The NPP government has not taken a final decision regarding filling of the vacancies in the judiciary. A group of...
SJB leader Sajith Premadasa has invited the UNP and other political parties to join his party. Premadasa, who is also...
British Prime Minister KeirStarmer has resigned in a televised statement after coming under mounting pressure from his own Labour Party....
A discussion aimed at identifying swift solutions to the challenges facing Sri Lanka’s apparel sector, with a view to strengthening...
More than half of France’s regions are under a red heat alert, as the country braces for sweltering temperatures in...
Australian police have seized 2.7 tonnes of cocaine – the country’s largest ever such bust – from an underground bunker...
Liverpool star Mohamed Salah scored his first goal of the tournament as part of a second-half flurry to deliver Egypt...
Inspired by Lamine Yamal, Spain strolled to a 4-0 win over Saudi Arabia in Group H, as Mikel Oyarzabal restored...
In a contest billed as the biggest of the group stage, South Africa took a big step towards the semi-final...
Belgium were held to a scoreless draw by Iran in a frustrating encounter that saw the Red Devils reduced to...
US and Iranian officials have started direct talks in Switzerland after signing an initial agreement to end the war last...
West Indies spinners set up a third straight victory as they strangled Sri Lanka’s batters before Stefanie Taylor steadied a...
Cargo volumes at the Hambantota International Port (HIP) have been steadily on the rise, reaching an all-time high during the months of December 2020 and January...
China’s Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Luo Zhaohui has re-emphasised his country’s all-round support to Colombo when he met Sri Lanka’s Ambassador Palitha Kohona last week....
By Shamindra Ferdinando SLPP Chairman Prof. G.L. Peiris yesterday (8) ruled out the possibility of proscribing the Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) as recommended by the Presidential Commission of...
Surprisingly, the Coronavirus pandemic seems to have galvanised our entertainers into action. True, most of the big bands are finding the going pretty tough, these days,...
By Ifham Nizam The government had decided to conserve the Muthurajawela wetland under the Urban Development Authority as the Wildlife Ministry and Department could not afford...
This tribute is in remembrance of my father-in-law, the late Dr. Neville Fernando who would have celebrated his 90th birthday on 9th March 2021. He passed...
Yes, music lovers, get ready to boogie the night away, this Saturday, March 13th. From 9.00 pm to 10 pm, you would be given the opportunity...
Speech made by Ajith Nivard Cabraal, State Minister of Money, Capital Markets and State Enterprise Reforms at the Trade and Investment Forum organised by the Pakistan...
Winners of the first phase of the island-wide Govi Mithuru Nidanaya competition being presented with their prizes from Dialog Axiata PLC As part of the well-established revolutionary agri-tech service...
Dr Janaka Rathnasiri (The Island, 1st March 2021) has not filled-up the relatively simple table of electricity costs, when the President’s order is implemented. I reproduce...
SSC Open Ranking Tennis Akeesha Silva and Movindi Fernando won the Under-14 girls doubles title while Anandians Ransath Peiris and Hasal Ahangama and Ave Maria Convent’s...
By the time you read this, our nation’s Goose may have been cooked in Geneva, and only the bare bones are left for political pundits to...
