News Room : Croatian president re-elected in landslide victory

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Voters in Croatia have re-elected Zoran Milanovic to a second term, after he won almost three-quarters of votes cast in the country’s presidential election. It...

News Room : LA fires death toll rises to 24 as...

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Weather forecasters in California are warning fierce winds which fuelled the infernos around Los Angeles are expected to pick up again this week, as...

News Room : Rodrigues’ maiden international hundred seal series win for...

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India notched up a series win that never appeared to be in any doubt, but in batting out 50 overs for a second straight...

News Room : Four new SC judges appointed – The Island

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… alleges current pricing formula helps fleece consumers by Shamindra Ferdinando Alleging that the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) had sought to put off the scheduled power...

News Room : Not all farmers have received fertiliser subsidies –...

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69 Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa alleged that a large number of farmers are yet to receive the fertiliser subsidy and added that the Government should...

News Room : A murder that shook British India and toppled...

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It looked like an ordinary murder. One hundred years ago on this day – 12 January 1925 – a group of men attacked a couple...

News Room : Showers or thundershowers will occur at times in...

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Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 11 January 2025 by the Department of Meteorology Misty conditions can be expected at some places in Western,...

News Room : Vogue boost for South coast – The Island

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ECONOMYNEXT –Sri Lanka’s red rice which disappeared from shop shelves after price controls were strictly enforced, was due to the ex-President Ranil Wickremesnghe distributing...

News Room : Foreign Minister Herath says MoU signed by ex-Minister...

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By Shamindra Ferdinando Russia is seeking Sri Lanka’s assistance to confirm the identities of several ex-military personnel killed in the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict. The Island  learns...