News Room : A double whammy
Saturday 17th June, 2023 A health sector strike is something the public needs like a hole in the head, especially at this juncture. Most people...
News Room : Showers in Western, Sabaragamuwa and North-Western provinces and in Galle, Matara, Kandy and Nuwara-Eliya districts – The Island
Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 14 June 2023 by the Department of Meteorology Showers or thundershowers will occur at times in Western and...
News Room : 200 mn contraband fags destroyed – The Island
By Shamindra Ferdinando The Foreign Ministry is planning to move a resolution in Parliament against Canada’s claim of genocide here.A senior FM spokesperson said that the modality...
News Room : On first reading Sir Edwin Arnold’s THE LIGHT OF ASIA – II – The Island
by Rohana R. Wasala Edwin Arnold’s purpose in composing the epic The Light of Asia, then, was to give readers an unbiased idea about the exalted...
News Room : Landslide early warnings issued to Colombo, Kegalle and Rathnapura Districts
The Landslide Early Warning Center of the National Building Research Organisation (NBRO) has issued landslide early warnings for the Colombo, Kegalle and Rathnapura Districts. Accordingly...
News Room : JP Morgan agrees to pay $290m to settle lawsuit brought by Jeffrey Epstein victims
JP Morgan has agreed to pay roughly $290m (£232m) to settle a lawsuit brought on behalf of alleged victims of convicted sex offender Jeffrey...
News Room : Trump arrives in Florida ahead of court appearance
Former United States President Donald Trump is spending the night in Miami, Florida, before he appears in court there on Tuesday charged with mishandling...
News Room : House committee warns against privatisation of SLT, citing national security reasons – The Island
The Parliamentary Oversight Committee on National Security has strongly advised the Wickremesinghe-Rajapaksa government against privatising Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT).The 11-member committee, in a report,...
News Room : BASL condemns govt. attempts to restrict freedom of expression – The Island
The Parliamentary Oversight Committee on National Security has strongly advised the Wickremesinghe-Rajapaksa government against privatising Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT).The 11-member committee, in a report,...
News Room : Expedite Action Plan for Reconciliation – President – The Island
President Ranil Wickremesinghe has taken decisive action to combat the spread of Covid-19 and Dengue in the country by establishing both a Ministerial Committee...