Suspect also wanted for child abuse: Extradition process underway Among seven persons arrested in the United Kingdom for people smuggling...
Addressing a gathering of the world’s consular community, Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath issued a pointed, diplomatic request yesterday for the...
The son of Norway’s Crown Princess Mette-Marit has been arrested by police on suspicion of assault, before he goes on...
Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya participated in the South Asia Regional Conference of the World Federation of Consuls (FICAC) 2026...
With five wins in five games for both Australia U-19 and England U-19 at the 2026 edition of the U-19...
Sri Lanka have recalled Kamindu Mendis and dropped Dhananjaya de Silva from their 15-man squad for the T20 World Cup...
China has executed four members of the Bai family mafia, one of the notorious dynasties that ran scam centres in...
While speculation is rife about the sanctions the ICC could potentially levy on the PCB for the Pakistan government’s decision...
Eshan Malinga will miss Sri Lanka’s third T20I’s aginst England on Tuesday with a dislocated shoulder, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC)...
USA allrounder Isani Vaghela has been suspended from bowling in international cricket after the ICC found her action to be...
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has warned that any attack on his country would spark a regional conflict, as...
Pakistan Under 19 neither succeeded in qualifying for the semi-under 1final nor managed a win against India Under 19 in...
The 36th Anniversary of Sri Lanka’s first Test on British soil falls on the 24th of August 2020. In commemoration The Island will feature over 3...
LOLC Group (LOLC), the premier blue chip conglomerate, concluded another financial year on a high note as per the results for the year ended March 31,...
By Sarath Manula Wickrama The first Chancellor appointed from Rajarata area was warmly welcomed on July 24. The highest position one can attain in university field...
by Malinda Seneviratne Consolation prizes there will always be. All it takes is a poker face, ability to cherry-pick and a veneer of analytical sophistication. Well,...
Washington tweets its concern of the strategic island’s indebtedness to Beijing Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and his brother have a difficult economic path ahead of them...
by Kumar David It has been a constant if annoying refrain of this column that there are powerful class, political, military, cultural and racial-religious forces pushing...
A tree planting campaign organized by the Sustainability Unit of DFCC Bank was held last weekend at Vihara Mahadevi Park, Colombo 7 with the participation of...
The Iranian Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Hashem Ashjazadeh congratulating President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa on winning Sri Lanka’s General Election, has called for...
by Dr. Upatissa Pethiyagoda We are constantly reminded of the sorry state of our Economy. This is simply to say that we are broke. We are...
by Nilakshan Perera (continued from last week) On July 23, 1983, when the LTTE ambushed 14 Army personnel including Lt Waas Gunawardena, we were at Ratmalana...
BY SURESH PERERA With Admiral (Retd.) Jayanath Colombage appointed Secretary to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ravinatha Aryasinha, who served in the top position earlier, will...
by Vijaya Chandrasoma The only predictable thing about Trump is his predictability. He failed in his efforts to con his way to a Nobel Peace Prize,...
