No-faith motion to be taken up today Former Foreign Minister Prof. G. L. Peiris yesterday (9) said that President Anura...
The Frontline Socialist Party (FSP) has alleged that two recent coal tenders awarded for 2026 are illegal, citing irregularities in...
Zimbabwe Women are set for their maiden tour to Pakistan for three ODIs and three T20Is. The ODIs kick off...
The Bangladesh Cricket Board announced that they have decided to change match timings of the upcoming international assignments of the...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered his government to begin direct talks with Lebanon, he said in a statement...
On the apparent northward relative motion of the sun, it is going to be directly over the latitudes of Sri...
In the lead-up to IPL 2026, Lucknow Super Giants coach Justin Langer believed that rookie <ukul Choudhary had the potential...
The Darts Regulation Authority has banned transgender women from competing in its women’s events with immediate effect. The DRA, which...
Warm Weather Advisory Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre Issued at 3.30 p.m. on 09 April 2026, valid...
Peshawar Zalmi held their nerve to beat Hyderabad Kingsmen off the final ball in a tense four-wicket win in the...
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...
Thursday 11th September, 2025 Nepal will be really lucky if it can arrest its rapid descent into anarchy, with the military struggling to bring order out...
‘The Old Guard has to go’; this is the principal message to the world from the historic youth-led revolts in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and now Nepal....
I was fascinated to find, in going through the shelves of the library at home, some copies of the Ceylon University College Magazine, ranging in date...
Addressing the 3rd Nyeleni Conference at the National Institute of Cooperation Development in Kandy, Lili Balogh of Nyeleni Europe and Central Asia called for urgent transformation...
Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe has pointed out how American owned social media companies, like Google, Facebook, and YouTube, exploited political turmoil to overthrow governments. In a...
On September 11, 1985,Sri Lanka carved their name into cricket’s history books by winning their maiden Test match. Today marks the 40th anniversary of that red-letter...
A heartfelt felicitation ceremony was held at the Parliament of Sri Lanka to honor Ms. Amy Victoria Gibb, a British national, for her extraordinary humanitarian service...
Ambagamuwa Central athlete Ayomal Akalanka summoned all his experience to beat emerging sprinter Idupa Silva in a new meet record performance in the Under 20 boys’...
Well known tourism professional and academic Dr. Malraj Bharatha Kiriella was recently honoured at the 4th National Apex Awards 2025, organised by the Organisation of Professional...
Has France banned child beauty pageants? This is from 2013 It was, indeed, gratifying to have parents, especially mothers, contacting me and praising The Island for...
Condemning Sri Lanka’s stand at the 60th session of Geneva HRC, the Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK) has accused the National People’s Power (NPP) government of...
The 800 metre disciplines of the ongoing Sir John Tarbat Senior Athletics Championship witnessed a number of record-breaking performances and the close finish of the boys’...
