Vicious attacks disguised as criticism of education reforms, says PM Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa has said Sri Lanka’s education system has fallen...
SriLankan Airlines has unveiled a landmark international branding initiative to promote the Colombo Nawam Maha Perahera 2026, one of the...
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...
President Yoweri Museveni has been declared the winner of Thursday’s election extending his four decades in power by another five...
Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has accused the US and Donald Trump of being responsible for “casualties, damage and...
President Donald Trump has named former British Prime Minister Tony Blair to his so-called “Board of Peace”, which is expected...
The ICC has decided to send officials to Dhaka this weekend to meet the BCB’s top brass in a bid...
A special committee, appointed by the Bar Association of Sri Lanka to study the proposed 20th Amendment to the Constitution and submit a report, is of...
There was a fabulously rich mudalali, who, in his time, was an institution in the South. He was not born with the proverbial silver spoon in...
Lessons from Hantana For this, I go back to 1984, when I bought a house at the Hantana housing scheme started by President Premadasa. At the...
By Uditha Devapriya In his travelogue Following the Equator, Mark Twain makes the following intriguing claim: “Tea-tasting is the great business in Ceylon, now. A passenger...
Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena addressing the High-Level Meeting on the 25th Anniversary of the 4th World Conference on Women on Thursday Historically, Sri Lanka had demonstrated its...
India’s Federal Finance Ministry is discussing options for pushing the Indian Rupee as a common currency for trade with South Asian neighbours, New Delhi based NewsRise...
The panel comprising Jagath Liyanarachchi (RTI activist), Karu Jayasuriya (former speaker of parliament), Ashwini Natesan Weerabahu (researcher), Dumindu Madushan, Dulan Dasanayake (Right to Life) Text and...
Morison PLC, the largest oral solid dosage pharmaceutical manufacturer in Sri Lanka and a subsidiary of Hemas Holdings PLC, ceremonially opened their new state-of-the-art manufacturing plant...
Compensation negotiations still on By Ifham Nizam The Maritime Rescue Coordinating Centre (MRCC) yesterday authorised the owners of the crude oil tanker, ‘MT New Diamond’; to...
According to Mr. J.S. Ranasingha, in his article in The Island of 28th Sept the Rubber Industry is on the verge of extinction, with the annual...
MAS Holdings, the largest and leading design-to-delivery apparel solutions provider in South Asia, has renewed its commitment to empower more of its employees by extending its...
Senior DIG Deshabandu Tennakoon told Derana Aluth Parlimenthuwa programme, on Wednesday, that police had been ordered to open fire if those in their custody made sudden...
