The Presidential Secretariat (PS) yesterday said that prison regulations concerning Buddhist monks serving prison sentences were expected to be adopted...
The Communist Party of Sri Lanka (CPSL) has alleged that the ruling UNP, in a ridiculous bid to whitewash illegal...
Maaz Sadaqat crashed 96 off 51,Sahibzada Farhan clobbered 73 off 44, and Pakistan scorched their way through the last 12...
At least 139 people, including 15 children, have died and 84 are missing after a boat capsized off the coast...
US President Donald Trump has said he thinks “it’s time for Ukraine to get a new president” as he responded...
Matt Renshaw produced a herculean 190 and powered Australia to an unlikely first-innings total before Josh Hazelwood dismissed South Africa...
Pope Leo XIV has declared that the death penalty is “inadmissible” while his home country, the United States, announces plans...
The latest attack on King Khalid International Airport in Saudi Arabia’s capital has injured several people, according to the country’s...
Hurricane Isaias has been downgraded to a post-tropical cyclone the day after it made landfall along the northern Gulf Coast...
Hundreds of protesters have been detained in Delhi during the latest demonstration by the Gen-Z led Cockroach Janta Party (CJP)...
During the f8rst T20I against Sri Lanka on Friday, Pakistan demonstrated that 2026 is not quite like 2019. Back then,...
United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio has announced a new set of sanctions against the International Criminal Court (ICC),...
The People’s Action for Free and Fair Elections (PAFFREL) spokesperson told The Island that they were checking whether the government addressed their concerns before passing the...
Former Moratuwa District Judge Thilina Gamage has been removed from service. The Judicial Service Commission (JSC), headed by Chief Justice Preethi Padman Surasena, has made the...
The SJB-led Opposition yesterday (09) handed over a no-faith motion against Speaker Dr. Jagath Wickramaratne to Secretary General of Parliament Kushani Rohanadeera. Opposition sources said that...
Dialog Axiata PLC, Sri Lanka’s #1 connectivity provider, joins the Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka (IESL) to launch the IESL National Startup Challenge, creating a national...
Keeping a home clean involves more than dealing with one kind of mess. Kitchens face grease and cooking splashes, bathrooms develop soap scum and limescale, while...
Saturday 10th October, 2026 It will soon be showtime in Parliament. The Opposition has submitted a motion of no confidence against Speaker Dr Jagath Wickramaratne to...
Lithuania’s Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs, Vidmantas Verbickas, recently discussed their foreign and security policy in changing geopolitical environment at the University of Colombo. Lithuania is a...
Chaminda Kularatne, Senior Attorney-at-Law, interdicted Chief of Staff and Deputy Secretary-General of the Parliament of Sri Lanka, recently participated in the UNAM–IPSA RC08 International Workshop, “Parliaments...
…alleged perpetrator takes his own life Jaffna police are investigating the killing of a 32-year-old woman by a youth who later committed suicide at Ariyalai. The...
The family of Sri Lankan national Sivarasa Anojan, migrant worker on death row in Saudi Arabia, has alleged that he was attacked with a sharp weapon...
The Ambassador of Sri Lanka to France, Sugeeshwara Gunaratna, recently presented his Letters of Credence to the President of the French Republic, Emmanuel Macron, at the...
By S. K. Samaranayake A team of Public Health Inspectors, attached to the Udadumbara Medical Officer of Health (MOH) office, raided two extremely unhygienic hotels in...
