House Committee, BASL and TISL take common stand The Chairman of the Committee on Public Finance (CoPF) has found fault...
As part of India’s continued assistance to Sri Lanka under ‘Operation Sagar Bandhu’, the Indian High Commission in Colombo, Assistant...
The Bangladesh Cricket Board took over the ownership rights of Chattogram Royals for the remainder of the Bangladesh Premier League...
Prime Minister Dr Harini Amarasuriya in her Christmas message, called upon everyone to uphold the true meaning of Christmas following...
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...
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...
A truck carrying 5,031.2 kilos of substandard tea, commonly referred to as “refuse tea” or tea waste, was intercepted near Danowita on the Colombo-Kandy Road yesterday.The...
The Polonnaruwa Magistrate has issued a warrant for the arrest of a former Officer-in-Charge (OIC) of the Welikanda Police, over allegations of contempt of court. The...
By Professor G. L. Peiris D. Phil. (Oxford), Ph. D. (Sri Lanka); Rhodes Scholar, Quondam Visiting Fellow of the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge and London; Former...
Acting on information received by SLN intelligence, SLN personnel and Police Narcotic Bureau (PNB) on Wednesday (19) night apprehended a person allegedly distributing narcotics in Colombo...
Public Health Inspectors have commenced inspections of eateries, hotels, and restaurants to ensure that food handlers are vaccinated against typhoid. Chamil Muthukuda, Secretary of the Sri...
An Ikebana exhibition in aid of pediatric cancer patients This Ikebana exhibition by the members of Ikebana International Sri Lanka Chapter #262, brings this ancient art...
The famous St. Anthony’s Church feast this year was held on 14 and 15 March. St. Anthony, as per Catholic belief, gives protection and looks after...
by Dr B. J. C. Perera MBBS(Cey), DCH(Cey), DCH(Eng), MD(Paed), MRCP(UK), FRCP(Edin), FRCP(Lond), FRCPCH(UK), FSLCPaed, FCCP, Hony. FRCPCH(UK), Hony. FCGP(SL) Specialist Consultant Paediatrician and Honorary Senior...
The U.S. Embassy announced that the Commander of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM), Admiral Samuel J. Paparo is in Colombo from March 19-21. During his visit,...
Central Environmental Authority (CEA) chairman Dr. Tilak Hewawasam urged businesses to take greater responsibility in addressing environmental challenges, warning that failure to act could have severe...
Dialog Axiata PLC, Sri Lanka’s #1 connectivity provider, has been honoured as the ‘Telecommunication Brand of the Year’ for the 14th consecutive year and the ‘Service...
