Environment Minister Dammika Patabedi said yesterday he had ordered an inquiry into the withdrawal of China-based Amber Adventures (Private) Ltd.,...
Balangoda Kassapa Thero, held in Trincomalee remand prison over alleged violations of the Coastal Conservation Act, reportedly refused meals yesterday...
A court in South Korea has sentenced the country’s former president, Yoon Suk Yeol, to five years in jail after...
West Indies kickstarted their campaign at the 2026 Men’s U19 World Cup with a drubbing of Tanzania for the first...
Five-time champions India began their 2026 Men’s Under-19 World Cup campaign with a six wicket win (via DLS) over United...
A fired-up UP Warriorz (UPW) side breathed some life into their WPL 2026 campaign by earning their first points of...
The Bangladesh Cricket Board has removed Nazmul Islam as chairman of the board’s finance committee, following the CWAB’s player boycott...
A crane collapse has killed two people on the outskirts of Thailand’s capital Bangkok, one day after a falling crane...
India has shut down a medical college in Indian-administered Kashmir in an apparent capitulation to protests by right-wing Hindu groups...
Singapore’s Leader of the Opposition in parliament, Pritam Singh, has been stripped of his title by the prime minister following...
The Bangladesh Cricket Board has issued a show cause notice to its director M Nazmul Islam over his “objectionable comments”...
Sadio Mane fired Senegal into the final of the Africa Cup of Nations with a 1-0 victory over seven-time winners...
Sri Lanka’s trade deficit has widened to USD 717.5 million in April this year, driven primarily by a sharp increase in motor vehicle imports, according to...
Anuradhapura District SLFP Organiser and former Minister, Duminda Dissanayake was further remanded until June 19 when he was produced before the Mount Lavinia Magistrate’s Court yestrday...
ITAK Batticaloa District MP Shanakiyan Rasamanickam yesterday presented a private member’s Bill titled “Bill to amend the Provincial Councils Elections Act, No 2 of 1988”, seeking to...
Today, 06 June, marks the 120th anniversary of Dr N.M. Perera’s birth. N.M. was born in 1905, the year of the First Russian Revolution. He passed...
Friday 6th June, 2025 The current Parliament’s Caucus for Youth has reportedly been established. This vital outfit does not receive the same public attention as the...
Sinharaja, Sri Lanka — On the forested ridges that fringe the Sinharaja Rainforest — a UNESCO World Heritage Site and Sri Lanka’s last viable tropical rainforest...
It was reported on the morning of June 2nd in The Island that the Election Commission (EC) had announced that the terms of 161 out of...
Invited by an interviewer to comment on paradoxes in India, Sashi Tharoor opened up gleefully. “It’s only in India in the whole world that you can...
Dr. N M Perera’s 120th Birth Anniversary falls on 6″ June 2 025. He was one of the national leaders who made a unique contribution to...
The development of the Eastern Container Terminal (ECT) at the Colombo Port had been thrown into crisis due to mismanagement and a political interference, port trade...
The government was planning to install Artificial Intelligence (AI)-controlled equipment in long-distance buses across the country within 60 days, parliament was told yesterday.Leader of the House and Minister...
The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce hosted Rados?aw Sikorski, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland, who was in the country last week on behalf...
