The ongoing West Asia war, triggered by joint Israel-US attack on Iran on 28 Februar, has benefited the China-run Hambantota...
A three-day “study visit” by the subject Minister to the Norochcholai coal power plant has triggered concern among power sector...
United States President Donald Trump has threatened to attack civilian infrastructure inside Iran, including bridges and power plants, if the...
Defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru [RCB] razed Chennai Super Kings’ [CSK] attack and the record books, in front of their...
Mohammed Shami’s miserly 2 for 9 and Rishabh Pant’s uncharacteristic half-century helped Lucknow Super Giants [LSG] open their account in...
On the apparent northward relative motion of the sun, it is going to be directly over the latitudes of Sri...
Warm Weather Advisory Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre Issued at 3.30 p.m. on 05 April 2026, valid...
Sameer Rizvi picked up his second Player-of-the-Match award in as many games in IPL 2026, this time scoring 90 off...
On the apparent northward relative motion of the sun, it is going to be directly over the latitudes of Sri...
Warm Weather Advisory Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre Issued at 3.30 p.m. on 04 April 2026, valid...
Iran has executed two men convicted of being members of the banned People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) opposition group,...
An earthquake in Afghanistan has killed eight members of the same family when their home collapsed in the Gosfand Dara...
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake visited the sacred Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi in Anuradhapura on Saturday (05) afternoon to pay homage and receive blessings. Upon his arrival...
Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 06 October 2024 by the Department of Meteorology The atmospheric conditions are getting favorable for afternoon thundershowers in most parts...
ECONOMYNEXT –Sri Lanka’s new president was urged on Friday to deliver on a promise to ensure justice for the victims of the Easter Sunday bombings and...
(AFP)Sri Lanka’s painful austerity measures were “bearing fruit” and must be sustained, the International Monetary Fund said Friday as the country’s new president sought changes to...
By Priyan de Silva Executive Director of the Institute for Democratic Reforms and Electoral Studies (IRES), Manjula Gajanayake, stated SJB leader Sajith Premadasa topped the list...
by Rex Clementine Fame and popularity often have a way of inflating egos, turning the humble into the arrogant. Cricketers are no exception to this rule....
The Department of Medical Humanities at the University of Colombo’s Medical Faculty is another groundbreaking initiative by the institution as the pioneer of the discipline here...
ECONOMYNEXT —Visting India external affairs minister S Jaishankar has met former president Ranil Wickremesinghe and thanked him for advancing ties between the two countries in the...
The Island, published by Upali Newspapers Ltd., celebrates its 43rd anniversary this week. Launched in October 1981 based on a concept by the late Upali Wijewardene,...
by Rajan Philips Although it was the economy that ended Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s presidency and it was very much the main backdrop to the September presidential election,...
Even before the ‘indelible’ ink marks placed on the left little fingernails of those who voted at the September 21 presidential election had faded or washed...
Thilini Kumari Shehara , who represented Sri Lanka won the first place at the prestigious Miss International 2024 beauty pageant held in Indonesia at the scenic...
