News Room : Indonesia legislature scraps election law changes after protests – The Island
Chairman of the Expert Committee on Public Service Salary Disparities, Udaya R. Seneviratne said that the basic salary of public service employees will be...
News Room : Light showers will occur in Western, Sabaragamuwa and North-western provinces and in Kandy, Nuwara-Eliya, Galle and Matara districts – The Island
The National Building Research Organization (NBRO) has issued landslide early warnings to the districts of Colombo, Galle, Kalutara, Kegalle, Nuwara-Eliya and Rathnapura effective from...
News Room : Divers find five bodies in wreck of Sicily yacht
Divers searching the wreckage of a super yacht which sank off the coast of Sicily on Monday have found the bodies of five of...
News Room : EC striving to ensure equal opportunities for all candidates – The Island
March 12 Movement expands live debate, ready to accept all 39 candidates By Shamindra Ferdinando Jana Aragala Sandhanaya (JAS) has questioned President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s contradictory positions...
News Room : How genocidal violence and ultra-nationalism could be inseparables – The Island
By Prof.Kirthi Tennakone Humans are not united as a species. Divisions based on geography, ethnicity, coloir, religion, opinions and other attributes present everywhere dominate the...
News Room : Samoa’s Darius Visser breaks men’s T20I records with 39 runs in an over
Samoa batter Darius Visser has broken the men’s T20I record for most runs in an over, against Vanuatu in the T20 World Cup East...
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...
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,...
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,...
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...