News Room : Govt. planning to shut down Thriposha Company – The Island
By Rathindra Kuruwita The Frontline Socialist Party (FSP) yesterday (07) said the government was planning to shut down the state-owned Thriposha Company, and such a...
News Room : Trump’s comeback – The Island
Thursday 7th November, 2024 The NPP’s victory in the September presidential election has catapulted the JVP to the limelight. An otherwise camera-shy JVP General Secretary,...
News Room : Showers or thundershowers will occur at times in Northern, North-Central, Central, Sabaragamuwa, Uva and Southern Provinces and in Puttalam and Trincomalee districts – The Island
The Natural Hazards Early Warning Center of the National Building Research Organization has issued land slide early warnings to the districts of Badulla, Galle,...
News Room : Bangladesh lose 8 for 23 as Ghazanfar spins Afghanistan to victory – The Island
Substitute wicketkeeper Ikram Alikhil had dropped Najmul Hossain Shanto on 21, Mohammad Nabi had put Mehidy Hasan Miraz down on 1, Gulbadin Naib had...
News Room : Dollar and Bitcoin soar – The Island
Text and pic By Shamindra Ferdinando UNP National Organiser Sagala Ratnayake said that in spite of winning the presidential election the NPP government was yet...
News Room : Trump takes North Carolina in first swing state result
Donald Trump is projected to win North Carolina in the first result from one of the seven key battleground states Democrats had hoped to flip...
News Room : Maine district called for Harris
The AP has called Maine’s 1st Congressional District for the Democratic Party, giving Harris one Electoral vote. (Aljazeera)
News Room : Upgrading social and economic well-being of the rural community is one of the primary objectives of the government – President – The Island
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake stated that rural development and upgrading the social and economic well-being of the rural community is one of the primary...
News Room : Showers or thundershowers will occur at several places in Central, Sabaragamuwa, Uva, Southern and Western provinces during the evening or night
Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 06 November 2024 by the Department of Meteorology Misty conditions can be expected at some places in Western,...
News Room : Polluted TUs
Political propaganda is double-edged. Hence the need to handle it carefully lest it should backfire. One may recall that before the 2019 presidential election,...