News Room : Kandy Perahera begins
BY CYRIL WIMALASURENDRE The Kandy annual Esala procession is scheduled to commence today with the first Kumbal Perahera. The first of the five Kumbal processions...
News Room : Fair weather will prevail over most districts in the Island – The Island
Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 19 August 2023 by the Department of Meteorology Except for a few showers in Western and Sabaragamuwa provinces...
News Room : ACMOA: 5,000 more docs planning to migrate
By Rathindra Kuruwita About 2,000 doctors had left the country during the past two years, All Ceylon Medical Officers’ Association (ACMOA) General Secretary Dr. Jayantha Bandara...
News Room : India stands with Manipur -PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said his government was making every effort to restore peace in the state of Manipur as he addressed the country...
News Room : Dambulla Aura top points table with 20 run win over B-Love Kandy – The Island
There’s very little that has gone right for Colombo Strikers in this edition of Lanka Premier League, but they are still in with a...
News Room : Implementation of Yahapalana strategy President’s real intention – Manohara – The Island
By Shamindra Ferdinando Former Army Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Jagath Dias asks whether a plan is underway to help establish Eelam by constitutional means.The...
News Room : Several spells of showers will occur in Western and Sabaragamuwa provinces and in Galle, Matara, Kandy and Nuwara-Eliya districts – The Island
Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena told Parliament on Friday thaty he would not revoke his ruling given on Wednesday with regard to the Parliament’s supremacy...
News Room : Jaiswal, Gill school Windies as India level series
Yashasvi Jaiswal (84*) and Shubhman Gill’s (77) record-setting 165-run partnership levelled the ongoing five-match T20I series for India against West Indies with a commanding...
News Room : 50.3 percent of total inmates, imprisoned for drug related offences – State Minister – The Island
By Saman Indrajith Foreign Minister Ali Sabry told Parliament yesterday that his ministry had received no information about CIA Chief William J. Burns’ alleged visit...
News Room : Sri Lanka aims for RCEP Membership and Free Trade Agreements with ASEAN – The Island
Sri Lanka wanted to become the first South Asian country to join the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), the largest trade bloc in history,...