News Room : Weather warning: Adequate precautions are needed to minimize damages caused by temporary localized strong winds and lightning during thundershowers.
Showers or thundershowers will sometimes occur in Western, Sabaragamuwa, Southern and North-western provinces and Kandy and Nuwara-Eliya districts. Fairly heavy showers above 75 mm are likely at some places in Western and Sabaragamuwa provinces and Galle and Matara districts. Showers or thundershowers will occur at several places in Eastern, Uva and North-Central Provinces during the evening or night. Fairly strong winds of about...
News Room : 100th birth anniversary of Justice E.A.D. Atukorale
Religious observances will be held on 25th August 2024 to mark the 100th Birth Anniversary of the late legal luminary Ebetota Atukoralage Dharmasena Atukorale, well known as E.A.D. Atukorale, who hailed from Batugedera, Ratnapura, . A product of Ananda College, the late Justice Atukorale excelled in his studies and sports. He entered the Ceylon Law College and was called to...
News Room : Debate among presidential candidates on the cards
By Rathindra Kuruwita The March 12 Movement is planning to host a debate, for the first time in history, among six leading candidates contesting the Presidential Election. Rohana Hettiarachchi, Executive Director of People’s Action for Free & Fair Elections (PAFFREL), told The Island yesterday (19) that the six candidates had been chosen because they had already started their campaigning and have support from MPs...
News Room : Fairly heavy showers above 75 mm are likely at some places in Western and Sabaragamuwa provinces and in Galle and Matara districts – The Island
Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 18 August 2024 by the Department of Meteorology Showers or thundershowers will occur at times in Western, Sabaragamuwa and North-western provinces and in Kandy, Nuwara-Eliya, Galle and Matara districts. Fairly heavy showers above 75 mm are likely at some places in Western and Sabaragamuwa provinces and in Galle and Matara districts. Showers or thundershowers will occur at...
News Room : Nasir Ahmed’s successor, too, faces threat of losing parliamentary seat – The Island
Wigneswarn finds fault with Sumanthiran Presidential Election: By Shamindra Ferdinando Thamil Makkal Thesiya Kuttani (TMTK) leader C. V. Wigneswaran, MP, yesterday (18), said they had fielded Pakkiyaselvam Ariyanethiran as an independent candidate at the forthcoming Presidential Election to draw attention of Sri Lankans, and the international community, to the problems faced by the Tamils. Wigneswaran, a former Supreme Court judge, emphasised that a substantial...
News Room : Top US diplomat to visit Lanka – The Island
Wigneswarn finds fault with Sumanthiran Presidential Election: By Shamindra Ferdinando Thamil Makkal Thesiya Kuttani (TMTK) leader C. V. Wigneswaran, MP, yesterday (18), said they had fielded Pakkiyaselvam Ariyanethiran as an independent candidate at the forthcoming Presidential Election to draw attention of Sri Lankans, and the international community, to the problems faced by the Tamils. Wigneswaran, a former Supreme Court judge, emphasised that a substantial...
News Room : Search for LTTE’s arms, gold and cash draws a blank – The Island
Wigneswarn finds fault with Sumanthiran Presidential Election: By Shamindra Ferdinando Thamil Makkal Thesiya Kuttani (TMTK) leader C. V. Wigneswaran, MP, yesterday (18), said they had fielded Pakkiyaselvam Ariyanethiran as an independent candidate at the forthcoming Presidential Election to draw attention of Sri Lankans, and the international community, to the problems faced by the Tamils. Wigneswaran, a former Supreme Court judge, emphasised that a substantial...
News Room : Showers or thundershowers will occur at times 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 August 2024 by the Department of Meteorology Showers or thundershowers will occur at times in Western, Sabaragamuwa and North-western provinces and in Kandy, Nuwara-Eliya, Galle and Matara districts. Fairly heavy showers above 75 mm are likely at some places in Western and Sabaragamuwa provinces and in Galle and Matara districts. Showers or thundershowers will occur at...
News Room : Thirty four political parties endorse RW’s Puluwan Sri Lanka pact – The Island
By Norman Palihawadane All 225 MPs have been authorized to acquire two 12-bore repeater guns each, in addition to the pistols already issued to them for their personal security. Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena on Friday told the Sunday Island that MPs have been directed to apply for these repeater guns based on a recommendation from the Ministry of Defence, following a...
News Room : Markram, Verreynne fifties put South Africa in control
With a lead of 239, and five wickets in hand on a surface that got better to bat on as the day went on, South Africa put fingertips on the Sir Vivian Richards trophy. Eight wickets fell on another action packed day in Guyana where the advantage ebbed and flowed. South Africa took two early on but West Indies’ last...