The Artemis II space mission has blasted off from the US state of Florida, sending four astronauts on a historic...
… talks with Moscow cover fresh coal supplies Eksath Janaraja Peramuna leader Patali Champika Ranawaka yesterday (01) said that Sri...
A magnitude 7.4 earthquake has hit the Northern Molucca Sea off the coast of the city of Ternate, in Indonesia,...
An unbeaten 70 from Sameer Rizvi proved decisive in a low-scoring contest in Lucknow, where Delhi Capitals (DC) became the...
Across the world on Wednesday night, millions of people will tune in to watch Donald Trump deliver a primetime update...
Warm Weather Advisory Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre Issued at 3.30 p.m. on 01 April 2026, valid...
It was the Amelia Kerr show at Basin Reserve on Wednesday as she played the sort of innings that would...
Punjab Kings 165 for 7 in 19.1 overs (Cooper Connolly 72*, Prabhsimran Singh 37, Shreyas Iyer 18, Xavier Bartlett 11*;...
Warm Weather Advisory Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre Issued at 3.30 p.m. on 31 March 2026, valid for...
Approval has been granted at the Cabinet meeting held on 27-06-2012 to provide cultivable agricultural lands from the lower Uma...
In view of the prevailing war situation in the Middle East region and its impact on the economy, the Government...
In accordance with the guidance of the Most Venerable Mahanayake Theros and the All Ceylon Shasanarakshaka Mandalaya, it has been...
Ukrainian budget carrier SkyUp Airlines operated the first charter flight carrying 186 tourists to Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport on December 28. The Airline operating a Boeing...
… says its constitutional proposals ready By Dinasena Rathugamage TNA leader MP R. Sampanthan has said his colaition will not be accepting a homegrown solution to...
Book Review “I Flew Over the Mountain” is the just published autobiography of a fellow Richmondite, Raja Arambawela of Galle.. Youngest (“bada pissa”) in a family...
By Wimal Nanayakkara Although Sri Lanka has provided universal free education since 1939, around one-fifth of poor children drop out of school after the age of...
The National Joint Committee (NJC) has urged the government not to lease the East Container Terminal (ECT) to India or any other country. The NJC, in...
Wednesday 30th December, 2020 Importers who find themselves on the wrong side of the law have to face legal action. Most of them have to pay...
BY CYRIL WIMALASURENDRE KANDY – Twenty-year-old K.P.G. Nirmala Randiwela of No.23B, Keppetipola, Makelwala near Mawanella is suffering from acute kidney failure. Dr. Keerthi Bandara of the...
Pasikuda is known as ‘Green- Algae Bay’ which is located approximately 35 kilometers away from the town of Batticaloa. The natural beauty of this beach with...
… recoveries nearly 34,000, deaths 195 The Health Ministry yesterday (29) said 704 more had recovered from COVID-19 and the total number of recoveries had reached...
By Dr. Prasanna Cooray Kali is at centre stage, again for the wrong reason. I wrote an article about her in The Island on 26.11.2016, under...
By A. HETTIARACHCHI hetti-a@sltnet.lk In October the second wave of Corona infections appeared in Sri Lanka and started spreading at a much higher rate than the...
By Shamindra Ferdinando Sri Lanka yesterday (29) received the second group of tourists from Ukraine as Tourism Minister Prasanna Ranatunga said the health authorities would step...
