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 Saman Indrajith Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa told Parliament yesterday that the government would permit the burial of Muslims who die of COVID-19. The PM said...
E-W Information Systems (EWIS) and its group companies emerged victorious with three titles being bestowed at the recently concluded awards presented by Great Place to Work Institute, Sri...
Thursday 11th February, 2021 Intrepid Forest Officer Devani Jayatilake is in the news again—for the right reason. Earlier, she received accolades from the media and the...
By Dr Upul Wijayawardhana “Vaccine war” I referred to in my piece in The Island of 2nd February has taken an interesting turn. The headline in...
By Saman Indrajith Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena yesterday announced that TNA parliamentarian M. A. Sumanthiran’s complaint that he had been wrongly accused of evading sessions of...
• The airline has announced it will operate 6 weekly flights to Colombo – with the fifth weekly flight commencing on 18 February and the sixth...
105th Colombo Championships Vibuda Wijebandara completed the semi-final line up in the men’s singles of the 105th Colombo Championships winning his quarter-final match at the Sri...
By Shamindra Ferdinando Education Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris, who is also Chairman of the ruling SLPP, has questioned the rationale in UN human rights Chief Michelle...
By Hiran H.Senewiratne CSE activities were bearish throughout yesterday due to a report in the international media that Sri Lanka’s sovereign bonds have witnessed a steep decline. They...
By Dinasena Ratugamage The government should take the responsibility if something happened to his life, because the STF guard given to him was removed, TNA MP...
By Air Chief Marshal Gagan Bulathsinghala Former SLAF Commander and current Ambassador to Afghanistan Of those who joined the Sri Lanka Air Force, 40 years ago,...
Minister of Public Security, Sarath Weerasekera said that he had removed the special STF guard given to TNA parliamentarian M.A. Sumanthiran because he had taken part...
