‘Bar Association must reveal its stand’ Civil society group ‘Free Lawyers’ has requested Chief Justice Preethi Padman Surasena to probe...
The Canadian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka and the Maldives, Isabelle Martin over the last weekend met representatives of the...
Three prison guards attached to the Welikada Prison have been arrested by Borella Police following the death of an inmate...
Spanish police have seized what is thought to be a national record haul of cocaine from a ship in the...
Three people have died and a UK national is seriously ill in hospital after a suspected hantavirus outbreak on a...
President Donald Trump says the US struck seven Iranian “fast boats” after vowing to help stranded vessels out of the...
There were smiles at last for Mumbai Imdians (MI) on a night that hadn’t looked promising when Nicholas Pooran’s fireworks...
Warm Weather Advisory Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre Issued at 3.30 p.m. on 04 May 2026, valid...
President of the Maldives, Dr Mohamed Muizzu, who is on a State Visit to Sri Lanka at the invitation of...
For years, India’s West Bengal state was the great exception to Narendra Modi’s political advance. His Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)...
The top half of the IPL 2026 points table is an utter logjam.Punjab Kings (PBKS), unbeaten through their first seven...
Varun Chakravarthy and Sunil Narine thrived on a slower-than-usual Hyderabad pitch to halt Sunrisers Hyderabad’s five-match winning streak in IPL...
Despite serious setbacks to its leisure and tourism investments, the MMBL-Pathfinder Group joint-venture portfolio is expected to reach foreign exchange earnings of over US $200 million...
Bhante Dhammika of Australia Just a few weeks ago the recipients of this year’s Nobel Prizes were announced. I always follow the announcement because I’m interested...
As part of the breast cancer awareness month, we feature Ramani Fernando,a popular hairdresser who initiated the hair donation campaign for cancer patients. She partnered with...
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will ask Sri Lanka to make “difficult” choices on its growing relationship with China amid criticism the island is sliding...
The Sri Lanka Golf team of Southern California, beat the Indian Golfers at the 2nd Annual Golf challenge, held on Wednesday October 21st, at the Los...
by Rex Clementine Starved of international cricket due to the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic, Sri Lanka will finally engage in Test cricket when they tour South...
Nawaloka Air Services (Pvt) Ltd, a subsidiary of Nawaloka Holdings, has been appointed the General Sales Agent for Maldivian Airlines in Sri Lanka for passengers and...
By Saman Indrajith The United States blacklisting and imposing a travel ban on Army chief, Lt. Gen. Shavendra Silva, was one of the fallouts of the yahapalana...
By Saman Indrajith SJB Kalutara District MP Dr Rajitha Senaratne told Parliament yesterday that if the government had heeded the calls from the Opposition to take...
…asks for an end to taking suspects out without court approval By Shamindra Ferdinando It is being asked in legal circles whether there have been lapses...
BY RAJITHA RATWATTE Fromoutsidethepearl.co.nz The long awaited once postponed General Election is finally over in NZ. Jacinda Ardern (pronounced aarrdoon) and her labour party have won...
Reminiscences upon turning 100: The comprehensive and interesting article written by Capt. Elmo Jayawardena in The Island newspaper of 06 October 2020 under the title, ‘First...
