A no-confidence motion brought by the Opposition against Energy Minister Kumara Jayakody was defeated in Parliament yesterday by a majority...
Chinese Ambassador to Sri Lanka Qi Zhenhong yesterday assured that China would not allow a fuel crisis to arise in...
Vaibhav Sooriyavanshi equalled his own record for the fastest half-century, off 15 balls, in a six-fest on a flat Guwahati...
On the apparent northward relative motion of the sun, it is going to be directly over the latitudes of Sri...
Zimbabwe Women are set for their maiden tour to Pakistan for three ODIs and three T20Is. The ODIs kick off...
The Bangladesh Cricket Board announced that they have decided to change match timings of the upcoming international assignments of the...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered his government to begin direct talks with Lebanon, he said in a statement...
On the apparent northward relative motion of the sun, it is going to be directly over the latitudes of Sri...
In the lead-up to IPL 2026, Lucknow Super Giants coach Justin Langer believed that rookie <ukul Choudhary had the potential...
The Darts Regulation Authority has banned transgender women from competing in its women’s events with immediate effect. The DRA, which...
Warm Weather Advisory Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre Issued at 3.30 p.m. on 09 April 2026, valid...
Peshawar Zalmi held their nerve to beat Hyderabad Kingsmen off the final ball in a tense four-wicket win in the...
LAWYER PAUL DICKINSON SAYS . . by Selvam Canagaratna “It’s perfectly obvious that somebody’s responsible and somebody’s innocent. Otherwise it [Justice] makes no sense at all.”...
The gift of acquiring a foreign language makes a positive contribution towards one’s nation As an event of “Korea Week”, the Embassy of the Republic of...
Visiting External Minister S. Jaishankar had discussed starting an ‘air travel bubble’ with India and expanding a free trade agreement during a meeting with Sri Lanka...
Claiming that the Opposition was misleading the public about the initiative to attract Ukrainian visitors to Sri Lanka to help boost the tottering tourism industry, State...
Milinda Moragoda, Founder of the Pathfinder Foundation, presented the report of the Pathfinder Indian Ocean Security Conference – 2020 (PFIOSC – 2020) to the Indian External...
by Chantal Hiranthi Obeyesekere de Saram My grandfather, Sir James Peter Obeyesekere, was a benevolent man who believed in giving to the society/community in which he...
Perils of a Profession. By Merril Gunaratne. Published January 2021. 136 pages. Price Rs. 300/-. Available at Vijitha Yapa and Sarasavi Bookshops. Reviewed by Leelananda De...
BY S VENKAT NARAYAN, Our Special Correspondent NEW DELHI, January 9: India’s tech capital Bengaluru may soon become a round-the-clock city. It is a challenging mission...
by Ifham Nizam With the killing of a man by a leopard at Panama in Ampara recently, the relatively harmless fishing cats (Prionailurus viverrinus) are being...
Retains its position as the lead for SA region Sri Lanka has retained its position as the lead for the South Asian region and moved up...
Denies President ordered a halt to Rs. 15bn pipeline project Referring to The Sunday Island news stories headlined “President orders immediate halt to Rs. 15bn cross-country...
Life is a painful battle for Jagath Prasanna, a cancer patient with two school-going children struggling to eke out an existence. As he has undergone bilateral...
