The inaugural session of the Student Parliament of Sirimavo Bandaranaike Vidyalaya, Colombo, was held on Friday (19)  morning at the Old Parliament Chamber of the Presidential Secretariat. The event ...

WEATHER FORECAST FOR 20 JUNE 2026 Issued at 05.30 a.m. on 20 June 2026 by the Department of Meteorology Several spells of showers will occur in the Western, Sabaragamuwa and North-western provinces ...

Vinicius Junior scored and assisted on one of Matheus Cunha’s two goals as five-time champion Brazil eliminated Haiti from the World Cup with a 3-0 victory. Haiti, the Western Hemisphere’s poorest ...

New Zealand had another poor day in the field and were nearly embarrassed by Ireland on a glorious sunny day in Southampton ...

Police have launched a manhunt for a software engineer suspected of abandoning the body of his girlfriend inside a parked car near Teldeniya Hospital. The deceased was identified as Shamya Darshani, ...

AIA Insurance Lanka recently launched iSMART+, a groundbreaking digital platform designed to transform the way its distribution force works and engages with customers. Developed under the company’s ...

Police have launched an investigation after the body of an unidentified man was found washed ashore near the Kelani Bridge at Sedawatta on Wednesday morning. According to police, the deceased is ...

Apropos ‘Creditor receives USD 2.5 mn as Lankan public bears loss from theft of Treasury funds’, government sources told The Island that the payment hadn’t been made yet. Other sources, familiar with ...

Planned talks in Switzerland between the United States and Iran to discuss the technical terms of their ceasefire deal have been postponed. The Swiss Foreign Ministry confirmed early on Friday that ...

Amidst ongoing accusations that the theft of USD 2.5 mn (nearly 1 bn Rupees) from the Treasury hadn’t been properly... The Court of Appeal yesterday (18) postponed until June 25 the hearing of a ...

The people’s United Opposition yesterday appealed to the IMF to take tangible action to rein in the Lankan government. Following a meeting with IMF Mission in Colombo yesterday, the group issued the ...

The US has dropped its naval blockade of Iran after the two countries signed a deal to end the war in the Middle East. US Central Command confirmed the end of the blockade on X “in accordance with the ...