News Room : Showers above 75 mm are likely at some places in Northern, North-central, Eastern and Uva provinces. – The Island
Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 08 August 2024 by the Department of Meteorology Several spells of showers will occur in Western, Sabaragamuwa and...
News Room : Several vie for Harin Fernando’s Natonal List seat – The Island
By Rathindra Kuruwita The Election Commission announced on Friday that it had received 158 complaints of election law violations, with 20 of these complaints filed...
News Room : Harin, Manusha say happy to leave after helping make Lanka stable – The Island
By Rathindra Kuruwita The Election Commission announced on Friday that it had received 158 complaints of election law violations, with 20 of these complaints filed...
News Room : Parents beg US diplomat for apology over fatal crash
The family of an 11-year-old girl allegedly killed by a US diplomat in Zimbabwe in a road accident in June have told the BBC...
News Room : Queen of Good Times celebrates her 75th birthday
Prithi Fernando, popularly known as the Queen of Good Times, celebrated her 75th birthday at the Kingsbury hotel in Colombo. Friends, family and a host...
News Room : Sri Lanka’s first IMAX cinema opens
Sri Lanka’s first IMAX cinema was declared open by Scope Cinemas at Havelock City Mall. Scope Cinemas said the opening has revolutionised cinema experiences in...
News Room : South Korean doctors strike in protest of plans to add more physicians
South Korea’s government has ordered more than 1,000 junior doctors to return to work after many staged walk-outs in protest of plans to increase...
News Room : Africa’s ‘flying presidents’ under fire
Since Kenya’s William Ruto and Nigeria’s Bola Tinubu became presidents, they have faced similar criticism over their frequent trips abroad. The two men have been...
News Room : More than 50 shot dead in Papua New Guinea ambush – The Island
In front of a sold out crowd in Dambulla, Sri Lanka edged a rollercoaster first T20I against Afghanistan, winning by four runs to take...
News Room : Increase in earnings from tourism – The Island
By Shamindra Ferdinando Dissident SLPP lawmaker Gevindu Cumaratunga yesterday (18) said that the Wickremesinghe-Rajapaksa government owed an explanation how the Governing Board of the Central...