The NPP government is trying to maintain a balance between continuing demands for releasing north-east land held by the military...
Colombo Chief Magistrate Lahiru de Silva yesterday granted bail to Yoshitha Rajapaksa, second son of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, on...
Scotland take on West Indies in Leeds at 18:30 local time (17:30 GMT) in Group 2 of the Women’s T20...
Moscow has come under the largest Ukrainian attack since the start of the full-scale war, with close to 200 drones...
Oil prices have dropped following the United States and Iran’s signing of an interim peace agreement, resuming a slide interrupted...
Leaders of the G7 have pledged at a summit in France to strengthen Ukraine’s air defences and increase pressure on...
Ghana’s fans and players celebrated wildly as Caleb Yirenkyi finished a sweeping counterattack with a tap-in goal in the fifth...
Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson, Esmaeil Baghaei, has announced that a memorandum of understanding with the United States has...
A game that began with the prospect of a chastening defeat for Pakistan at South Africa’s hands did, indeed, end...
Australia gave themselves another significant net run-rate boost by dispatching Bangladesh with ease at Headingley, restricting them to 77 for...
In overcast Headingley conditions, an all-round performance from Shafali Verma, who scored her first fifty at a T20 World Cup,...
Several tankers carrying Iranian oil have crossed the United States blockade line in the Strait of Hormuz, according to a...
By Sanath Nanayakkare Trade Minister Bandula Gunawardena speaking in parliament yesterday requested the Opposition to proactively engage with the government to find solutions to minimise the...
MAS Holdings announced today, that in line with its long-term strategic objectives, it has concluded the acquisition of its subsidiary attune Lanka (Private) Limited by Rizing,...
Piliyandala removed from isolation list: DGHS helpless By Shamindra Ferdinando Director General of Health Services (DGHS) Asela Gunawardena, who is the state authority for the national...
By Ifham Nizam A new shampoo claiming to be nourishing, soft and smooth with egg protein is planning to hit the market in sachets format...
Wednesday 5th May, 2021 April is apparently the cruellest month in this country, as we said in a previous comment, with apologies to T. S. Eliot....
By Saman Indrajith Chief Government Whip Highways Minister Johnston Fernando told Parliament yesterday that the Colombo Port City Economic Commission Bill would be taken up for...
In his feature article, titled “Reduce O/Level STRESS”, appearing in The Island of 03 May, Anton Peiris makes a timely intervention to introduce an alternative mathematics...
By Norman Palihawadane The Navy nabbed 80 Indians attempting to immigrate illegally into Sri Lanka in 11 boats at Mannar yesterday. They had fled India, fearing...
Colombo: The Embassy of France in Sri Lanka and the Maldives last Friday (30 April) proudly launched ‘Rendez-Vous with Yasmin and Kumar’, a Franco-Sri Lankan talk...
I refer to the article, under the heading “Internal Unity – a priority”, on the Opinion Page of The Island of 30th April. I have no...
The first batch of 15,000 doses of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine arrived in Sri Lanka yesterday. The Russian Embassy in Colombo said that the consignment...
By Hiran H. Senewiratne CSE witnessed a negative performance due to a drop in LOLC Group share prices yesterday following a delay in the presentation of...
