The NPP government is trying to maintain a balance between continuing demands for releasing north-east land held by the military...
Colombo Chief Magistrate Lahiru de Silva yesterday granted bail to Yoshitha Rajapaksa, second son of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, on...
The United States provided details of the 14-point memorandum of understanding it reached with Iran on Wednesday. Neither has released...
Scotland take on West Indies in Leeds at 18:30 local time (17:30 GMT) in Group 2 of the Women’s T20...
Moscow has come under the largest Ukrainian attack since the start of the full-scale war, with close to 200 drones...
Oil prices have dropped following the United States and Iran’s signing of an interim peace agreement, resuming a slide interrupted...
Leaders of the G7 have pledged at a summit in France to strengthen Ukraine’s air defences and increase pressure on...
Ghana’s fans and players celebrated wildly as Caleb Yirenkyi finished a sweeping counterattack with a tap-in goal in the fifth...
Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson, Esmaeil Baghaei, has announced that a memorandum of understanding with the United States has...
A game that began with the prospect of a chastening defeat for Pakistan at South Africa’s hands did, indeed, end...
Australia gave themselves another significant net run-rate boost by dispatching Bangladesh with ease at Headingley, restricting them to 77 for...
In overcast Headingley conditions, an all-round performance from Shafali Verma, who scored her first fifty at a T20 World Cup,...
With Covid-19 forcing me to stay at home my mind roams around what I read in “The Island” and hear on TV. And questions arise frequently,...
The number of worldwide COVID-19 deaths had risen to 1,117,641 by Monday. There is no sign of a vaccine being found to permanently control it. It...
BY S VENKAT NARAYAN Our Special Correspondent NEW DELHI, October 18: India’s elite National Security Guard (NSG) has trained a group of personnel who protect Sri...
For two years Ambepitiya had the rare privilege of having sprint king Usain Bolt and his closest contender to world titles Yohan Blake as his training...
The government had decided to introduce three changes to the proposed 20th amendment to the constitution, Minister of Industries, Wimal Weerawansa said yesterday in Colombo. “During...
By Sumith Tennakoon Senior Manager, Air Traffic Control The aviation industry and profession Air Traffic Control (ATC) is battered by the global pandemic COVID-19 all over...
‘Origin of current Covid-19 wave’, and ‘Mystery of latest Covid-19 cluster and its origins’ are the titles of two articles published in The Island newspaper of...
Sports Minister Namal Rajapaksa and Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa hailed the election of Vanushi Walters to the New Zealand Parliament. She is the first Sri Lankan-born...
Tuesday 20th October, 2020 The police finally arrested All Ceylon Makkal Congress Leader and SJB MP Rishad Bathiudeen, wanted for allegedly misusing public funds. He was...
Prof. Peiris addressing KDU conference recently (pic courtesy Education Ministry Reconciliation cannot be achieved at the expense of the majority community Education Minister Prof. G.L....
Spike is not a performer we see on stage, regularly. He is a creative artiste, who spends his time coming up with something new…for music lovers....
Chief Opposition Whip and SJB Kandy District MP Lakshman Kiriella yesterday requested Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena to postpone parliamentary debate on 20th Amendment to the Constitution scheduled...
