News Room : All 41 workers rescued from collapsed Indian tunnel after 17 days
All 41 construction workers who were trapped in a collapsed mountain tunnel for 17 days in northern India have been brought to safety, hours...
News Room : How Hamas built a force to attack Israel on 7 October
Five armed Palestinian groups joined Hamas in the deadly 7 October attack on Israel after training together in military-style exercises from 2020 onwards, BBC...
News Room : Union boss reveals how Education Ministry Secretary violated law to please panjandrums – The Island
An estimated 10% of girls are married before the age of 18 in Sri Lanka, as the Muslim Marriage and Divorce Act (MMDA) does not set...
News Room : 39 Palestinian prisoners expected to be released today (24)
Anticipation is building as a four-day truce between Israel and Hamas is set to begin at 7am local time in Gaza (05:00 GMT). Citing an...
News Room : North Korea fully suspends military pact with South
North Korea has ripped up a five-year-old deal with Seoul aimed at lowering military tensions, in the latest escalation of a row between the...
News Room : Rohit Sharma: The Indian captain who lost cricket World Cup but won hearts
Millions of Indians cried along with cricket captain Rohit Sharma on Sunday as he walked off the field, trying to hold back his tears. His...
News Room : Broadcasting Regulatory Commission for electronic media to be introduced – The Island
The ICC Board on Tuesday decided to shift the 2024 men’s Under-19 World Cup from Sri Lanka to South Africa. The move, a unanimous...
News Room : CID urged to get to the bottom of drug procurement racket – The Island
… Govt. confident of mustering majority by Shamindra Ferdinando Dissident SLPP MPs yesterday (20) asked the ruling party whether it would back what it called President...
News Room : Former OpenAI boss Sam Altman pictured at firm’s HQ amid reports of return
The ex-boss of leading artificial intelligence firm OpenAI has posted a photo of himself at its HQ, following reports he is set to return...
News Room : US ex-President Jimmy Carter’s wife Rosalynn dies aged 96
Former US First Lady Rosalynn Carter, the wife of ex-President Jimmy Carter, has died at the age of 96. The Carter Center confirmed in a...