‘Bar Association must reveal its stand’ Civil society group ‘Free Lawyers’ has requested Chief Justice Preethi Padman Surasena to probe...
The Canadian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka and the Maldives, Isabelle Martin over the last weekend met representatives of the...
Three prison guards attached to the Welikada Prison have been arrested by Borella Police following the death of an inmate...
Spanish police have seized what is thought to be a national record haul of cocaine from a ship in the...
Three people have died and a UK national is seriously ill in hospital after a suspected hantavirus outbreak on a...
President Donald Trump says the US struck seven Iranian “fast boats” after vowing to help stranded vessels out of the...
There were smiles at last for Mumbai Imdians (MI) on a night that hadn’t looked promising when Nicholas Pooran’s fireworks...
Warm Weather Advisory Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre Issued at 3.30 p.m. on 04 May 2026, valid...
President of the Maldives, Dr Mohamed Muizzu, who is on a State Visit to Sri Lanka at the invitation of...
For years, India’s West Bengal state was the great exception to Narendra Modi’s political advance. His Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)...
The top half of the IPL 2026 points table is an utter logjam.Punjab Kings (PBKS), unbeaten through their first seven...
Varun Chakravarthy and Sunil Narine thrived on a slower-than-usual Hyderabad pitch to halt Sunrisers Hyderabad’s five-match winning streak in IPL...
Sampath Bank PLC announced the appointment of veteran industrialist Vinod Kishore Hirdaramani as Non-Executive, Independent Director to its Board of Directors, with effect from 16th February 2021....
… asks why PCoI spared Sagala and Ranil by Saman Indrajith The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna yesterday said that former President Maithripala Sirisena has now been left...
Fulfilling its duties as a responsible agribusiness company in the country, Watawala Plantations PLC (CSE: WATA) recently donated a Sap Flow Meter with six sensor units...
The present-day sky is crowded. Airways crisscross above continents and oceans and are severely congested with all kinds of aeroplanes carrying passengers and cargo. Then someone...
A reply to Dr Tilak Siyambalapitiya Dr Janaka Ratnasiri The piece written by Dr Tilak Siyambalapitiya (Dr TS) appearing in The Island of 24.02.2021, in response...
Monday 1st March, 2021 The Opposition has got hold of something to beat the government with. The final report issued by the Presidential Commission of Inquiry...
Lanka Hospitals has been named the Official Healthcare Partner of ‘Prima Ran Piyawara’, an exclusive loyalty programme for premier customers of Prima Ceylon. ‘Prima Ran Piyawara’...
By Gotabaya Dasanayaka This article is not to discuss the merits or otherwise of the proposal to increase the daily wage of Tea & Rubber Plantation...
By Saman Indrajith The JVP yesterday called on the government to release the report of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry on Political Victimization immediately. Addressing the...
SSC Open Ranking Tennis by Reemus Fernando Luka Knese and 18-year-old Savini Jayasuriya won the men’s and women’s singles titles respectively at the SSC Open Ranking...
The government has decided to amend the Penal Code and Criminal Procedure Code to curb the rising crime rate. The aim is to set up a...
By I. P. C. MENDIS Enthusiasm initially displayed to get to the bottom of the whole episode on the Easter Sunday blasts eventually fast waned with...
