… as Lakvijaya falters, power plants need over 2 mn litres of fuel daily By Shamindra Ferdinando The SJB yesterday (06) said that...
UN Women Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific, Christine Arab, concluded a two-day official visit to Sri Lanka (25–26 March),...
The Artemis II astronauts are bound for Earth after conducting a historic lunar fly by and witnessing a total solar...
Matheesha Pathirana and Wanidu Hasaranga are among 15 Sri Lankan players under central contracts yet to take their mandatory fitness...
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 06 April 2026, valid...
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...
Compensation negotiations still on By Ifham Nizam The Maritime Rescue Coordinating Centre (MRCC) yesterday authorised the owners of the crude oil tanker, ‘MT New Diamond’; to...
According to Mr. J.S. Ranasingha, in his article in The Island of 28th Sept the Rubber Industry is on the verge of extinction, with the annual...
MAS Holdings, the largest and leading design-to-delivery apparel solutions provider in South Asia, has renewed its commitment to empower more of its employees by extending its...
Senior DIG Deshabandu Tennakoon told Derana Aluth Parlimenthuwa programme, on Wednesday, that police had been ordered to open fire if those in their custody made sudden...
*EU has been a steady supporter of Sri Lanka since the opening of the EU Delegation in the country in 1995 *Through the GSP+, the EU...
Japanese Ambassador in Colombo Akira Sugiyama recently said that although Sri Lanka had been successful in combating Covid-19 pandemic, the continuing global crisis caused serious difficulty to...
More than a month after the Beirut blasts left behind devastated communities, Emirates continues to do its part to help turn its customers’ collective generosity from...
By Hiran H.Senewiratne A private sector consortium of local and foreign investors will be launching a new airline in Sri Lanka named ‘Spark Air’, with plans...
Sri Lanka Press Institute and two election monitoring groups are among nine Sri Lanka and Maldives based organizations provided with funds from Canada Fund for Local Initiatives...
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa recently said library and sports facilities would help maintain mental and physical wellbeing of the children. Twenty five selected schools representing each district...
I read the other day that a well experienced, articulate, experienced, well-travelled man had ended his life because he had basically done it all. He had...
‘Don’t kill the messenger.’ So said Sophocles (496-406 BC) and the advice is thus doubly weighted. The message itself is weighty and it was pronounced by...
