“Don’t seek to capitalise on our achievements’ By Shamindra Ferdinando Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU) leader Udaya Gammanpila said that he...
The government is planning to hold a conference for Members of Parliament with disabilities for the first time in the...
England’s new era in white-ball cricket under Brendon McCullum began with a crushing defeat against world champions India as familiar...
New Zealand are on the board and into the Super Sixes, picking up their first win of the World Cup....
Bangladesh is nestled underneath Australia, sealing second spot in Group D after a win over the Scots. They managed 121-9...
England has topped Group B with an impressive batting performance against the United States, successfully chasing down 120 in 14.2...
President Anura Kumara Disanayake stated that this year’s budget will be prepared with the objective of involving every segment of...
Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke with Chinese President Xi Jinping on ways to strengthen bilateral ties a day after Donald...
At least 76 people have been killed in a fire that engulfed a popular Turkish ski resort hotel, leaving some...
India registered an easy 10 wicket victory against hosts Malaysia in the Women’s Under 19 T20 World Cup in Kula...
Sri Lanka crushed West Indies by 81 runs in the Women’s Under 19 T20 World Cup played in Kula Lampur...
The Cabinet of Ministers granted approval to the resolution furnished by the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Lands and Irrigation to...
A cat has made three flights between New Zealand and Australia in just 24 hours after being forgotten on a plane. Mittens, an eight-year-old Maine Coon,...
Lanka Sathosa has reduced the price of the following food items with effect from today. Accordingly the new retail price (per kilogram) of the items are...
WEATHER FORECAST FOR 22 JANUARY 2025 Issued at 05.30 a.m. on 22 January 2025 by the Department of Meteorology Showers will occur at times in Eastern,...
Justice Minister Harshana Nanayakkara told Parliament yesterday that the government was ready to probe the allegation that a certain political party obtained Rs. 50 million from...
Two contentious issues that may never be resolved are disagreement between India and Sri Lanka over granting police and land powers to Provincial Councils, arm twisted...
In The Island on January 20, Tillakaratne Lokubanda in his article “National schools, provincial schools, and international schools: A state-consented neo-caste system” wrote “After the 1956...
Leader of the House, Minister Bimal Ratnayake told Parliament yesterday that the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) was not part of the government’s policy or aspirations,...
Badulla District NDF MP Chamara Sampath Dassanayake yesterday dared the government to remove former President Mahinda Rajapaksa from his official residence and see how people would...
By AJA Abeynayake Colombo High Court Judge R.S.S. Sapuvida yesterday ordered that the case filed against former Minister Johnston Fernando and two others be taken up...
Wednesday 22nd January, 2025 Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa (MR) is willing to vacate his official residence if the government makes a written request to that effect,...
By Norman Palihawadane Army Commander Lt Gen Lasantha Rodrigo said yesterday that the Army had commenced a separate investigation into the incident of over 70 T-56...
By Dr. Siri Galhenage sirigalhenage@gmail.com ‘They are shallow animals, having always employed their minds about Body and Gut, they imagine that in the whole system of...
