China and Sri Lanka have intensified joint law enforcement efforts to combat cross-border online gambling and telecom fraud, crimes that...
An assistant manager and a security officer, attached to a state bank branch in Horana, have been arrested in connection...
After a 16-wicket opening day of the English Test summer, a further 17 fell on the second on an up-and-down...
A first ODI win in the West Indies since 2013 and more importantly, a winning start to Gary Kirsten’s tenure...
Anthropic is proposing that the world’s top artificial intelligence companies come up with a coordinated way to pause development of...
Iran’s World Cup football players have been granted visas to enter the United States, according to a White House official,...
Prime Minister Dr Harini Amarasooriya in her Environment Day message said that the environment is the foundation of our livelihood...
Astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) were ordered to shelter in an attached spacecraft after the structure suddenly started...
Qualifier Maja Chwalinska is one win away from a fairytale French Open triumph after setting up a final showdown with...
Volodymyr Zelensky has called for a face-to-face meeting between himself and Vladimir Putin in a renewed bid to end the...
Shreyas Iyer is set to replace Suryakumar Yadav as India’s T20I captain, and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi is set for his maiden call-up,...
Pakistan edged home in a low-scoring tussle to secure their third straight ODI series win against Australia. They batted with...
Under 15 Division I Cricket St. Joseph’s College, Darley Road booked the Under 15 Division I cricket final berth with a first innings victory over Mahinda...
Agreements with global sustainability body set to transform 36,000 hectares of tea In a transformative move for the nation’s plantation economy, four of Sri Lanka’s leading...
The headline of the lead news item in The Island of 20 August read, “Karu pleads with Govt. to reconsider the decision to abolish MPs’ pensions” I was...
It is welcome news for the global South that India and China are in a notable effort to reset their economic ties with the accent on...
111th Tennis Nationals Sahansa Damsiluni of Visakha Vidyalaya and Eliza Kahagalla of Holy Family Convent clinched the Under 14 girls’ doubles title as the 111th Tennis...
In June 1991, the then Army Chief of Staff, Major General Cecil Waidyaratne, submitted to the government a document outlining an overall strategy to conclusively defeat...
Softlogic Life reported another robust half-year performance, posting a Gross Written Premium (GWP) of LKR 18.7Bn for the six months ended 30 June 2025, marking a...
Athletes from the Western, Northern, Central, North-western, Eastern, Uva, Southern and Sabaragamuwa provinces are being powered by ‘Samaposhha’ at this years edition of the Provincial School...
Colombo Chief Magistrate Thanuja Lakmali Jayatunga yesterday (20) ordered former Minister Dr. Rajitha Senaratne to appear in court on 29 August. The Magistrate issued the order...
(Continued from yesterday) The Crisis of Curriculum and the Absence of Originality The failings of the Sri Lankan education system are not confined to its funding...
In I947, Dr. Maria Montessori wrote an open letter to all governments: “My life has been spent in the research of truth. Through the study of...
Close on the heels of Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court rejecting an anticipatory bail application filed on behalf of ex-IGP Deshabandu Tennakoon, which sought an order to...
