The NPP government has not taken a final decision regarding filling of the vacancies in the judiciary. A group of...
SJB leader Sajith Premadasa has invited the UNP and other political parties to join his party. Premadasa, who is also...
Women having to choose between motherhood and representing their country should become entirely a thing of the past after the...
Chamari Athapaththu has said she feels like “a failure as a captain” after Sri Lanka’s defeat to West Indies in...
British Prime Minister KeirStarmer has resigned in a televised statement after coming under mounting pressure from his own Labour Party....
A discussion aimed at identifying swift solutions to the challenges facing Sri Lanka’s apparel sector, with a view to strengthening...
More than half of France’s regions are under a red heat alert, as the country braces for sweltering temperatures in...
Australian police have seized 2.7 tonnes of cocaine – the country’s largest ever such bust – from an underground bunker...
Liverpool star Mohamed Salah scored his first goal of the tournament as part of a second-half flurry to deliver Egypt...
Inspired by Lamine Yamal, Spain strolled to a 4-0 win over Saudi Arabia in Group H, as Mikel Oyarzabal restored...
In a contest billed as the biggest of the group stage, South Africa took a big step towards the semi-final...
Belgium were held to a scoreless draw by Iran in a frustrating encounter that saw the Red Devils reduced to...
Sri Lanka, still licking their wounds after the heartbreak of missing out on the ICC Champions Trophy, have found a silver lining in one-day cricket. Ranked...
Fulfilling long-standing demands from environmentalists and ornamental fish producers, the Ministry of Fisheries has decided to introduce strict regulations against four invasive foreign fish species that...
The Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) has warned the public of potential dangers to aircraft operations due to kite flying.Issuing a statement, the SLAF drew the public...
In the final match before The Hundred Eliminator on Saturday – and with the teams already inked in for that game, which will decide who takes...
Friday 29th August, 2025 Government politicians are taking great pains to have the public believe that they have not misused state funds for private purposes. The...
In a landmark achievement for Sri Lankan science, a team of local researchers has identified Culex (Lophoceraomyia) cinctellus, a rare mosquito species, in the country for...
Offering ‘Another view’ (The Island/August 20, 2025) in reply to the first part of the article ‘Gaza conflict: Sarvajana Balaya’s response’ published Wednesday 13th, Stanley Weerasinghe...
The Sri Lanka-China Buddhist Friendship Association is scheduled to celebrate its 10th anniversary today (29), marking more than a millennium of religious ties between the two...
The U.S. Embassy in Sri Lanka and the Central Cultural Fund’s Maritime Archaeology Unit will host an exhibition and symposium from September 3–5 at BMICH Cinema...
This story about humans and elephants was told to me by my late mother, Beta Leelawathie, in 1980. It is not a folktale. This story really...
Wildlife officers from the Kukulkatuwa Beat Office of Wilpattu National Park arrested five suspects yesterday in connection with the killing of a pregnant deer in Ranorawa,...
Rings ceremonial bell at Colombo Stock Exchange to celebrate milestone The Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC’s milestone of becoming the first bank in Sri Lanka with...
