India wants to upgrade the India-Sri Lanka Free Trade Agreement, signed in 2000 during Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga’s presidency. Declaring that...
Sri Lanka’s creditors were unlikely to classify the recent USD 2.5 million Treasury fund heist as a technical debt default,...
The schedule for the IPL 2026 playoffs has been announced, with matches set to be held in Dharamshala, New Chandigarh...
The California man who allegedly tried to assassinate President Donald Trump at a Washington gala has been indicted on a...
The US operation to guide stranded vessels through the Strait of Hormuz will be paused for a “short period of...
Chennai Super Kings came into IPL 2026 with a dodgy look about their bowling attack. They lost three games straight...
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 Donald Trump, whose nonsense about the spread of Covid-19 in the US, is now using the major disaster it has caused, to get the coming...
ASUS recently announced the launch of ASUS VivoBook S Series laptops in Sri Lanka, specifically targeting the young users. The ASUS VivoBook S series is a...
DSG Peiris demands police upgrade their representation in court By Shamindra Ferdinando The Attorney General’s Department is willing even to consider securing assistance of the military...
Reading the articles published in The Island over the last few weeks, it seems that most of the political analysts, regardless of the party they support,...
From Left – Vimal Wijendra (Co-ordinator), Suganda (Senior Manager- Perera Tyre Service), Yasiru Perera (Director – Perera Tyre Service), Ruwan Perera (Managing Director – Perera Tyre...
New Defence Adviser to the High Commission of India Captain (Indian Navy) Vikas Sood has had interactions with the leadership of Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Defence...
England seam bowler Stuart Broad says he considered retirement after being dropped for last month’s opening Test of the summer against West Indies. Broad, 34, was...
In Sri Lanka by Zanita Careem The novel Coronavirus has ended lives and upended lives, with many cases of Covid-19 being reported around the world each...
Spa Ceylon Opens 100th Store Spa Ceylon has reaffirmed its position as the world’s largest luxury Ayurveda chain, with their 100th store recently opening in Lisbon,...
BOOK REVIEW VINTAGE DENNIS AND ROBEY VEHICLES IN SRI LANKA by Ali Azeez; 60 pages, A5 size, numerous black-and-white and colour illustrations; published privately in 2014....
by Norman Palihawadana Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa expressed confidence that the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) will secure a two-thirds majority at the August 5 parliamentary...
by Rajan Philips The country has been on its marks for nearly five months for Wednesdays election. There have been false starts given the long wait....
