The Artemis II space mission has blasted off from the US state of Florida, sending four astronauts on a historic...
… talks with Moscow cover fresh coal supplies Eksath Janaraja Peramuna leader Patali Champika Ranawaka yesterday (01) said that Sri...
Former Matara District Member of Parliament and Cabinet Minister Mahinda Wijesekara has passed away this morning (02) at the age...
A magnitude 7.4 earthquake has hit the Northern Molucca Sea off the coast of the city of Ternate, in Indonesia,...
An unbeaten 70 from Sameer Rizvi proved decisive in a low-scoring contest in Lucknow, where Delhi Capitals (DC) became the...
Across the world on Wednesday night, millions of people will tune in to watch Donald Trump deliver a primetime update...
Warm Weather Advisory Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre Issued at 3.30 p.m. on 01 April 2026, valid...
It was the Amelia Kerr show at Basin Reserve on Wednesday as she played the sort of innings that would...
Punjab Kings 165 for 7 in 19.1 overs (Cooper Connolly 72*, Prabhsimran Singh 37, Shreyas Iyer 18, Xavier Bartlett 11*;...
Warm Weather Advisory Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre Issued at 3.30 p.m. on 31 March 2026, valid for...
Approval has been granted at the Cabinet meeting held on 27-06-2012 to provide cultivable agricultural lands from the lower Uma...
In view of the prevailing war situation in the Middle East region and its impact on the economy, the Government...
The Monetary Board, with the concurrence of the Hon. Minister of Finance, has promoted Ms. K M A N Daulagala, Assistant Governor and the Secretary to...
Showers or thundershowers will occur at times in the Western, North-Western, Central and Sabaragamuwa provinces, and in the Galle and Matara districts today, the Department of...
By Shamindra Ferdinando Foreign Minister Ali Sabry has reiterated that a handful of persons who advised President Gotabaya Rajapaksa caused the unprecedented economic meltdown. Sabry has...
Wednesday 12th October, 2022 The resentful public is demanding elections, but the government is offering electoral reforms instead. President Ranil Wickremesinghe has said that unless political...
by Neville Ladduwahetty During the course of his address, as Chair of the 55th Annual meeting of the Asian Development Bank, Sri Lanka’s President, Ranil Wickremesinghe,...
On 05 October, 2022, The Island carried an article by Dr C. S. Weeraratna with the title “Deteriorating rural economy, and food Security”. On reading this,...
By Hiran H.Senewiratne Sri Lanka should expedite signing Free Trade Agreements (FTA) with big countries like China and also expand the current scope of the FTA...
Pre-trial conference on Dec 16 Colombo Permanent High Court Trial-at-Bar yesterday (11) acquitted 10 suspects, including former Governor of the Central Bank Singaporean Arjuna Mahendran (Jan...
Foreign Minister Ali Sabry has alleged that two persons, a doctor and a professor, who pressured the then government to continue with forcible cremation of Covid-19...
Court of Appeal finds fault with trial judge The Court of Appeal yesterday (11) acquitted former Akuressa Pradeshiya Sabha Chairman, Saruwa Liyanage Sunil from a case...
Two Australian men have been charged with bribing Sri Lankan officials to secure infrastructure contracts worth millions of dollars, Australian media reported yesterday. Australian police arrested...
By Rathindra Kuruwita If President Ranil Wickremesinghe and the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) are confident that they have public support, they should hold local government...
