News Room : Inside the ancient Indian ritual where humans become gods – The...
by Rajan Philips
If President AKD’s inaugural Policy Statement at the opening of parliament 10 days ago was mellifluous in its delivery, it was also...
News Room : Seales’ 4 for 5 gives West Indies control as Bangladesh fold...
Jayden Seales registered astonishing figures of 15.5-10-5-4 as West Indies bowled out Bangladesh for 164 on the second day of the second Test at...
News Room : Global plastic talks collapse as oil states rebel
Countries have failed to reach a landmark agreement on tackling plastic pollution after more than two years of negotiations.
More than 200 nations met in...
News Room : SJB still undecided – The Island
ECONOMYNEXT –Floods and landslides have killed 12 people and left hit 370,000 people in Sri Lanka disaster management authorities said as torrential rains from...
News Room : Five prominent politicians yet to provide statements in substandard medicine case...
By A.J.A. Abeynayake
Five prominent political figures, including former President Ranil Wickremesinghe, have yet to appear before the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to provide statements...
News Room : More than 130 tanks damaged
Over 130 irrigation tanks/weirs under the Department of Agrarian Development have been damaged by the floods.Commissioner General of Agrarian Development Rohana Rajapaksha said most...
News Room : Chinese projects in Sri Lanka not white elephants – Ambassador Qi...
The deep depression over the southwestern Bay of Bengal, which brought heavy rains and strong winds to Sri Lanka in recent days, will dissipate...
News Room : A fatal car crash in India sparks concerns over Google Maps...
Can a navigation app be held responsible if a user gets into an accident?
That is the question being asked in India after three men...
News Room : At least 113 people missing after Uganda landslide – police –...
Australia will ban children under 16 from using social media, after its Senate approved the world’s strictest laws.
The ban – which will not take...
News Room : Heavy showers above 100 mm are likely at some places in...
Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 29 November 2024 by the Department of Meteorology
The deep depression over the southwest Bay of Bengal was...