Anuradhapura Chief Magistrate, Siyapath Sasindu Wickramaratne, on Friday (12) ordered former Atamasthanadhipathi Pallegama Hemarathana Thera, who stands accused in a...
(Asiatimes) From this week, those using private buses in Sri Lanka may face severe transport disruption, as operators in the sector...
Debutants Harsh Dubey and Gurnoor Brar claimed three wickets each, while Shubman Gill slammed a fluent 66-ball 84 not out...
President Donald Trump has said a deal to end fighting between the US and Iran is scheduled to be signed...
Australia may have come into this Women’s T20 World Cup with doubts over their invincibility after entering a tournament without...
Shermaine Campbelle converted her maiden T20I fifty into a mighty, match-seizing knock of 90 not out from 62 balls, as...
The opening T20I followed an all-too-familiar script for Sri Lanka. Heavy scoring at the top giving way to middle order...
The Landslide Early Warning Centre of the National Building Research Organisation (NBRO) has issued early warnings to the Districts of...
A decision has been taken to declare a Special Dengue Prevention Week from 15 to 21 of June by the...
SpaceX has debuted on US markets with a market valuation of more than $2 trillion, minting CEO Elon Musk as...
Canada substitute Cyle Larin made an instant impact as his goal rescued a point for the co-hosts as they began...
Danni Wyatt-Hodge led a command performance with the bat, and in the field, as England defied the gravity of their...
It has been reported that four people have died, and over 25 others have been injured after two buses collided in the Thorayaya area of Kurunegala.
Prime Minister Dr. HariniAmarasuriya stated that the Clean Sri Lanka program is an initiative aimed at removing obstacles to living a civilized life. The Prime Minister...
WEATHER FORECAST FOR 10 FEBRUARY 2025 Issued at 05.30 a.m. on 10 February 2025 by the Department of Meteorology Misty conditions can be expected at some...
PCCSL assures inquiry into media receiving training to the tune of USD 7.9 mn By Shamindra Ferdinando The National Freedom Front (NFF) leader Wimal Weerawansa yesterday...
Easter Sunday carnage probe: by AJA Abeynayake Colombo Archbishop Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith on Saturday said that now it had been revealed that a political appointee to...
SL military personnel serving in Russian Army: by Dinasena Ratugamage ITAK leader and Kilinochchi District MP S. Sritharan sent a letter to the government yesterday requesting...
Rex Clementine in Galle Australia wrapped up a dominant 2-0 sweep of the Test series against Sri Lanka, romping to a comprehensive nine wicket victory before...
by Ifham Nizam Yesterday’s countrywide power outage, which lasted over four hours was triggered by an unexpected failure in the 33 kV bus bar at the...
Energy Minister Kumara Jayakody told The Island yesterday that the countrywide power failure had been triggered by a monkey which came into contact with a CEB grid transformer,...
By Norman Palihawadane A man was arrested yesterday for allegedly assaulting Batticaloa District SLMC MP Mohamed Sali Nalim.The suspect was produced before the courts and was...
Death due to pesticide poisoning: by Norman Palihawadane The parents of a Derby woman who died due to suspected insecticide poisoning at a hostel in Colombo 03...
by Usvatte-aratchi Two thoughtful short essays on schools and education appeared in The Island newspaper on January 20th and 21st. The first was written by Lokubandara...
