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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A tense situation prevailed near the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo yesterday when a group of policemen confronted a group of civil society activists protesting against a...
by Reemus Fernando Asian Games gold medallist Tharushi Karunaratne has pulled out from the Asian Relays which is set to take place in Bangkok next week....
by Susantha Hewa Mindfulness is explained as the “basic human ability to be fully present, aware of where we are and what we’re doing, and not...
That rampant disorder is the starkest of global realities currently is a fact beyond dispute. While the international community is confronted with the grueling challenge of...
The SLPP’s campaign for the upcoming presidential and parliamentary elections is scheduled to commence with a convention on May 26 at Thalawa, Anauradhapura, with former President...
State Minister of Defence Premitha Bandara Tennakoon yesterday said that the government has commenced talks with India to set up a small arms manufacturing unit in Sri...
Lankan writer VV ‘Sugi’ Ganeshananthan’s novel Brotherless Night has won the 2024 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction. She was awarded a cash prize of $150,000. All the shortlisted authors...
By Norman Palihawadane Mawathamagama police have arrested a private fashion design teacher for raping a teenage student of his class. The teacher, a 40-year-old father of two,...
Thursday 16th May, 2024 The Parliament of Sri Lanka can hardly have a sitting without its members resorting to slanging matches and even coming to blows....
The National Savings Bank yesterday said that there had been a misinterpretation on NSB by a news item (not published in The Island) currently in circulation....
The Workshop Players proudly announce auditions for their upcoming production of the beloved musical “Fiddler on the Roof” scheduled to grace the Lionel Wendt stage from...
The Institute of Chemistry Ceylon yesterday announced the graduation of Sachinie Goonetilleke as a chemist following in the footsteps of her mother Kumudinee Goonetilleke, who had graduated from the same...
