News Room : Tsunami and lessons unlearnt – The Island
Tuesday 27th December, 2022 The 18th anniversary of the Boxing Day tsunami was marked yesterday with a series of commemorative ceremonies. More than 35,000 lives were lost in this country because most Sri Lankans had not even heard the word, tsunami, despite being members of an island nation, and ignored the early warning signs of the impending disaster. Some people...
News Room : Fuel consumption drops by 50% – The Island
By Rathindra Kuruwita The national fuel consumption had dropped by 50 percent towards the latter part of 2022, compared to the first few months of the year, the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) said. The CPC said that in the first few months of 2022, the daily petrol and diesel consumption had increased. The daily fuel consumption averaged 5,500 tonnes from December...
News Room : Where are we heading in 2023? – The Island
By Dr Laksiri Fernando One mistake we normally make in analysing the situation or crisis in Sri Lanka is to do it in isolation. Sri Lanka is unfortunately only a part of a world system. Although this situation is valid to almost all other countries, smaller or weaker a country, larger are the effects of external factors. Strategic importance also...
News Room : Heads of missions in 16 countries named – The Island
Among the 16 new heads of missions appointed by President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s government, are former Foreign Secretaries, Chitranganee Wagiswara and Admiral Jayanath Colombage. The following is the list of new appointees: “Chithranganee Wagiswara (Australia) and Admiral Prof. Jayanath Colombage (Indonesia). Other Ambassadors and High Commissioners are Manisha Gunasekera (France), H.M.G.R.R.K. Mendis (Bahrain), Dr. A.S.U. Mendis (Vietnam), Varuni Muthukumarana (Germany), Kapila...
News Room : Met Dept. issues severe weather warning – The Island
Next 24 hours critical By Rathindra Kuruwita and Ifham Nizam Current depression over Southwest Bay of Bengal, 160 km to the east-northeast of Trincomalee, was expected to reach the eastern coast of Sri Lanka and cross the country during the next 24 hours, the Met Department said yesterday issuing a severe weather warning. The alert issued by the Met Department’s Natural Hazards...
News Room : SJB to step upanti-govt. protests – The Island
Next 24 hours critical By Rathindra Kuruwita and Ifham Nizam Current depression over Southwest Bay of Bengal, 160 km to the east-northeast of Trincomalee, was expected to reach the eastern coast of Sri Lanka and cross the country during the next 24 hours, the Met Department said yesterday issuing a severe weather warning. The alert issued by the Met Department’s Natural Hazards...
News Room : Customs seize drugs sent by post – The Island
Next 24 hours critical By Rathindra Kuruwita and Ifham Nizam Current depression over Southwest Bay of Bengal, 160 km to the east-northeast of Trincomalee, was expected to reach the eastern coast of Sri Lanka and cross the country during the next 24 hours, the Met Department said yesterday issuing a severe weather warning. The alert issued by the Met Department’s Natural Hazards...
News Room : Ashwin and Shreyas Iyer make it 2-0 for India in close finish – The Island
Sam Curran broke Chris Morris’ record (INR 16.25 crore) to become the most expensive buy at an IPL auction, when Punjab Kings outbid five other teams to sign him for INR 18.50 crore (USD 2.25 million approximately).At that price, Curran is also the most expensive player in IPL history – even more than retained players like Virat Kohli and KL...
News Room : Veddas to contest LG polls as independent group – The Island
Next 24 hours critical By Rathindra Kuruwita and Ifham Nizam Current depression over Southwest Bay of Bengal, 160 km to the east-northeast of Trincomalee, was expected to reach the eastern coast of Sri Lanka and cross the country during the next 24 hours, the Met Department said yesterday issuing a severe weather warning. The alert issued by the Met Department’s Natural Hazards...
News Room : SLT-MOBITEL Partners with Google Cloud Boost Collaboration in Sri Lanka – The Island
Next 24 hours critical By Rathindra Kuruwita and Ifham Nizam Current depression over Southwest Bay of Bengal, 160 km to the east-northeast of Trincomalee, was expected to reach the eastern coast of Sri Lanka and cross the country during the next 24 hours, the Met Department said yesterday issuing a severe weather warning. The alert issued by the Met Department’s Natural Hazards...