News Room : Fired-up Royal Challengers Bangalore hand Lucknow Super Giants their third home defeat on the trot – The Island
Sri Lanka Wheelchair tennis team Sri Lanka Wheelchair Tennis team consisting of Pradeep Kumara, Suresh Dharmasena, and Gamini Dissanayake will compete in the 2023 BNP Paribas World Team Cup World Group which takes place at Vilamoura Tennis and Padel Academy in Portugal for the second successive year. Following the completion of four regional qualification events for Africa, the Americas, Asia and...
News Room : Pope says Vatican involved in Ukraine, Russia peace mission – The Island
The Vatican is involved in a peace mission to try to end the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, Pope Francis has said, declining to give further details. “I am willing to do everything that has to be done. There is a mission in course now but it is not yet public. When it is public, I will reveal it,” the...
News Room : It is crucial that we put the country first and not fall prey to narrow political interests at this critical juncture – President – The Island
President Ranil Wickremesinghe, in his International Workers’ Day message said that it was crucial that we put the country first and not fall prey to narrow political interests at this critical juncture. The full text of the President’s Laour Day Message: On International Workers’ Day, it is important to recognize the significant role that the working people play in the economic...
News Room : Heavy showers above 100 mm are likely at some places in Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central, North-Western and Southern provinces – The Island
Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 30 April 2023 by the Department of Meteorology. Atmospheric conditions are favorable for development of evening thundershowers in most parts of the island during the next few days. Showers or thundershowers will occur at several places over most parts of the island after 2.00pm. Heavy showers above 100 mm are likely at some...
News Room : Fakhar Zaman’s 180* leads Pakistan to their second-highest ODI chase – The Island
When Fakhar Zaman has these kinds of days, there’s very little any side can do about it; and what makes him so special is he has days like these with frightening regularity. A third successive ODI hundred – this one a monster century – by Pakistan’s premier ODI opener blitzed New Zealand, as he cracked an unbeaten 180 off 144 balls. It...
News Room : SL drug baron arrested in France to be brought here – The Island
Chairman of the Parliamentary Oversight Committee on National Security, Rear Admiral (retd) Sarath Weerasekara, has condemned the blacklisting by the US of Admiral of the Fleet Wasantha Karannagoda over the latter’s alleged involvement in ‘a gross violation of human rights during his tenure as a Naval Commander’ on the basis of finding made by NGOs and independent investigations. The former...
News Room : NBRO issues landslide early warnings for Badulla, Kandy and Kegalle Districts
The National Building Research Organization (NBRO) has warned that landslides may occur in Haldumulla Divisional Secretariat Division in the Badulla district, Udapalatha Divisional Secretariat Division in the Kandy district and the Kegalle Divisional Secretariat Division in the Kegalle district.
News Room : Sperm donor who fathered at least 550 kids banned by Dutch court – The Island
A Dutch court has banned a man from donating any more of his sperm after he fathered at least 550 children in the Netherlands and other countries and misled prospective parents about the number of offspring he helped to conceive. A judge at The Hague District Court ordered the halt in an injunction on Friday (28) brought by the mother...
News Room : Heavy showers above 100mm in Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central, North-Western and Southern provinces – The Island
Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 30 April 2023 by the Department of Meteorology. Atmospheric conditions are favorable for development of evening thundershowers in most parts of the island during the next few days. Showers or thundershowers will occur at several places over most parts of the island after 2.00pm. Heavy showers above 100 mm are likely at some...
News Room : Lankan workers in Middle East sending money, while more educated do not: Minister – The Island
The Resolution for the implementation of the arrangement under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) of the IMF for Sri Lanka was passed in Parliament by a majority of 95 Votes with 120 voting in favour and 25 voting against. Except for AHM Fowzie all other SJB members were not present in the chamber at the time of voting. TNA MPs...