The government is under mounting pressure to release a foreign laboratory report on the controversial coal consignment imported for the...
The Communist Party of Sri Lanka yesterday (18) alleged that the US was terrorising countries with unfair tariffs to compel...
At least 21 people have been killed after a crash involving high-speed trains in southern Spain, as authorities warn the...
Contrasting half-centuries from Oman Sadat and Mahboob Khan set up Afghanistan’s 13 run win over West Indies. They wrapped up...
England have confirmed their place in the Super Sixes of the Under 19 World Cup 2026 after crushing hosts Zimbabwe...
A little over a year since winning their first-ever Test series in this country, New Zealand have beaten India in...
The BCB and the ICC have not yet reached a resolution over Bangladesh’s refusal to play their 2026 T20 World...
Smriti Mandhana became the ninth player to enter the 90s in the WPL. For a large part of her knock,...
Vaibhav Sooriyawanshi scored 72 at better than a run a ball, and took an agile catch at the boundary at...
Sri Lanka could not have asked for a better start to their Under-19 World Cup campaign, as their openers all...
Torrential rains have killed more than 100 people across Southern Africa, forcing mass evacuations and rescue operations as authorities warn...
A 119-run partnership between MegLanning and Phoebe Litchfield set up a second successive win for UP Warriorz (UPW) against Mumbai...
Supporting the ‘fighters’, admiring the ‘survivors’, honoring the ‘taken’ and never, ever giving up ‘hope’! By Rochelle Palipane Gunaratne The month of October is dedicated globally...
Book Review: By P G Punchihewa and Mallika Karunaratne ISBN No: 978-955-54441-1-8: 186 pages: Price Rs 360. Reviewer: Jolly Somasundram Hinduism and Buddhism, the world’s oldest...
From left to right: Sulochana Maddumage, Associate Manager – Administration of Persistent Systems Lanka, Kirthi Hettiarachchi, Deputy National Director; Gayantha Dalpadado, Assistant Director – Head of...
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has stressed the need to put in place a mechanism to help both the producer and the consumer by ensuring that commodities are...
Korean ambassador expresses thankfulness by donating re-usable fabric masks to Sri Lanka Police Woonjin Jeong, ambassador of the Republic of Korea met with Acting Inspector General...
By Chitra Weerarathne The Court of Appeal yesterday fixed for support next Tuesday (20) the writ application filed by former Minister Rishad Bathiudeen, seeking a prohibition...
By ROHANA R. WASALA Feisal Mansoor (‘Muslims and ban on cattle slaughter’/The Island/October 9, 2020) opens his piece with a quote from Mahatma Gandhi, obviously taken...
Saturday 17th October, 2020 It is being argued in some quarters that the Easter Sunday carnage could have been averted if the police had been given...
By Rathindra Kuruwita Former minister Kabir Hashim had had a telephone conversation, two days before the Easter Sunday attacks, with Abdul Latheef Hakeem Mohamed, brother of...
OPPO launched the latest OPPO smart phoneF17 Pro in Sri Lanka at an entertaining and exciting on-line launch. The event also saw the participation of a...
By Uditha Devapriya The Many Faces of the Kandyan Kingdom (1591-1765) by Gananath Obeyesekere Perera-Hussein, 2020, 200 pp., Rs. 1,200 In 1602, the year of the...
The Sri Lankan Force Protection Company (SLFP-Coy) serving the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), together with UN peace-keepers from France, Italy, Spain, Finland, Ireland,...
