News Room : AG considers transferring case to SICC – The Island
by Shamindra Ferdinando
Pivithuru Hela Urumaya leader Udaya Gammanpila, MP, yesterday (17) urged the government to prevent ‘Pastor’ Jerome Fernando from conducting ‘prayers’ at the...
News Room : Rossouw trumps Livingstone as Punjab Kings suffer setback
Rilee Rossouw and Liam Livingstone lit up the night sky at Dharamsala on Wednesday (May 17) to put on a spectacle but it was...
News Room : Showers in Western, Sabaragamuwa, North-Western, Central and Eastern provinces and in...
Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 17 May 2023 by the Department of Meteorology
Showers or thundershowers will occur at several places in Western,...
News Room : Amarapura Mahanayake passes away
The Chief Prelate of the Amarapura Mahanayake, Most Venerable Dodampahala Chandrasiri Thera, 84, passed away yesterday (16). The Ven. Thera was receiving treatment at...
News Room : Showers in Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central and North-Western provinces and in Galle...
Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 14 May 2023 by the Department of Meteorology
Showers or thundershowers will occur at times in Western, Sabaragamuwa,...
News Room : Lankan scouts participate at Coronation Ceremony – The Island
CPC, CEB need to recover costs until end of Fund’s loan package
By Rathindra Kuruwita
The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) and Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) had...
News Room : Cyclone Mocha hits Bangladesh and Myanmar coast – The Island
As the storm approached, police patrolled the coastline in the town of Cox’s Bazar carrying loudspeakers, urging people to stay indoors. The streets emptied...
News Room : Opposition parties surge ahead in Thailand elections as count continues –...
India’s opposition Congress party has won power in a key state, partial election results showed, defeating Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling BJP a year...
News Room : Showers in Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central and North-Western provinces and in Galle...
The National Building Research Organization (NBRO) has issued landslide early warnings to the Colombo, Galle, Kalutara, Matara and Ratnapura Districts.
Accordingly, Level I landslide early...
News Room : Security paranoia
Monday 15th May, 2023
Colombo looked like a garrison town over the weekend with a heavy military and police presence. The government had received an...