Over a dozen SJB MPs, Maithripala skip vote By Shamindra Ferdinando In spite of differences between President Ranil Wickremesinghe and...
… condemns govt. move, finds fault with Office of AG for failing to ensure justice for Easter Sunday victims The...
Prime Lands Residencies PLC, Sri Lanka’s leading real estate developer, achieved a significant milestone with the ground-breaking ceremony of ‘The Colombo Border,’ a landmark project poised...
State Minister of Tourism Diana Gamage revealed plans to designate 49 additional tourist destinations as official tourist zones and that the locations will be published in...
President Ranil Wickremesinghe reiterated the government’s commitment to maximizing the contribution of agriculture to the country’s economic advancement. He highlighted the implementation of programs aimed at...
Dubai has started work on a $35bn airport terminal that is set to have the world’s largest capacity upon completion, the emirate’s ruler has said. Dubai’s...
Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 29 April 2024 by the Department of Meteorology The Inter tropical Convergence Zone (where winds from the Northern Hemisphere...
India rode on Renuka Singh’s 3 for 18 to beat Bangladesh by 45 runs in the opening game of the five-match T20I series in Sylhet, on...
By Norman Palihawadane and Hemantha Randunu Six persons have been arrested with stocks of narcotics with a total street value of over Rs. 350 million, during...
The Urban Development and Housing Ministry is planning to open a wax museum at the Ehelepola Walawwa, Kandy, depicting life in the Kandyan era. The Walawwa,...
the Mini CARAT 2024 exercise, conducted by the navies of the US and Sri Lanka, ended successfully on Friday (26), the Navy said yesterday. The Mini Cooperation...
May Day rallies: by Chaminda Silva Colombo Municipal Council Commissioner Bhadrani Jayawardena said political parties, including the UNP, SLPP, SJB and JVP/NPP and many civil organisations,...
Hundreds of millions of people in South and Southeast Asia were suffering the weekend from a punishing heat wave that has forced schools to close, disrupted...
by Thiagaraja Arasanayagam I read with great interest the article, ‘Ethir: Legendary high jumper,’ in The Island newspaper of 22 April, 2024, not only for the...