WEATHER FORECAST FOR 14 SEPTEMBER 2026 Issued at 05.30 a.m. on 14 September 2026 by the Department of Meteorology Due to a low-level atmospheric disturbance in the vicinity of Sri Lanka, cloudy skies ...

The Sri Lanka Navy successfully recovered its Fast Attack Craft P 4447 following a successful salvage operation, bringing a multi-stage emergency response to a close. The craft, which ran into ...

Leader of the Opposition Sajith Premadasa yesterday (13) announced a public protest against the proposed 22nd Amendment to the Constitution on 24 September, in Colombo. Premadasa made the announcement ...

A commanding opening stand between Shafali Verma and Smriti Mandhana, followed by an excellent overall bowling effort, gave ...

By Sanath Nanayakkare In a major boost to bilateral economic ties, the Chamber of Construction Industry of Sri Lanka (CCISL) and the Indo–Sri Lanka Chamber of Commerce & Industry (ISCCI) have signed a ...

The Office on Missing Persons (OMP) recently said in Jaffna that it located 31 people from the 23,352 complaints received over the years.The OMP said that thousands of other cases remained at various ...

By a Concerned Aficionado In my article “Whatever on earth happened to meritocracy, pragmatism and honesty in Sri Lanka?” published in The Island on 08 September 2026, I examined the total and ...

By the late 1990s, Ashraff was beginning to speak differently about his political future. Published historical accounts record that he argued a political party representing a minority community had ...

It is inevitable, based on the law of averages, that aircraft will overrun on landing. While we wait for the USA’s National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) to present a detailed report on the ‘why’ ...

A parliamentary majority cannot change elephant behaviour,’ says Supun Lahiru Prakash, warning that failed holding ground has become a death trap By Ifham Nizam Sri Lanka cannot solve its escalating ...

Before I took this position, I knew so little about them that I didn’t even know their names. I had not met them in any context outside the present.’ (My translation.) President Dissanayake, recently ...

Prof. M.W. Amarasiri de Silva Sri Lanka’s state university system, long celebrated as the crown jewel of the nation’s free education policy, is currently navigating one of the most perilous periods in ...