Sri Lanka is standing on the edge of a coastal catastrophe, with the nation’s lifeline rapidly eroding under the combined...
The Sectoral Oversight Committee (SoC)on Economic Development and International Relations recently examined the Microfinance and Credit Regulatory Authority Bill and...
A quick glance at the head to head record is enough to show the gulf between India and Sri Lanka...
With the objective of enhancing the living conditions of the agricultural community and increasing the contribution of the agricultural sector...
The Ministry of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education has entered into agreements with Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation General Limited...
20 Consultancy Boards have been established by now covering the production industries field with the objective of minimizing the policy...
The BCCI has raised the match fees in women’s domestic cricket, from INR 20,000 to INR 50,000 per day, for...
Gede Priandana, Indonesia’s 28-year-old right-arm quick bowler, has become the first to pick up five wickets in an over in...
Australia captain Pat Cummins won’t feature again in the Ashes and there is uncertainty about whether he will be available...
United States President Donald Trump has issued a new warning to Nicolas Maduro, saying “it would be smart” for the...
New Zealand 575 for 8 dec (Devon Conway 227, Tom Latham 137, Rachin Ravindra 72*; Alex Greaves 2-83) and 306...
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi have been sentenced to further jail terms following a...
Election Commission (EC) Chairman R.M.A.L. Ratnayake yesterday announced that the Local Government (LG) elections would be held on 6 May 2025.The date was revealed during a...
The Sri Lanka Navy conducted a successful shipwreck expedition from 10 to 17 March focusing on historically significant shipwrecks located in the sea area off the...
By A.J.A. Abeynayake The Colombo High Court yesterday turned down a request to lift the freeze on former Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella’s bank account in the...
Adani Green Energy SL Ltd yesterday (20) said that there was absolutely no basis for reports that the company offered to revise the pricing formula. The...
The SLIM Kantar People’s Awards was held at a glittering ceremony on Tuesday night at the Monarch Imperial, Sri Jayewardenepura. Renowned actor Sanath Gunathilake was the Chief...
A person who had been duped by a foreign job agent said that the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE) declined to inquire into the...
Government has permitted, after several years, the import of motor cars. Imports, including cars, were cut off because the government then wisely prioritised importing other commodities...
Friday 21st March, 2025 There has been a sharp increase in fatal accidents on Sri Lanka’s expressways during the past several years. On Tuesday night, a...
Sri Lanka has fallen to 133rd place in the 2025 World Happiness Report, dropping five positions from its 128th ranking in 2024. The report ranks 147...
The Hambantota International Port (HIP) discharged the second batch of vehicles for the domestic market last week. A total of 1,159 vehicles were handled during the...
The Panadura South Police have arrested a man for collecting his deceased father’s pension for one and half years fraudulently. His father was an employee of...
Apropos ‘LG polls: Ranil-led grouping disintegrates; MEP, too, going it alone’ yesterday’s issue of The Island (March 20)’ we inadvertently stated that the grouping led by the...
