… asks who called for third DNA test Top SJB spokesman Mujibur Rahuman, MP, wants the Catholic Church to exert...
Indian High Commissioner Santosh Jha characterised 2025 as a year of “re-energising and reaffirmation” in India–Sri Lanka relations, reiterating India’s...
The landslide early warning center of the National Building Research Organisation [NBRO] has issued RED warnings to the districts of...
In its fourth season, the WPL now feels part of the system, shaping careers and standards in increasingly visible ways....
Huge crowds of protesters have been marching through Iran’s capital and other cities, videos show, in what is said to...
As Sri Lanka arrive on the doorstep of another World Cup, there is the usual attendant instability. The captain has...
Nasa has said it will return a four-person crew aboard the International Space Station (ISS), cutting short their mission a...
Six whales have died on a remote beach in New Zealand’s South Island following a mass stranding and volunteers are...
The Trump administration says it’s going to withdraw the United States from 66 international organisations, including 31 United Nations entities...
Brazil plans to send national guard troops to northern Roraima state, which borders Venezuela and has a strong presence of...
Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya stated that a policy is currently being formulated to ensure child protection in the use...
A RED warning for a deep depression to the South-east of Sri Lanka has been issued at 01.00 a.m. on...
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Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat in the winner-takes-all third and final Twenty20 International against Bangladesh at R. Premadasa Stadium on Wednesday, ringing...
In a call to action for solar cooperation across Asia and the Pacific, Sri Lankan Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya said the 21st century must be...
Judicial Medical Officer Dr. Pranavan Sellaiya informed the Jaffna Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday (15) that the next phase of excavations at the Chemmani-Siththupattu cemetery mass grave...
Thursday 17th July, 2025 The Court of Appeal (CA) has dismissed a petition, in limine, which sought an injunction to prevent Western Province Local Government Commissioner...
Fast-breaking developments in US-Russia relations and US-Ukraine ties could very well be pointing to the wasting war in the Ukraine theatre currently approaching a dangerous tipping...
A superb unbeaten century from Nuwanidu Fernando helped Sri Lanka A secure a hard-fought draw against Australia A in the first four-day match in Darwin, as...
Apropos front-page news item, headlined “Fresh ragging at Eastern Uni. results in violent clashes” in the 16 July edition of The Island, the Registrar Eastern University,...
An appreciation So said my son-in-law Captain Suraj Weerasekera on the day that his father died, three years ago, when I condoled with him on that...
Kalutara Zonal Schools Athletics Championship Sprinter Lochana de Silva of Holy Cross College, Kalutara and Adithya Fernando of Sri Sumangala Balika, Panadura were adjudged the best...
I’m sure the whole of Sri Lanka is eagerly looking forward to the arrival of Bollywood heartthrob Shah Rukh Khan, due in Colombo, next month, for...
The Navy intercepted three dinghies for smuggling 1,349,640 prescription drugs, during a search operation conducted in the Wellamundalama sea area, Kalpitiya, on 14 July. The operation...
The Pathfinder Foundation hosted Julie Chung, Ambassador of the United States of America, at its headquarters, “Riverpoint” in Peliyagoda. Ambassador Chung was accompanied by Deputy Chief...
