… five senior officials suspended President’s Counsel Maithri Gunaratne has urged the Parliament to intervene in an ongoing investigation conducted...
Colombo Fort Magistrate Isuru Neththikumara has directed the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to arrest former SriLankan Airlines board member Shasheendra...
Advisory for Severe Lightning Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre of the Department of Meteorology Issued at 12.00...
Standing on top of a customised van on a hot and humid afternoon in Tirunelveli, about 600km (373 miles) south...
When Gary Kirsten coached India to ODI World Cup glory in 2011, 20 million Sri Lankan hearts were shattered. Now,...
Sri Lanka seamer Nuwan Thushara has withdrawn his lawsuit against Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), just weeks after filing it when...
Israeli attacks have killed five people in southern Lebanon, including a journalist, Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA) reported, further straining...
South Africa completed their highest successful chase in T20Is and sealed the five-match series against India with two matches to...
It wasn’t the high-scoring spectacle that people might have expected, especially with Vaibhav Sooryavanshi in the house, but that didn’t...
Warm Weather Advisory Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre Issued at 3.30 p.m. on 22 April 2026, valid...
Iran’s IRGC says it has seized two vessels for “disrupting order and safety in the Strait of Hormuz”, The IRGC...
The importance of establishing learning centers at regional level has been identified in order to achieve multiple objectives, including the...
by Rex Clementine There’s been a lot said and written on fitness levels of Sri Lanka’s cricketers in recent days. A fitness test scheduled for ...
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,...
