Minister of Foreign Affairs, Vijitha Herath, held talks with Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Andrey Rudenko at the Foreign Ministry,...
Police yesterday arrested 157 foreign nationals in connection with an alleged organised online financial scam, conducted from a hotel in...
Iran has executed two men convicted of being members of the banned People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) opposition group,...
An earthquake in Afghanistan has killed eight members of the same family when their home collapsed in the Gosfand Dara...
Iraq’s qualification for the FIFA World Cup 2026 has completed the lineup of 48 nations for the tournament hosted by...
A total of 365 US service members have been wounded in action since the start of the US-Israeli war with...
The head of Italy’s football federation (FIGC) has resigned, falling on his sword after the men’s national team failed to...
Iranian forces have said they struck down two fighter jets belonging to the United States military, one over the southwest...
Nasa has shared the first high-resolution images of the Earth taken by the Artemis II crew as they head on...
With the US-Israeli war with Iran waging on, the White House earlier announced that it will ask the US Congress...
Punjab are the Kings of 200 plus chases in the IPL. They’d done it eight times before Friday night, and...
Warm Weather Advisory Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre Issued at 3.30 p.m. on 03 April 2026, valid...
by Rienzie Wijetilleke and Kusum Wijetilleke rienzietwij@gmail.com Archbishop Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith’s recent comments regarding racial and religious politics were most timely. In a climate where religious...
Samagi Jana Balavegaya lawmaker Mijibur Rahman yesterday (3) told The Island that the 20th Amendment sought to take the country back to 2015. The Colombo District...
May I draw your attention to your recent editorial on the election to Parliament of convicts. In a country where the leaders treat the laws with...
Text and pic by Steve A. Morrell The Land Rover Defender, or the ‘new’ LR Defender, was launched in Sri Lanka recently. It’s quite a new...
Govt. defends emergency coal purchases By Shamindra Feddinando Co-cabinet spokesman and Energy Minister Udaya Gammanpila yesterday (3) told the post-cabinet media briefing at the Information Department...
Calls for cancelling some appointments President Gotabaya Rajapaksa yesterday (2) declared that he wouldn’t cancel recently made appointments under any circumstances. Since the change of government...
Open letter to IGP, Traffic DIG, Kollupitiya Traffic OIC Having worked as a road building engineer in Europe and the US for more than 30 years,...
BY S VENKAT NARAYAN Our Special Correspondent NEW DELHI, September 2: Rahul Gandhi, former President of India’s opposition Congress Party, on Wednesday listed six “Modi-made disasters”....
Welcoming a newborn baby to your family is one of life’s greatest pleasures. All parents want nothing but the best for their children and bringing a...
One of cricket’s best entertainers Shahid Afridi has signed to play the inaugural Lanka Premier League and will be captaining the Galle franchise. The franchise has...
By Sanath Nanayakkare The European Union’s Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP Plus) trade concession that reduces or eliminates tariffs on a range of exports from Sri...
By Rajitha Ratwatte fromoutsidethepearl@gmail.com The haunting lyrics of Freddie Mercury’s “who wants to live forever” echoes in my mind these days. However, there is a rather...
