Easter Sunday carnage: Investigations into the 2019 Easter Sunday terror attacks will not be halted due to protests, demonstrations or...
A total of 267,138 children dropped out of the school system between 2018 and 2024, Prime Minister and Minister of...
The Canadian government has introduced a new digital safety bill that would ban social media for children under 16, with...
American teenager Cooper Lutkenhaus produced a stunning performance to hold off Olympic champion Emmanuel Wanyonyi in the men’s 800m at...
An enormous whale graveyard around 1,200km (745 miles) long has been discovered in the south-eastern Indian Ocean. The site, which...
President Donald Trump has said on Wednesday that the US will hit Iran “hard” , after the two sides exchanged strikes...
India are likely to begin their Test series in Sri Lanka in Galle later this year. Shubman Gill’s side is...
The US says it has carried out a series of strikes on Iranian military and surveillance sites in response to...
Nahid Rana and Mosaddek Hossain combined brilliantly to secure Bangladesh a huge win against Australia in the first ODI in...
The Sri Lanka Community and Health Survey is the main data source for obtaining necessary information for reviewing progress toward...
Approval of the Cabinet of Ministers was granted at their meeting held on 02.12.2024 to appoint Mrs. Chandanie Sagarika Boogahawatthe,...
A committee has been appointed by the Secretary to the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development to provide recommendations...
By Hiran H.Senewiratne CSE activities were slightly negative following the Central Bank announcement last Friday that the country’s foreign reserves have dropped to US 4.3 billion...
Tuesday 16th February, 2021 Some SLPP heavyweights, embroiled in a political brawl, are doing their laundry in public; they seem to have got it down to...
By Chitra Weerarathne The writ application filed by the Veddah Chief Uruwarigelage Wannila Eththo will be supported in the Court of Appeal on Friday. The Veddah...
Chameera Ginige and Ishara Madurangi won the men’s and women’s singles titles of the Dhanasiri Amarathunga Challenge Trophy All Island Ranking Table Tennis Tournament organised by...
By M. P. DHANAPALA and D. S. de Z.ABEYSIRIWARDENA Former Directors, Rice Research and Development Institute We have observed earlier, in media discussions, that the majority...
The Divulapitiya road development project, which was completed under the national program for the development of 100,000 kilometers under the ‘Vision of Prosperity’ national program of...
By.Prof. O. A. ILEPERUMA Recent articles by the GMOA (The Island 26-1-2021) and Dr. B.C.Perera (The Island 27-1-2021) highlighted the extraordinary delays causing young doctors to...
How it affects the small holders by Dr Janaka Ratnasiri The Cabinet of Ministers, at its meeting held on 26.01.2021, has decided to amend the Wages...
Aitken Spence PLC non-tourism multi-industry sectors reported a Profit-Before-Tax (PBT) of Rs. 1.3 Bn in 3Q, a growth of 44% compared to the previous year in...
Celebrations of mothers and motherhood can be traced back to the ancients Greeks and Romans, who held festivals in honour of the mother goddesses Rhea and Cybele, but...
As the national ICT and telecommunications service provider, SLT-MOBITEL recorded yet another first by deploying enhanced voice & 4G/data connectivity solutions at Meemure – an iconic...
Four former Presidents of Sri Lanka Cricket; Ana Punchihewa, Rienzie Wijetilleke, Vijaya Malalasekara and Sidath Wettimuny along with some prominent and well respected individuals moved the...
