The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) has directed owners of large-scale rooftop solar systems to temporarily disconnect their installations for a...
The cost of preparing a traditional kevili table for the Sinhala and Tamil New Year has risen by 7 per...
Sanju Samson’s first century for Chennai Super Kings (CSK) set up the team’s first win in IPL 2026 and their...
Punjab Kings trumped Sunrisers Hyderabad in a battle of explosive top orders, chasing down 220 with more than an an...
Warm Weather Advisory Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre at 3.30 p.m. on 11 April 2026, valid for...
On the apparent northward relative motion of the sun, it is going to be directly over the latitudes of Sri...
On Tuesday, from a balcony in Lima’s historic San Martin Square, Ricardo Belmont — who, at 80, is Peru’s oldest...
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...
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...
98th National Athletics Championship by Reemus Fernando Emerging school athlete Shanika Lakshani competing alongside seniors shattered one of the oldest athletics records when she clocked 4:33.40...
The Olcott Oration delivered to the Old Boys Association of Ananda College (November 2020, Perth, Western Australia) by Dr D Chandraratna It can be gauged from...
By Shamindra Ferdinando Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) leader Rauff Hakeem, MP, recently told The Island that Sri Lanka had no option but to involve India...
By Rathindra Kuruwita The Ministry of Education did not spend 27.75% of the money allocated to it in the budgets between 2016 and 2019, says Ceylon...
Continuing to help individuals and businesses earn greater returns on their foreign currency savings, Sampath Bank is offering an additional bonus interest of 33% on its...
