News Room : Showers in Western, Sabaragamuwa and North-Western provinces and in Kandy, Nuwara-Eliya, Galle and Matara districts – The Island
Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 18 July 2023 by the Department of Meteorology Several spells of showers will occur in Western, Sabaragamuwa and North-Western provinces and in Kandy, Nuwara-Eliya, Galle and Matara districts. Showers or thundershowers may occur at a few places in Uva province and in Ampara and Batticaloa districts during the evening or night. Winds will be south-westerly...
News Room : Two killed, child wounded in ’emergency’ on Russian Crimea bridge
Two people have been killed and a child wounded in an “emergency situation” on a Russian-built bridge linking the annexed Crimean Peninsula to Russia’s Krasnodar region, according to officials. The announcement on Monday came hours after Moscow-installed officials said traffic along the bridge had been halted and media in Ukraine reported explosions along the overpass. Images from the scene showed no...
News Room : French Naval Ship Lorraine arrives in Colombo
The French Naval Ship Lorraine arrived at the port of Colombo on a formal visit this morning (11th July 2023). The ship was welcomed by the Sri Lanka Navy in accordance with naval tradition. The 142.20m long ship is an Air-Defence Multipurpose Frigate manned by 154 crew members and she is commanded by Captain Xavier BAGOT. She is scheduled to leave...
News Room : Light showers in Western, Sabaragamuwa and North-western provinces and in Kandy, Nuwara-Eliya, Galle and Matara districts – The Island
Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 08 July 2023 by the Department of Meteorology Showers will occur at several places in Western and Sabaragamuwa provinces and in Kandy, Nuwara-Eliya, Galle and Matara districts. A few showers may occur in the North-Western province. Showers or thundershowers will occur at a few places in Uva province and in Ampara and Batticaloa districts...
International Conference on Synthetic Drug Prevention
Under the initiative of the United States Department of State, an international conference on synthetic drug prevention was held on July 7, 2023, through Zoom technology, under the chairmanship of Mr. Anthony Blinken, Secretary of State of the United States of America. Ministers in charge of the subject and diplomatic officers of a large number of countries including the United...
News Room : Showers in Western, Sabaragamuwa and North-western provinces and in Kandy, Nuwara-Eliya, Galle and Matara districts – The Island
Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 10 July 2023 by the Department of Meteorology Several spells of showers will occur in Western, Sabaragamuwa and North-western provinces and in Kandy, Nuwara-Eliya, Galle and Matara districts while several spells of light showers may occur in the Northern Province. Showers or thundershowers may occur at a few places in Uva province during the...
News Room : Cabinet nod to resume discussions with Japanese diplomatic mission to recommence LRT project – The Island
A disciplined performance from the bowlers backed up by a century from Brandon King saw West Indies complete a clinical seven-wicket win over Oman in Harare. Kyle Mayers and Romairo Shepherd were the pick of the bowlers before the spinners bogged Oman down, never letting them move out of third gear. Chasing a below-par 222, the West Indies had...
News Room : Elephant allegedly abused in Sri Lanka flown back to Thailand – The Island
A Thai elephant gifted to Sri Lanka two decades ago arrived back in its birth country on Sunday (03 July), following a diplomatic spat over the animal’s alleged mistreatment. Thai authorities had gifted the 29-year-old Muthu Raja – also known as Sak Surin in its birthplace – to Sri Lanka in 2001. But they demanded the elephant back last year...
News Room : Self-serving love – The Island
Some SLPP grandees would have the public believe that they are opposed to the government’s domestic debt restructuring (DDR) programme because it has adversely affected the working class and exempted the super-rich. SLPP MP Namal Rajapaksa has gone on record as saying that he is averse to the DDR scheme, and that is why he absented himself when it...
News Room : Crisis-hit Pakistan strikes $3bn funding deal with IMF – The Island
Oman have been fined 40 per cent of their match fee for maintaining a slow over-rate against Zimbabwe in their ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Qualifier match in Bulawayo on Thursday. Muhammad Javed of the ICC International Panel of Match Referees imposed the sanction after Oman were ruled to be two overs short of the target after time allowances were...