More than 200 Iranian sailors left stranded in Sri Lanka after a US torpedo attack are returning home after being...
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, issuing a New Year message, extend his heartfelt wishes to all Sri Lankans for a peaceful...
Members of Parliament were not owners of the country but temporary trustees, representing the people, and, therefore, they, too, were subject to the law of the...
Parliament yesterday passed a new law to abolish certain entitlements of former presidents, several privileges, including official residences. The legislation, titled the Presidents’ Entitlements (Repeal) Bill,...
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...