News Room : Spinners set up historic series win for India Women – The Island
After their 3-0 ODI series sweep in 2022, India Women achieved another milestone with their first T20I series victory on English soil. The result...
News Room : Court Directs Rajangane Saddharathana Thera to NHSL Psychiatric Clinic
Colombo Fort Magistrate yesterday (9) ordered the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to submit a detailed analytical report to the court if any obscene or...
News Room : New MP sworn in
Ushettige Don Nishantha Jayaweera was sworn in as a Member of Parliament of the Tenth Parliament, yesterday, before Speaker Dr. Jagath Wickramaratne. Following the oath taking the new MP signed...
News Room : Editors’ Guild pulls out of media policy committee – The Island
Sri Lanka’s estimated poverty (share of the population living on less than $3.65 a day) remains stubbornly high, affecting as much as a quarter...
News Room : More than 50% of schools inspected have mosquito breeding grounds – The Island
More than 3,800 red notices had been issued to individuals who failed to eliminate potential dengue mosquito breeding grounds during the recently concluded National...
News Room : Siyam Daham Pilgrimage Concludes with Ceremony at Sri Dalada Maligawa
The Siyam Daham Padayatra, a spiritual foot pilgrimage that began at the sacred Kirivehera in Kataragama, concluded after twenty days upon reaching Colombo and...
News Room : Only Police Can Use and Possess Legitimate Handcuffs: Spokesperson
Only officers attached to institutions responsible for maintaining law and order are legally permitted to use or possess legitimate handcuffs, Police Media Spokesperson Assistant...
News Room : No New/Additional VAT Imposed on the Public – Deputy Minister Anil Jayantha Clarifies on ‘Digital Tax’
There has been no imposition of any new or additional Value Added Tax (VAT) on the public, stated Deputy Minister of Economic Development, Dr...
News Room : Illegal Assembled V8 Case: Sujeewa Senasinghe Failed to Provide Statement on Six Occasions
Colombo Fort Magistrate Nilupuli Lankapura yesterday (7) ordered the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to produce former State Minister Sujeewa Senasinghe before court on 16...