Minister of Foreign Affairs, Vijitha Herath, held talks with Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Andrey Rudenko at the Foreign Ministry,...
Police yesterday arrested 157 foreign nationals in connection with an alleged organised online financial scam, conducted from a hotel in...
The head of Italy’s football federation (FIGC) has resigned, falling on his sword after the men’s national team failed to...
Iranian forces have said they struck down two fighter jets belonging to the United States military, one over the southwest...
Nasa has shared the first high-resolution images of the Earth taken by the Artemis II crew as they head on...
With the US-Israeli war with Iran waging on, the White House earlier announced that it will ask the US Congress...
Punjab are the Kings of 200 plus chases in the IPL. They’d done it eight times before Friday night, and...
Warm Weather Advisory Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre Issued at 3.30 p.m. on 03 April 2026, valid...
Kuwait says a power and desalination plant has been hit by an Iranian attack. Gulf countries continue to face retaliatory...
The Sri Lanka Cricket Selection Panel has named a 15-member squad for the upcoming Tri- Series tour of Australia, which...
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has announced the following appointments to the National High Performance Center: Ryan van Niekerk – National...
Sunrisers Hyderabad [SRH] became the first team in IPL 2026 to successfully defend a total, and for that, they had...
Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 04 August 2023 by the Department of Meteorology Except for a few showers in Western and Sabaragamuwa provinces and...
By Rathindra Kuruwita It is unlikely that the rupee will significantly depreciate following the recommencement of bilateral and commercial debt servicing, says Director of the Central...
By Shamindra Ferdinando Media Minister Bandula Gunawardena yesterday (03) faulted the media for having promoted a protest campaign that led to the killing of an MP...
BY Saman Indrajith It was possible that police might be more politicised if police powers were devolved to nine provinces, Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister Mohammed Ali...
By Rathindra Kuruwita The government had increased the price of fuel to enable Sinopec, China’s leading international petroleum company to maximise profit, Convenor of the SJB...
By Dinasena Ratugamage Wildlife officials, on Wednesday (02), relocated four large crocodiles living in a tank at the Selva Sannithi Murugan Temple, Jaffna.Devotees complained that these...
by Dr K. M. Wasantha Bandara This is a humble effort to build up on the article titled, ‘Medical negligence or error’, published in The Island...
Friday 4th August, 2023 Never a dull day in Sri Lanka! Hardly a day passes without some controversy, and issues crop up at such a rate...
August 3, 2023, COLOMBO: Ten entrepreneurs who received intensive help from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Good Life X (GLX) business accelerator...
By Rathindra Kuruwita President Ranil Wickremesinghe can start the process of seeking a new mandate only by the end of July 2024, Freedom People’s Congress (FPC)...
Cassandra in her Friday Cry-s has often noted with deep gratitude that nature has been benevolent to suffering, down and almost out Sri Lanka. Forest fires...
‘it is not narrative that we should abandon but chronology’’ – Kumar Shahani By Laleen Jayamanne Rajani Thiranagama, sister of Nirmala and Sumathy, was shot dead...
