Sri Lanka’s environmental protection framework is rapidly eroding, with weak law enforcement, politically driven development and the routine sidelining of...
IGP Priyantha Weerasooriya has issued a letter, warning police officers against presenting gifts to senior officers during festivals or special...
Polls have opened in Myanmar’s first general election since the country’s military toppled Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi’s democratically...
Family sources have confirmed that the interment of singer Latha Walpola will be performed at the General Cemetery Borella on...
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has been jailed for 15 years for abuse of power and money laundering, in...
New York has woken up to its heaviest snowfall in nearly four years after a winter storm blanketed parts of...
Thousands of flights have been cancelled and delayed in the United States due to winter storm Devin, airline monitoring website...
Thailand and Cambodia said they have signed a ceasefire agreement to end weeks of fierce fighting along their border that...
Sri Lankan singer Latha Walpola has passed away today (27) at the age of 92.
All the three games in this series have followed a similar pattern so far. India have won three tosses –...
For the first time in 19 matches, and nearly 15 years, England’s men experienced a Test victory in Australia as...
Shafali Verma continued her superb form, cracking a 42-ball 79 as India brushed aside Sri Lanka once again to win...
Commemorating the155th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya and the High Commissioner of India to Sri Lanka Santosh Jha paid tributes to Mahatma Gandhi...
Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the Netherlands Rekha Gunasekera met with Minister of Education, Culture, and Science of the Netherlands Eppo Bruins, at the Ministry of...
The US dollar dropped below Rs 300 yesterday (02), for the first time since 8 June 2023. The Central Bank (CBSL) data show that the selling rate of ...
2024 general election: By Ranil Dharmasena About 37 independent groups have made deposits with the Election Commission (EC) so far for the forthcoming general election to...
By Norman Palihawadane Former Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena announced yesterday that he would not contest the upcoming general election. In an interview with The Island, he...
A three-member delegation from the National Federation of Journalists (NFJ) paid a visit to the High Commission of Sri Lanka in Islamabad and met with Admiral...
International monitoring, investigations critical amid ongoing violations, impunity (Geneva, October 2, 2024) – The United Nations Human Rights Council should adopt a resolution on Sri Lanka to enable continued UN monitoring, reporting,...
By Dammike Kobbekaduwe, FIPM (SL), CIPM.SL, MBA (HRM) The integration of deep learning into tourism development, particularly through photography and videography, presents an innovative opportunity to...
Australian High Commissioner Paul Stephens called on President Anura Kumara Dissanayake yesterday (02) at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo. During the discussion, the High Commissioner extended...
By Rex Clementine Prolific middle-order batter Kamindu Mendis is knocking on the door of the ICC top ten rankings for batters. In the latest Test rankings,...
Thursday 3rd October, 2024 More than half a decade has elapsed since the Easter Sunday terror attacks (2019), which claimed about 270 lives and left hundreds...
With the coming to power of Anura Kumara Dissanayake, of JVP origin, to the position of Sri Lanka’s President, the impression seems to be gaining ground...
