Pathfinder Foundation hosted its fifth Dialogue with Diplomats, focused on “The Great Power Competition in the Indo-Pacific and its impact on Small States in South Asia, with a special reference to Sri Lanka” held Cinnamon Grand Colombo recently. The...
Before Monday evening, Rahmanullah Gurbaz averaged 16.73 in 20 innings in run chases in ODIs. But against Bangladesh in Sharjah, he hit 101 – his second century while batting second – with 42 of those runs coming in sixes...
By Shamindra Ferdinando
Former Justice Minister Dr. Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe, PC, yesterday (11) said Sri Lanka had no political prisoners.
The ex-parliamentarian was responding to President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s declaration in Vavuniya and Jaffna that Tamil political prisoners would be released in...
35th “November Heroes’ Commemoration”
The 35th “November Heroes’ Commemoration” of the Frontline Socialist Party (FSP) was held yesterday at the New Town Hall in Colombo.
The General Secretary of the Frontline Socialist Party, Kumar Gunaratnam said the event marked the anniversary of...
One of the most puzzling phenomena lies beneath the Indian Ocean, south of Sri Lanka, where a massive gravity anomaly known as the Indian Ocean Geoid Low (IOGL) has confounded researchers for decades, said a report published by The...
One of the most puzzling phenomena lies beneath the Indian Ocean, south of Sri Lanka, where a massive gravity anomaly known as the Indian Ocean Geoid Low (IOGL) has confounded researchers for decades, said a report published by The...
Jos Buttler rampaged into form in his second innings back in charge of England’s T20I side, a brutal 83 off 45 balls helping to clinically ice a chase of 159 and give the tourists a 2-0 lead in the...
Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 08 November 2024 by the Department of Meteorology
Showers or thundershowers will occur at times in Northern, North-western and Western Provinces and in Puttalam, Galle, Matara, Ampara, Batticaloa and Trincomalee districts and at...
Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath yesterday told The Island that a section of the media had misinterpreted a decision taken by the current membership of BRICS not to expand the organisation for the moment as rejection of Sri Lanka’s application to join...
The suspension of a controversial online process introduced at the expense of transparency and accountability had proved that a parliamentary watchdog committee could thwart such an operation in spite of overwhelming political power exercised by those who arranged the...