NATA to be given more powers The Parliamentary Sectoral Oversight Committee on Health, Mass Media and Women’s Empowerment has agreed...
The hunger strike launched by a group of Development Officers demanding their absorption into the teacher service entered its fourth...
Former Sri Lanka allrounder Shehan Jayasuriya is set to make his USA debut at the 2026 T20 World Cup. The...
Time for the real quiz. As pleasing as it was for Harry Brook and Brendon McCullum to win a rare...
Viran Chamuditha’s 94-ball 110 helped Sri Lanka Under 19 chase 262 and keep their hopes of qualifying for the semi-finals...
Sustained heavy gunfire and loud explosions have been heard in Niger near the international airport outside the capital, Niamey. Multiple...
Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education Dr Harini Amarasuriya said that she hoped that the...
Pavan Rathnayake has re-entered Sri Lanka’s T20I squad following his 121 off 115 balls in the third ODI against England....
Australia qualified for the semi-finals of the Under-19 World Cup after beating West Indies by 22 runs in Harare courtesy...
The Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya participated in the official launch of the National Strategic Action Plan to monitor and...
Shiyam Dube hammered the third-fastest fifty by an Indian batter in T20Is, finishing with 65 off 23 balls, but it...
A South Korean court has sentenced former First Lady Kim Keon Hee to one year and eight months in prison...
The government had to pay USD 800,000 monthly as penalty due to a fraudulent Airbus deal under previous administrations, Leader of the House and Minister of...
The government yesterday warned that it would introduce a Maximum Retail Price (MRP) for salt within the week if attempts to inflate prices continued.Trade Minister Wasantha...
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...
