… announces temporary relief package President Anura Kumara Dissanayake yesterday acknowledged in Parliament that the import of substandard coal had...
The Chinese Embassy in Colombo launched the commemorative publication in connection with the 70 years of Sri Lanka Diplomatic Relations...
On the apparent northward relative motion of the sun, it is going to be directly over the latitudes of Sri...
Warm Weather Advisory Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre Issued at 3.30 p.m. on 07 April 2026, valid...
Approval has been granted at the Cabinet Meeting held on 30-03-2026 to provide relief by granting up to rupees 20/-...
The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the resolution furnished by the President in his capacity as the Minister of Digital...
The Galle fort which has been declared as a World Heritage by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization...
Seven players from the Eritrean football squad that scored a historic victory in Eswatini last week have failed to return...
The Artemis II astronauts are bound for Earth after conducting a historic lunar fly by and witnessing a total solar...
Matheesha Pathirana and Wanidu Hasaranga are among 15 Sri Lankan players under central contracts yet to take their mandatory fitness...
On the apparent northward relative motion of the sun, it is going to be directly over the latitudes of Sri...
Warm Weather Advisory Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre Issued at 3.30 p.m. on 06 April 2026, valid...
Not a political decision says co-cabinet spokesman By Shamindra Ferdinando Co-cabinet spokesperson, Energy Minister Udaya Gammanpila told post-cabinet media briefing on Thursday (10) at the Information...
‘We have no suspicions whatsoever’ Family members of The Island Deputy Editor Zacky Jabbar, who died recently, say they have no suspicions whatsoever of his untimely...
IBM outlined a comprehensive strategy for Sri Lanka driven by Hybrid Cloud, and Artificial Intelligence (AI), underpinned by Cybersecurity at a virtual round-table meeting. As organisations...
By Uditha Devapriya The faintest smile lit up her face. As her eyes widened, she seemed almost at ease. Then she leapt to the past, letting...
Dian Gomes, the President of the Boxing Association of Sri Lanka has been appointed as an executive committee member of the International Boxing Association (AIBA), the...
I wish to bring to the attention of the Hon. Minister in charge of Rubber cultivation, the current plight of rubber cultivators, in view of the...
Please allow me to disagree with your editorial of September 8th – “Axing Arts”. The subject reminded me of a cartoon that appeared in your own...
Directors and staff from DPL with fertilizer at the distribution ceremony By Steve A. Morrell Dipped Products Ltd ( DPL) through its Firstlight Initiative, over a...
Seylan Bank, the Bank with a Heart recently participated in the ‘Kedella Construction Expo 2020’, Sri Lanka’s premier Home Construction and Interior trade show, providing a...
Saturday 12th September, 2020 Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa, addressing Parliament, on Thursday, made no bones about his opposition to the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) compact, which,...
Thalatha Athukorala’s feudal mindset is amply demonstrated from the paragraph I quote from today’s The Island (10/09) from a statement made in Parliament. “MP Premalal Jayasekera...
As reported in the media on 9th September, the Prime Minister, has proposed to bring legislation to stop cattle slaughter, and he believes that many MPs...
