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...
By M. A. Kaleel, Kalmunai Corr. State Minister of Higher Education, Dr. Suren Raghavan says that the government will soon regulate the conduct of private tuition...
The SLPP would continue to support President Ranil Wickremesinghe, Chief Government Whip Prasanna Ranatunga said on Sunday (18) during a programme to commemorate his late father,...
Passengers of a bus plying from Colombo to Kottawa last Saturday (17) captured an STF sergeant and handed him over to the Kirulapone police after for...
The joint winners of the Gratiaen Prize 2022 are Chiranthi Rajapakse for her short story collection Keeping Time and Other Stories, and Yudhanjaya Wijeratne for his...
Transport Minister Bandula Gunawardena announced on Sunday that the Cabinet of Ministers had approved a proposal to operate electric buses in the city of Colombo. The...
Tuesday 20th June, 2023 A senior doctor attached to the Peradeniya Teaching Hospital has issued a timely warning to the public following an incident where a...
by Kalyananda Tiranagama Executive Director Lawyers for Human Rights and Development (Part VI of this article appeared in The Island of 19 June 2023) The Bill...
By Jehan Perera The present stability in the country is taken as an indication that the situation is improving. The law and order, fall in inflation,...
By Shamindra Ferdinando Pointing out the way the President’s Office offhandedly rejected a report issued by the Sectoral Oversight Committee (SOC) on National Security against the...
‘INS Vagir’ – a submarine of the Indian Navy at the Colombo port yesterday (19). ‘INS Vagir’ is 67.5m long and has a complement of 60...
Colombo Chief Magistrate Prasanna de Alwis yesterday (19) warned that the case relating to the 2016 protest opposite the UN compound, Colombo would have to be...
About 8,875 road accidents occurred in Sri Lanka from 01 January to 18 June, causing 1,043 deaths, according to State Transport Minister Lasantha Alagiyawanna. The majority...
