News Room : SF calls for system overhaul, protests against corruption – The Island
By Shamindra Ferdinando Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka, MP, has stressed the pivotal importance of public protests against waste, corruption, irregularities and mismanagement.Alleging that those who...
News Room : 23 hospitalised after fire engulfs eight-storey building in Pettah – The Island
By Shamindra Ferdinando Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka, MP, has stressed the pivotal importance of public protests against waste, corruption, irregularities and mismanagement.Alleging that those who...
News Room : Former China PM Li Keqiang dead at 68 – The Island
ROKS ‘Kwanggaeto the Great’, belonging to the Republic of Korea Navy, arrived at the port of Colombo this morning (26th October 2023) on a...
News Room : Road accidents have claimed lives of 115 children so far this year
By Rathindra Kuruwita Road accidents had killed 115 children from 01 Jan., to 15 Oct., in 2023 the police said.Six people die every day in...
News Room : Environmentalist suspects organised killing of jumbos
Fifteen wild elephants had been killed last week alone, Chairman of Surakimu Sri Lanka Association, Ven. Pahiyangala Anadasagara Thera said on Thursday.About 400 elephants...
News Room : Four suspected human smugglers arrested – The Island
By Shamindra Ferdinando Alleging that attempts were being made to evict people from the Divulpothana village in the Batticaloa District, Ven. Ampitiye Sumanaratne thera, Chief...
News Room : Why cricket needs more men like Bedi – The Island
Rex Clementine in Bangalore India is mourning the death of their former Test captain Bishan Singh Bendi, who passed away in Delhi at the age...
News Room : No water tariff hike this year – Minister of Water Supply
Minister of Water Supply and Estate Infrastructure Development Jeevan Thondaman, addressing media at the Presidential Media Centre (PMC) today (24) reiterated that there won’t...
News Room : The Maldives’ new president wants India out – The Island
Hamas says it offered to release two Israelis captured during its deadly raid but Israel’s government refused to take them. Israel described the claim...
News Room : Rafah border crossing opens, allowing only 20 aid trucks into Gaza – The Island
Hamas says it offered to release two Israelis captured during its deadly raid but Israel’s government refused to take them. Israel described the claim...