News Room : Showers may occur in North-central, Central, Sabaragamuwa, Eastern and Uva provinces...
Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 20 January 2024 by the Department of Meteorology
Misty conditions can be expected at some places in Western,...
News Room : SLPP dissidents ask govt. to bring back USD 35 bn ‘parked’...
underscore need to amend Exchange Control Act
By Shamindra Ferdinando
MP Gevindu Cumaratunga, who represents the SLPP dissidents, yesterday (27) alleged that the incumbent government was...
News Room : Four suspected human smugglers arrested – The Island
By Shamindra Ferdinando
Alleging that attempts were being made to evict people from the Divulpothana village in the Batticaloa District, Ven. Ampitiye Sumanaratne thera, Chief...
News Room : Shame! Ragging raises its cowardly head again
Ragging at Sabaragamuwa university has resulted in the loss of another student’s life and there is another incident of barbaric attack on an anti-rag...
News Room : MP Ramanathan Archchuna Removed from Parliament Chamber for Unruly Behaviour
Independent MP Ramanathan Archchuna was removed from the Parliament Chamber today on the instructions of the Chair, following repeated disruptions during a parliamentary debate.
The...
News Room : India, Pakistan exchange fire after Kashmir attack; tensions escalate
India conducted airstrikes on targets in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir early on May 7, in retaliation for a recent terrorist attack in Indian-controlled Kashmir...
News Room : Three more Lankan athletes go missing in Europe amid currency crisis...
Catholics in Bahrain hail mainly from the Philippines, India and Sri Lanka.
(UCAN) Pope Francis is set to make a four-day visit to Bahrain, a...
News Room : Unless it releases two Easter Sunday Carnage committee reports, he will...
Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath yesterday (14) assured the Colombo-based diplomatic community that the new government was going ahead with the IMF-led debt restructuring programme.
The...
News Room : Local Government Election before 10th March – ECSL – The Island
By Shamindra Ferdinando
Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena yesterday (27) acknowledged that a proposal to extend the retirement age of Parliament staff, to 61 years, contrary...
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