News Room : Over 3,600 aftershocks detected following 6.8-magnitude Xizang quake – The Island
South Korea’s suspended president Yoon Suk Yeol will receive his annual pay rise despite his impeachment for briefly placing the country under martial law,...
News Room : World’s biggest religious festival begins in India – The Island
By Shiran Illanperuma Positioned at the geographic and political heart of the Indian Ocean, Sri Lanka is the epicentre of the 21st century struggle for...
News Room : Croatian president re-elected in landslide victory
Voters in Croatia have re-elected Zoran Milanovic to a second term, after he won almost three-quarters of votes cast in the country’s presidential election. It...
News Room : LA fires death toll rises to 24 as high winds expected
Weather forecasters in California are warning fierce winds which fuelled the infernos around Los Angeles are expected to pick up again this week, as...
News Room : Rodrigues’ maiden international hundred seal series win for India – The Island
India notched up a series win that never appeared to be in any doubt, but in batting out 50 overs for a second straight...
News Room : Four new SC judges appointed – The Island
… alleges current pricing formula helps fleece consumers by Shamindra Ferdinando Alleging that the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) had sought to put off the scheduled power...
News Room : Not all farmers have received fertiliser subsidies – Sajith
69 Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa alleged that a large number of farmers are yet to receive the fertiliser subsidy and added that the Government should...
News Room : A murder that shook British India and toppled a king
It looked like an ordinary murder. One hundred years ago on this day – 12 January 1925 – a group of men attacked a couple...
News Room : Showers or thundershowers will occur at times in Northern, North-central, Eastern, Uva and Central provinces – The Island
Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 11 January 2025 by the Department of Meteorology Misty conditions can be expected at some places in Western,...
News Room : Vogue boost for South coast – The Island
ECONOMYNEXT –Sri Lanka’s red rice which disappeared from shop shelves after price controls were strictly enforced, was due to the ex-President Ranil Wickremesnghe distributing...