China and Sri Lanka have intensified joint law enforcement efforts to combat cross-border online gambling and telecom fraud, crimes that...
An assistant manager and a security officer, attached to a state bank branch in Horana, have been arrested in connection...
After a 16-wicket opening day of the English Test summer, a further 17 fell on the second on an up-and-down...
A first ODI win in the West Indies since 2013 and more importantly, a winning start to Gary Kirsten’s tenure...
Anthropic is proposing that the world’s top artificial intelligence companies come up with a coordinated way to pause development of...
Iran’s World Cup football players have been granted visas to enter the United States, according to a White House official,...
Prime Minister Dr Harini Amarasooriya in her Environment Day message said that the environment is the foundation of our livelihood...
Astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) were ordered to shelter in an attached spacecraft after the structure suddenly started...
Qualifier Maja Chwalinska is one win away from a fairytale French Open triumph after setting up a final showdown with...
Volodymyr Zelensky has called for a face-to-face meeting between himself and Vladimir Putin in a renewed bid to end the...
Shreyas Iyer is set to replace Suryakumar Yadav as India’s T20I captain, and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi is set for his maiden call-up,...
Pakistan edged home in a low-scoring tussle to secure their third straight ODI series win against Australia. They batted with...
by Chantal Hiranthi Obeyesekere de Saram My grandfather, Sir James Peter Obeyesekere, was a benevolent man who believed in giving to the society/community in which he...
Perils of a Profession. By Merril Gunaratne. Published January 2021. 136 pages. Price Rs. 300/-. Available at Vijitha Yapa and Sarasavi Bookshops. Reviewed by Leelananda De...
BY S VENKAT NARAYAN, Our Special Correspondent NEW DELHI, January 9: India’s tech capital Bengaluru may soon become a round-the-clock city. It is a challenging mission...
by Ifham Nizam With the killing of a man by a leopard at Panama in Ampara recently, the relatively harmless fishing cats (Prionailurus viverrinus) are being...
Retains its position as the lead for SA region Sri Lanka has retained its position as the lead for the South Asian region and moved up...
Denies President ordered a halt to Rs. 15bn pipeline project Referring to The Sunday Island news stories headlined “President orders immediate halt to Rs. 15bn cross-country...
Life is a painful battle for Jagath Prasanna, a cancer patient with two school-going children struggling to eke out an existence. As he has undergone bilateral...
by Suresh Perera Police investigators are still awaiting the Government Analyst’s report to unravel the mystery behind the suspicious death of the Dutch monk, who was...
An uncharted global future commences in 2021 by Kumar David There are two schools of thought, one says that the world will gradually return to “normal”...
Vallibel Finance, the renowned brand of financial services recently expanded its network across the country, with its most recent branch openings in Ja-Ela and Thambuththegama. The...
Covid-19 pandemic In the backdrop of Sri Lanka nearing 50,000 confirmed Covid-19 cases, the Association of Medical Specialists (AMS) called for a well coordinated and an...
by Ifham Nizam The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has recommended an increase in electricity tariffs by Rs. 2.50 per unit for a period of three years,...
