News Room : Petes encounter Devapathiraja
Under 19 Tier ‘B’ Cricket Quarter-Finals Defending champions St. Peter’s College, Bambalapitiya will encounter Devapathiraja College Rathgama in the quarter-final of the Inter Schools Under 19 Division I Tier ‘B’ Limited Overs Cricket tournament at Wijerama Mawatha today. The Petes captained by Nimuthu Gunawardane are the favourties as they fight to retain their unbeaten status in the tournament. Unlike their opponents, Devapathiraja...
News Room : Professional boxing bouts in Colombo on Nov. 26 – The Island
Air Force Open PSA Satellite Squash Championship-2022 Reigning national champions Ravindu Laksiri and Fathoum Issadeen won the men’s and women’s titles of the Air Force Open PSA (Professional Squash Association) Satellite Squash Championship-2022 which concluded at the Squash Complex of Sri Lanka Air Force Base Ratmalana on Saturday. Nine-time national champion Laksiri, who recently won his first PSA international tour, continued...
News Room : ‘Political Soldiers’
Tuesday 15th November, 2022 All suspects allegedly involved in storming the Presidential Secretariat and forcibly occupying a section of it during Aragalaya, a few moons ago, are reported to have been arrested. Other protesters who forced themselves into the President’s House, the Prime Minister’s Office and Temple Trees are also being arrested. Besides, the police have gone into overdrive to...
News Room : Sri Lanka to host U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup 2024
Top emerging talent will be heading to Sri Lanka in 2024 for the U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup, as the ICC Board announced host countries for U19 events between 2024 and 2027. Zimbabwe and Namibia, Malaysia and Thailand, and Bangladesh and Nepal are also set to host ICC U19 events between 2024 and 2027, after the ICC Board approved the...
News Room : SJB slams AG over delay in responding to its RTI query – The Island
By Shamindra Ferdinando Samagi Jana Balaveyaga (SJB) has alleged that the Attorney General’s Department is delaying the release of information, pertaining to the withdrawal of indictments in a number of controversial cases, after the Nov. 2019 presidential election. SJB lawmaker Mujibur Rahuman yesterday (13) told The Island that he had submitted an application, dated November 01, 2021, to the Attorney General, in terms of...
News Room : Two WW II planes collide mid-air during airshow in Texas, 6 killed – The Island
By Shamindra Ferdinando Samagi Jana Balaveyaga (SJB) has alleged that the Attorney General’s Department is delaying the release of information, pertaining to the withdrawal of indictments in a number of controversial cases, after the Nov. 2019 presidential election. SJB lawmaker Mujibur Rahuman yesterday (13) told The Island that he had submitted an application, dated November 01, 2021, to the Attorney General, in terms of...
News Room : Tight security for Parliament – The Island
By Shamindra Ferdinando Samagi Jana Balaveyaga (SJB) has alleged that the Attorney General’s Department is delaying the release of information, pertaining to the withdrawal of indictments in a number of controversial cases, after the Nov. 2019 presidential election. SJB lawmaker Mujibur Rahuman yesterday (13) told The Island that he had submitted an application, dated November 01, 2021, to the Attorney General, in terms of...
News Room : Police condemned for harassing women – The Island
By Shamindra Ferdinando Samagi Jana Balaveyaga (SJB) has alleged that the Attorney General’s Department is delaying the release of information, pertaining to the withdrawal of indictments in a number of controversial cases, after the Nov. 2019 presidential election. SJB lawmaker Mujibur Rahuman yesterday (13) told The Island that he had submitted an application, dated November 01, 2021, to the Attorney General, in terms of...
News Room : Cardinal asks Catholic lawyers to remain politically independent – The Island
By Shamindra Ferdinando Samagi Jana Balaveyaga (SJB) has alleged that the Attorney General’s Department is delaying the release of information, pertaining to the withdrawal of indictments in a number of controversial cases, after the Nov. 2019 presidential election. SJB lawmaker Mujibur Rahuman yesterday (13) told The Island that he had submitted an application, dated November 01, 2021, to the Attorney General, in terms of...
News Room : ‘I was not aware of Rajiv Gandhi assassination’, says Nalini – The Island
By Shamindra Ferdinando Samagi Jana Balaveyaga (SJB) has alleged that the Attorney General’s Department is delaying the release of information, pertaining to the withdrawal of indictments in a number of controversial cases, after the Nov. 2019 presidential election. SJB lawmaker Mujibur Rahuman yesterday (13) told The Island that he had submitted an application, dated November 01, 2021, to the Attorney General, in terms of...