The Auditor General has warned that delays in coal procurement and continued reliance on suppliers of questionable standards could disrupt...
In the wake of the National Development Bank (NDB) PLC having to publicly acknowledge a loss of as much as...
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has ruled that all the benched players are not allowed to...
Why did David Miller refuse a single off the penultimate delivery with Delhi Capitals needing 2 off 2? It’ll be...
Greece has announced plans to ban access to social media for under-15s, becoming the latest European country to restrict children’s...
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 4.30 p.m. on 08 April 2026, valid...
United States President Donald Trump has agreed to suspend his planned bombing of Iran for two weeks, following his threat...
Heavy rain in Guwahati delayed the start of the match between Rajasthan Royals (RR) and Mumbai Indians (MI) by more...
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/-...
By Prabath Withana A stock of illegal cigarettes worth Rs. 17 million in 12 boxes with ready-made garments was seized by the Customs recently. Customs Additional...
Softlogic Life Insurance PLC announced the inking of landmark deals with Development Financial Institutions; Finnish Fund for Industrial Cooperation Ltd – Finnfund and The Norwegian Investment...
Thursday 3rd September, 2020 The SLPP government is under fire for having nominated a murder convict—Premalal Jayasekera—to contest last month’s general election. Those who re-elected him...
by Rex Clementine One of cricket’s sharpest brains – Ranjan Madugalle – is set to appear in his first Test match in Sri Lanka as a...
Justice Minister Ali Sabry said, on Tuesday, that one in every 40 people in the country was addicted to narcotic drugs and the government would do...
Former President and incumbent Patron of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga said she would work with the younger generation to reinvigorate the...
Medical conditions are inevitable once the human body begins to age. They arrive with their complexities which can affect our elders physically and emotionally. However, we...
BY S VENKAT NARAYAN Our Special Correspondent NEW DELHI, September 1: The situation in East Ladakh continues to remain tense along the India-China border in eastern...
The United States Government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), has donated 200 brand-new, state-of-the-art ventilators to Sri Lanka, delivering on President Trump’s offer...
Amending 19th Amendment By Austin Fernando (Former Secretary to the President) Recently, the Cabinet of Ministers decided to amend/repeal (?) the 19th Amendment to the Constitution...
The Island has carried many pieces on the electricity generation sector, mostly by just one writer, almost all them hostile to the CEB’s Long Term Generation...
by Shamindra Ferdinando Education Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris on Sunday (30) said that those opposed to the government was busy propagating the lie that enactment of...
