Sections of a major Australian highway have been washed away, as flooding in Queensland worsens. The torrential rainfall in ...

Abhishek Sharma demolished records left, right and centre – and with it England’s pace-laden T20I attack – to power his way ...

The Sri Lanka Navy seized an Indian fishing boat and apprehended 10 Indian fishermen while they were poaching in Sri Lankan waters, during a special operation conducted in the sea area south of Mannar ...

Deshamanya Kandiah Balendra better known as ‘Ken Balendra’ who served as the first Sri Lankan chairman of John Keells Holdings Ltd.,   has passed away at the age of 84. He was the chairman of Brandix ...

Sri Lankan industrialist and businessman Deshamanya Harry Jayawardena has passed away at the age of 82. Don Harold Stassen Jayawardena popularly known as Harry Jayawardena was the chairman of ...

Hambantota International Port (HIP) is fully prepared to support the expected surge in vehicle imports following the recent ...

Schools on the Greek island of Santorini have been told to close on Monday following an increase in seismic activity in ...

A woman has died in Australia and thousands have been forced to flee their homes after torrential rainfall has caused ...

WEATHER FORECAST FOR 03 FEBRUARY 2025 Issued at 05.30 a.m. on 03 February 2025 by the Department of Meteorology Misty conditions can be expected at some places in Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central, North ...

Laleen Jayamanne and Namika Raby (Part I of this article appeared in The Island on Friday (31 Jan.) Women’s Mental Health: Trance/Dance in Folk Rituals The lecture Namika heard on ‘pregnancy cravings’ ...

Milinda Moragoda was presented with an early copy of ‘Nalanda – How it Changed the World’ during a brief visit to New Delhi by its author, Amb. Abhay K. The book was formally launched at the Jaipur ...

Members of the Disability Organisations Joint Front (DOJF) have called on the government to estblish an independent commission, specifically aimed at addressing the issues faced by persons with ...