The Norwegian Nobel Committee has awarded the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize to Navanethem “Navi” Pillay. The committee’s announcement of the 125th Nobel Peace Prize, made on Friday in Oslo, said the ...
Tiger flags displayed in London By Shamindra Ferdinando The British High Commission in Colombo side-stepped The Island query regarding the recent displaying of LTTE flags in London by UK Tamils of Sri ...
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has declared the Central Criminal Investigation Bureau (CCIB) as a place of detention in terms of the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA). The President made the ...
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has ordered the formation of a committee to review the laws and regulations on how Buddhist monks serving prison sentences are treated, including the procedures that ...
WEATHER FORECAST FOR 09 OCTOBER 2026 Issued at 05.30 a.m. on 09 October 2026 by the Department of Meteorology Misty conditions can be expected at some places in the Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central and ...
Sri Lanka, struggling to meet the urgent requirement of essential anti-tuberculosis (TB) medicines requested India’s help. Responding to Sri Lanka’s urgent appeal, India recently delivered about three ...
Opposition MPs yesterday (08) signed a no-confidence motion against Speaker of Parliament Dr. Jagath Wickramaratne. The motion was signed at the Office of the Leader of the Opposition in Parliament, ...
The Mahanayaka Theras of all Nikayas have protested against Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) General Secretary Ven. Galagodaaththe Gnanasara Thera, who is serving a prison sentence for contempt of court, being ...
By Ifham Nizam A USD 57.4 million investment package is set to reshape the economics of electricity for small and medium-sized businesses, while creating a stronger platform for private investment in ...
By Ifham Nizam They are everywhere, yet most of us hardly notice them. In the corner of a garden, beneath a leaf, across a paddy field, inside a forest or quietly occupying an old tree, spiders are ...
Amnesty International on Wednesday (7) urged Saudi Arabia to rescind death sentence against a Sri Lankan migrant worker over a controversial social media post. The Criminal Court in Al Ahsa on 27 July ...
Rex Clementine Sri Lanka’s Test captain Dhananjaya de Silva has done an Ian Botham. No, not by pulling off a miraculous victory against Australia at Headingley, but by resigning a minute before he was ...
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