Death toll hits 627, over 2.17 mn affected across 25 districts The Disaster Management Centre (DMC) has issued fresh landslide...
In a massive nationwide crackdown under the Ratama Ekata (A Nation United) Drug Prevention Programme, police have taken 35,855 drug...
UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer will host Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in London today [Monday] amid a continuing deadlock...
The President emphasised that no room will be given in the future for unauthorised constructions and that the laws relating...
The Situation Report issued by the Disaster Management Center at 0600hrs on 8th December 3035 confirms that 627 persons have...
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake instructed officials to prepare the farmers in the Anuradhapura District whose paddy cultivation was destroyed due...
The Landslide Early Warning Center of the National Building Research Organisation [NBRO] has extended the RED landslide early warnings issued...
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake emphasised that a unified operational mechanism, which goes beyond the normal state administration, is required to...
England batted against type and belatedly produced a rearguard, but it was in vain as seamer Michael Neser justified his...
Rescue teams and volunteers have been struggling to assist millions of people affected by floods and landslides in parts of...
Twenty five people have been killed in a fire at a popular nightclub in the coastal region of Goa, India,...
The Landslide Early Warning Center of the National Building Research Organisation [NBRO] has issued landslide early warnings to the districts...
K. A. I. Kalyanaratne Management Consultant Postgraduate Institute of Management, Vice President, Hela Havula. Cumaratunga’s Deep Affection for the Environment Only a few who have had...
Saturday 5th September, 2020 The 20th Amendment (20A) bill is now in the public domain. The Attorney General is of the view that it requires only...
* Constitutional Council to be abolished * No provision for civil society members * Dual citizens can enter parliament * A person aged 30 can run...
by Rienzie Wijetilleke and Kusum Wijetilleke rienzietwij@gmail.com Archbishop Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith’s recent comments regarding racial and religious politics were most timely. In a climate where religious...
Samagi Jana Balavegaya lawmaker Mijibur Rahman yesterday (3) told The Island that the 20th Amendment sought to take the country back to 2015. The Colombo District...
May I draw your attention to your recent editorial on the election to Parliament of convicts. In a country where the leaders treat the laws with...
Text and pic by Steve A. Morrell The Land Rover Defender, or the ‘new’ LR Defender, was launched in Sri Lanka recently. It’s quite a new...
Govt. defends emergency coal purchases By Shamindra Feddinando Co-cabinet spokesman and Energy Minister Udaya Gammanpila yesterday (3) told the post-cabinet media briefing at the Information Department...
Calls for cancelling some appointments President Gotabaya Rajapaksa yesterday (2) declared that he wouldn’t cancel recently made appointments under any circumstances. Since the change of government...
Open letter to IGP, Traffic DIG, Kollupitiya Traffic OIC Having worked as a road building engineer in Europe and the US for more than 30 years,...
BY S VENKAT NARAYAN Our Special Correspondent NEW DELHI, September 2: Rahul Gandhi, former President of India’s opposition Congress Party, on Wednesday listed six “Modi-made disasters”....
Welcoming a newborn baby to your family is one of life’s greatest pleasures. All parents want nothing but the best for their children and bringing a...
