News Room : Several teachers killed in Pakistan school shooting – The Island
Gunmen have stormed a school in Pakistan’s volatile northwest, killing several teachers and gunning down another teacher from the school in a separate attack, according to officials. In Kurram, a district in the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province that borders Afghanistan, a group of gunmen on Thursday stormed a government school where students were taking exams. The Associated Press reported that the...
News Room : Unite in solidarity to rebuild an affluent Sri Lanka – President – The Island
President Ranil Wickremesinghe in his Vesak message called upon all Sri Lankans to unite in solidarity to rebuild an affluent Sri Lanka. The full text of the President’s Vesak Message: This thrice blessed day of Vesak being most important in the Buddhist calendar, dawns with sacred significance. While commemorating the Buddha’s birth, enlightenment and passing away, it is a revered occasion,...
News Room : Landslide Early Warnings issued to Badulla, Matara and Kegalle Districts
The National Building Research Organisation (NBRO) has issued a landslide early warning for the Divisional Secretaries divisions of Haldumulla and Passara in the Badulla District, Divisional Secretaries division of Kegalle in the Kegalle District and Divisional Secretaries divisions of Kotapola and Pasgoda in the Matara District.
News Room : President Ranil Wickremesinghe leaves for UK – The Island
Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has arrived in the Netherlands, local media reported, on an unannounced visit expected to include meetings at the International Criminal Court (ICC) and with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte as well as members of the country’s parliament. Dutch news agency ANP reported that Zelenskyy, making his first visit to the Netherlands, landed at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport...
News Room : US drug regulator approves world’s first RSV vaccine
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a vaccine against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) – an illness that kills thousands of Americans each year. The vaccine still needs approval from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention before it can be rolled out to the public. Officials say the vaccine, named Arexvy by the manufacturer GSK, is a major...
News Room : Prof. Peiris zeroes in on AG – The Island
By Shamindra Ferdinando Jathika Nidahas Sabhawa Spokesperson Prof. G. L. Peiris, MP, Tuesday (02) questioned the conduct of the Attorney General Sanjay Rajaratnam, PC, pertaining to obtaining compensation for the worst ever marine disaster, caused in Sri Lankan waters, following the sinking of container carrier X-Press Pearl, in the first week of June 2021. Rajaratnam was sworn in as AG on...
News Room : Missing Australian fisherman’s body found in crocodile
The body of an Australian man who vanished while fishing with friends has been found inside a crocodile. Kevin Darmody was last seen at Kennedy’s Bend – well-known saltwater crocodile habitat in a remote part of northern Queensland – on Saturday. After a two-day search of the area, police euthanized two large crocodiles and found human remains. The body is yet...
News Room : Palestinian groups, Israeli forces agree to Gaza truce: Report – The Island
Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 03 May 2023 by the Department of Meteorology Prevailing showery condition over the island is expected to continue further during the next few days as well. Showers or thundershowers will occur over most parts of the island after 1.00pm. Showers may occur in coastal areas of Western and Southern provinces and in Jaffna, Kilinochchi, Mannar...
News Room : Indonesian woman falls to her death down airport lift shaft – The Island
She entered the lift through a set of doors, then turned to push a button for the second floor. She stood, waited, and began looking at her phone as a second set of doors opened up behind her. Then she appeared to push the lift button again, still facing the doors she had entered from. Dewi then appeared to...
News Room : Kuwait parliament dissolved by royal decree again
Kuwait’s parliament has been dissolved by royal decree, state news agency KUNA said, having only been reinstated in March based on a Constitutional Court ruling after a previous dissolution. The decree, which was reportedly signed on Monday, comes after Kuwait’s Crown Prince Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah said last month that the legislature would be dissolved and that new parliamentary...