 2026, this time scoring 90 off...
On the apparent northward relative motion of the sun, it is going to be directly over the latitudes of Sri...
Warm Weather Advisory Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre Issued at 3.30 p.m. on 04 April 2026, valid...
Iran has executed two men convicted of being members of the banned People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) opposition group,...
An earthquake in Afghanistan has killed eight members of the same family when their home collapsed in the Gosfand Dara...
By Rathindra Kuruwita Vaccination of non-frontline workers could start from next week, Army Commander and Head of the National Operation Centre for Prevention of COVID- 19...
By Ifham Nizam Former President Maithripala Sirisena has requested senior government authorities not to harm or dislocate a critically endangered tree, Sri Lankan Legume or Crudia...
The prestigious Mahatma Gandhi Scholarships were awarded to 150 Advanced Level school students from all 25 districts across Sri Lanka by G L Peiris, Minister of...
The prestigious Mahatma Gandhi Scholarships were awarded to 150 Advanced Level school students from all 25 districts across Sri Lanka by G L Peiris, Minister of...
Vaccination drive commendable, but don’t lower guard BY Dr. H. T, Wickremasinghe Senior Consultant Paediatrician President, Vaccine and Infectious Diseases Forum of Sri Lanka It is...
by Jehan Perera One of the issues that has created internal division in the country is the cremation of those who have succumbed to the Covid...
Dispute in SLPP settled by President and Premier By Shamindra Ferdinando Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, on the invitation of Industries Minister and National Freedom Front (NFF)...
Access to and use of Commercial Bank of Ceylon’s multiple mobile banking apps has become even easier with the launch by the Bank of an Aggregator...
Former Speaker WJM Lokubandara passed away yesterday due to COVID-19. He was 79. Lokubandara held several ministries in the government of Sri Lanka before his appointment...
‘The US returns to UNHRC, ahead of 46th session’ was a leading news item in The Island of 10.02.2021. The US of A does what it...
Monday 15th February, 2021 The Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU) reportedly seeks to have the official name of the state of Sri Lanka stripped of the adjectives,...
