Kusal Mendis hit 72 off 62 to energise Sri Lanka after a slow start, while Pathum Nissanka, Janith Liyanage and...
… tells Prez such arbitrary change neither necessary nor desirable The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) has urged President...
The Sri Lanka Cricket Selection Panel has named the following squads for the upcoming Tri-Nation ‘A’ Series and the Four-Day...
The Sri Lanka Cricket Selection Panel has selected the following squads to play in the West Indies Emerging Tour of...
A two-member ICC delegation that visited Dhaka earlier this week will report its findings and observations to the governing body....
Aryna Sabalenka’s bid for a first French Open title has been left in tatters after she fell apart in a...
Quite what either side will ultimately take from this ODI series is debatable, but a patched-up Australia side can be...
West Indies won the toss and chose to bowl first in the first ODI of Sri Lanka’s tour of the...
Qualifier Maja Chwalinska continued her dream French Open run as she beat Anna Kalinskaya to reach her first Grand Slam...
At least 21 people have been killed and many others injured after a fire tore through a multi-storey building in...
The US military has said it launched “self-defence” strikes on Iran overnight, and shot down ballistic missiles and drones fired...
Marta Kostyuk accused Russian players of hiding behind silence over the war in Ukraine, saying after four years of conflict...
By Saman Indrajith It did not matter whether the MPs were wearing pressed clothes or had travelled long distances when their questions were answered, Chief Government...
By Sanjeewa Jayaweera It was on 3rd January 1972 that our family arrived in Karachi from Moscow. Our departure from Moscow had been delayed for a...
By Dr Laksiri Fernando The 46th Session of the UN Human Rights Council started on 22 February morning with obvious hiccups. The Office, to mean the...
Believe me, seeing certain videos, on social media, depicting action, on the dance floor, at some of these entertainment venues, got me wondering whether this Coronavirus...
Dr. Senarath Paranavitana, the first Sri Lankan Commissioner of Archaeology, was one of the world’s foremost Archaeologists, who was famous for his discovery and interpretation of...
(This article by The Island’s respected cricket columnist Rohan Wijeyaratne first appeared in these pages 16 years ago; on the 11th of June 2005. As World...
Nimal Lanza, State Minister for Rural Roads and Other Infrastructure said that it is planned to construct a house and business premises adjacent to one of...
In the backdrop of an extremely challenging environment, Seylan Bank recorded a Profit After Tax (PAT) of LKR 3Bn for the year ended 31 December 2020....
Community Physicians warn of catastrophe Dr. Nihal Abeysinghe, President of the College of Community Physicians yesterday (24) strongly criticised the sudden and unilateral government decision to...
Trade Finance and Investments PLC (TFI), a well-established financial service provider in Sri Lanka for over 35 years, has been amalgamated into one of Sri Lanka’s...
By Tharishi Hewavithanagamage With the unrelenting global pandemic, films and television shows have become saving graces in 2020, although many shows have had production and broadcast...
By Chitra Weerarathne Attorney-at-Law Hejaaz Hizbullah and his wife Maran Califa yesterday withdrew the writ application they had filed in the Court of Appeal against the...
