News Room : Half of Gaza’s population is starving, warns UN
A senior UN aid official has warned that half of Gaza’s population is starving, as fighting there continues. Carl Skau, deputy director of the UN World Food Programme, said only a fraction of supplies needed have been able to enter the Strip – and nine out of 10 people cannot eat everyday. Conditions in Gaza have made deliveries “almost impossible”,...
News Room : Showers in most provinces after 1PM
Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 10 December 2023 by the Department of Meteorology Misty condition can be expected at some places in Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central, Southern and Uva provinces in the morning. Several spells of showers will occur at Northern, North-Central and Eastern provinces while showers or thundershowers will occur at several places in the other provinces of the...
News Room : Lanka, Maldives to cooperate legally on criminal matters
By APSARA RODRIGO Sri Lanka will sign an agreement with Maldives on mutual legal assistance in criminal matters, cabinet spokesman Dr Bandula Gunawardena said on Wednesday (6).The cabinet this week approved a proposal on this put forward by Minister of Justice Wijeyadasa Rajapaksha. “Sri Lanka’s cabinet had previously approved mutual legal cooperation on criminal matters with Maldives,” Gunawardena said. “However, the Maldives...
News Room : Bystanders prevent attempt to burn down Dr Martin Luther King’s birth home – The Island
Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has acknowledged his government “got some things wrong” in its response to the COVID-19 pandemic, as he gave evidence at a public inquiry into his handling of the global health crisis. In the first of two days in the witness box on Wednesday, Johnson apologised for “the pain and the loss and the suffering”...
News Room : Tyrannosaur’s last meal was two baby dinosaurs
The last meal of a 75-million-year-old Tyrannosaur has been revealed by scientists – two baby Dinosaurs. Researchers say the preservation of the animal – and of the small, unfortunate creatures it ate – shines new light on how these predators lived. It is “solid evidence that tyrannosaurs drastically changed their diet as they grew up,” said Dr Darla Zelenitsky, from the...
News Room : Recruitment of ex-military personnel of Sri Lanka prerogative of foreign governments – Justice Minister – The Island
President Ranil Wickremesinghe held discussions on Thursday (07) with a delegation comprising representatives from the Global Tamil Forum (GTF) and Buddhist monks, as reported by the President’s Media Division (PMD) on Friday (08). The PMD mentioned that the Joint Himalayan Declaration, a collaborative effort between the Global Tamil Forum and the Buddhist delegation, advocates for a pluralistic Sri Lanka that...
News Room : Putin to stand for fifth term as Russian president
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he will stand again for a fifth term in office. He announced it at an awards ceremony for participants of the full-scale war he launched against Ukraine in 2022. It comes a day after election officials set 15-17 March 2024 as dates for the presidential election. The re-election of Putin, 71, is seen as inevitable, with...
News Room : Showers above 75mm are likely at some places in Central, Sabaragamuwa, Western and Uva provinces and in Galle and Kurunegala districts – The Island
Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m.on 05 December 2023 by the Department of Meteorology The Severe Cyclonic Storm “MICHAUNG” (PRONOUNCED AS “MIGJAUM”) over West-Central Bay of Bengal was located near latitude 14.5°N and longitude 80.3°E, at 2330hrs of 04 December, about 520km North of Jaffna. The system is likely to move northwards and cross South Andhra Pradesh coasts around 1130hrs...
News Room : Sam Curran, England spinners star as Will Jacks, Jos Buttler seal 203-run chase
Sam Curran and Jos Buttler bounced back to form with ball and bat respectively, while Will Jacks served further notice of his opener’s credentials with a vital half-century on an occasionally capricious pitch, as England squared their three-match series against West Indies with a hard-fought six-wicket win under the floodlights in Antigua. In the final analysis it was straightforward enough,...
News Room : Showers or thundershowers over most provinces of the island – The Island
Dullas urges govt. not to cause further destabilisation By Shamindra Ferdinando Controversy surrounds the inordinate delay in appointing the Chief of Staff and the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Army against the backdrop of dissident SLPP MP Dullas Alahapperuma’s revelation in Parliament that over 27,000 soldiers had left the Army since January 2022. The former minister said so while participating in the...