Mounting concerns over drug safety and regulatory oversight have triggered strong calls from medical professionals and trade unions for the...
China has pledged its full support to Sri Lanka’s economic and social recovery efforts in the wake of Cyclone Ditwah,...
Winter storms are worsening conditions for hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians in Gaza, as aid agencies warn that Israeli...
An official meeting was held between Wang Dongming, Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC)...
The landslide early warning centre of the National Building Research Organization [NBRO] has issued Level III landslide early warnings to...
Astonishingly, this Ashes series is just seven days old, but it remains in no mood to slow down and take...
Sri Lanka has named a young squad for the forthcoming T20Is against India, bringing in the likes of 17-year-old ambidextrous...
Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya was the chief guest at the Graduation Ceremony of the Defence Services Command and Staff...
US President Donald Trump has filed a $5bn (£3.7bn) lawsuit against the BBC over an edit of his 6 January...
The Situation Report issued by the Disaster Management Center at 06:00AM on 16th December 2025 shows that 70,297 persons belonging...
New South Wales Police say 15 people, including a 10 year old girl were killed in a shooting at Bondi...
The ninth phase of the islandwide programme to recognise outstanding achievers at the G.C.E. Advanced Level implemented by the Presidential...
By Dr Janaka Ratnasiri I thank Eng. Anton Nanayakkara (AN)’s write-up in The Island of 28.07.2020, responding to my article on Flood Protection of Colombo Metropolitan...
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa says that saboteurs carry out various conspiracies every time a leader who thinks about the country comes to power. Addressing an election rally...
The Ceylon Motor Traders Association (CMTA), the only trade association in Sri Lanka that represents automotive manufacturers through their local importers, urged the Government to provide...
The District Base Hospital Teldeniya, currently a designated COVID-19 Treatment Centre, received essential medical equipment from a collection of a day’s salary spearheaded by the Association...
Standard Chartered Sri Lanka has won big at “The Asset Triple A Treasury, Trade, SSC and Risk Management Awards 2020” announced recently, with awards for ‘Best...
by JUSTIN KEPPETIYAGAMA jdkgama02@gmail.com Speaking at a series of election rallies in Trincomalee and Kinniya, on July 19, former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has said he...
showing a growth trajectory of 1.6% year-on-year Conquering extensive economic destabilization dynamics stemming from the aEaster Sunday attacks and COVID-19, Citizens Development Business Finance PLC (CDB)...
President Donald Trump, whose nonsense about the spread of Covid-19 in the US, is now using the major disaster it has caused, to get the coming...
ASUS recently announced the launch of ASUS VivoBook S Series laptops in Sri Lanka, specifically targeting the young users. The ASUS VivoBook S series is a...
DSG Peiris demands police upgrade their representation in court By Shamindra Ferdinando The Attorney General’s Department is willing even to consider securing assistance of the military...
Reading the articles published in The Island over the last few weeks, it seems that most of the political analysts, regardless of the party they support,...
From Left – Vimal Wijendra (Co-ordinator), Suganda (Senior Manager- Perera Tyre Service), Yasiru Perera (Director – Perera Tyre Service), Ruwan Perera (Managing Director – Perera Tyre...
