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...
The aid group Doctors Without Borders has reported recovering 11 bodies and rescuing dozens of people off the coast of...
Nuwan Thushara’s last over brought Sri Lanka screaming back into the match,as he first bowled Rishad Hossain, and then nailed...
Afghanistan boosted their Super Eight chances with yet another dominating win, this time thumping New Zealand by 84 runs in...
The Associate has struck twice in two days. Group C and D might have been the groups of death leading...
Since 2015, no team has been more successful in making it to the knockout stages of a World Cup than...
It’s been a rough start for cricket in New York with more focus on the pitches than the cricket that...
Minister of State for Sports and Youth Affairs, Rohana Dissanayake, during a press conference held today (07) at the Presidential...
Scotland produced a stunning run chase to beat Namibia by five wickets in the T20 World Cup 2024. Returning to...
USA muzzled an experienced Pakistan top order, brought their hitters to heel, then produced a measured batting performance that tied...
Marcus Stoinis and David Warner extricated Australia from an uncertain position in their T20 World Cup 2024 opener against Oman...
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Treasury Chief given seven-day ultimatum By Shamindra Ferdinando The Freedom People’s Alliance (FPA) yesterday (20) said that the contentious move to summon judges of the Supreme Court...
Tuesday 21st March, 2023 Sri Lanka finds itself in a distressingly unprecedented and unenviable situation. All three tiers of government—Parliament, the Provincial Councils and the local...
by Jehan Perera The government’s plans for reviving the economy show signs of working out for the time being. The long-awaited IMF loan is about to...
By I. P. C. MENDIS Ranil Wickremesinghe has emerged as the chief “dramatis personae” in the current constitutional deadlock drama. Whether the stars had foretold the...
The Bar Council of England and Wales has urged the Sri Lankan government not to undermine the independence of the judiciary. It has, in a media statement,...
By Dr Upul Wijayawardhana The malign influence of casteism was well explained in the editorial, “Canker of clientelism” (The Island, 14 March) wherein it was stated:...
The latest statistics by the World Food Programme shows that 32 percent of Lankan households are food insecure. “Over the past four months, food security levels have...
Sri Lanka is fast creating a Viyathmaga II. When observing how various categories of professionals – teachers, musicians, artists, officers from armed forces, doctors …. are...
Ambassador Julie Chung announced yesterday the recent arrival of 770 metric tons (MT) of fortified rice and 100 MT of fortified vegetable oil through the U.S....
By Hiran H.Senewiratne The CSE will be able to maintain its growth momentum with IMF bailout prospects brightening this week. Consequently, foreign inflows to the CSE...
Text and Pic by Thushara Athapaththu A teacher union has protested against President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s order to rescind the Teacher Transfer Board of the Ministry of Education with immediate effect....
By Shamindra Ferdinando Chief Government Whip Prasanna Ranatunga has accused the Human Rights Commission (HRC) of delaying investigation into attacks on his residence at Udugampola, Gampaha,...
