The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) has directed owners of large-scale rooftop solar systems to temporarily disconnect their installations for a...
The cost of preparing a traditional kevili table for the Sinhala and Tamil New Year has risen by 7 per...
The toss is crucial in night matches at Wankhede Stadium with a true flat pitch and dew giving the chasing...
Prasidh Krishna is beginning to make a mark at IPL 2026. Three nights after his clever slower bouncer to David...
Warm Weather Advisory Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre Issued at 3.30 p.m. on 12 April 2026, valid...
On the apparent northward relative motion of the sun, it is going to be directly over the latitudes of Sri...
The Pakistan Navy Ship (PNS) TAIMUR and ASLAT arrived at the Port of Colombo on a goodwill visit on 12...
Sanju Samson’s first century for Chennai Super Kings (CSK) set up the team’s first win in IPL 2026 and their...
Punjab Kings trumped Sunrisers Hyderabad in a battle of explosive top orders, chasing down 220 with more than an an...
Warm Weather Advisory Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre at 3.30 p.m. on 11 April 2026, valid for...
On the apparent northward relative motion of the sun, it is going to be directly over the latitudes of Sri...
On Tuesday, from a balcony in Lima’s historic San Martin Square, Ricardo Belmont — who, at 80, is Peru’s oldest...
Apropos Midweek article headlined ‘From Fonseka convictions to arrest of Ulugetenne …’ in the August 6th edition of The Island, we, inadvertently, mentioned that Admiral of...
Sri Lanka has been elected to the Executive Committee of the Asia-Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutions (APAARI). The government has nominated Prabath Wimal Kumara, Secretary/Director...
Intrepid Colombo has successfully concluded the third chapter of its transformative “Women in Tourism” initiative, expanding its reach to the Uva Province with two impactful capacity-building...
The CSE bounced back yesterday after two days due to the existence of conducive market conditions stemming from low interest rates. Accordingly, the market moved to...
Thousands of people gathered in Hiroshima to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the world’s first wartime use of a nuclear bomb – as survivors, officials and...
Apple plans to boost investment in the US by another $100bn (£75bn) as the tech giant comes under pressure from President Donald Trump. The White House...
Ghana’s ministers of defence and environment have died in a military helicopter crash in the central Ashanti region, along with six other people, a government spokesperson...
An elderly woman has died and another person is missing after a massive wildfire swept through parts of southern France, destroying homes and forcing thousands to...
US President Donald Trump has issued an executive order on Wednesday hitting India with additional 25% tariff over its purchases of Russian oil. That will raise...
Students from Matara Mirissa Central College and Kuliyapitiya Gunananda Central College had the opportunity to participate in the ‘Vision’ programme organised by the Presidential Secretariat today...
At the invitation of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, the Governor-General of Australia, Samantha Joy Mostyn, arrived in Sri Lanka this afternoon (06) for a three-day official...
During an operation conducted in the dark hours of 05 Aug 25, the Sri Lanka Navy seized one Indian fishing boat and apprehended 10 Indian fishermen...
