Justice R. Gurusinghe The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) has alleged that due to the failure on the part of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to fill the existing vacancies in the Supreme Court, ...

The Ministry of Environment has called on the public to reduce reliance on single-use plastic water bottles and switch to reusable alternatives as part of efforts to curb plastic pollution. In a ...

The government was monitoring vessels reportedly anchored near Sri Lanka’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), Ministry of Foreign Affairs Media Director General Thushara Rodrigo told the media on Saturday ...

The inaugural Women’s Champions Trophy, scheduled for February 2027, will be moved out of  Sri Lanka with the SLC set to be stripped of hosting rights. Cricinfo has confirmed that the six-team event ...

Iran says it launched missiles at two US bases in Jordan following a US attack on Larak Island in southern Iran earlier on Sunday. In a statement reported by Iranian news agencies on Sunday, the ...

WEATHER FORECAST FOR 31 AUGUST 2026 Issued at 05.30 a.m. on 31 August 2026 by the Department of Meteorology Several spells of showers will occur in  the Western and Sabaragamuwa provinces and in Galle ...

Monday 31st August, 2026 It never rains but it pours. While taking a huge political gamble by trying to amend the Constitution to raise the retirement ages of the judges of the Superior Courts and ...

Former Central Bank Governor, Singapore citizen Arjuna Mahendran has denied speculation that he has changed his name. In an email to the editor of the Sunday Island, Mahendran has said: “It has been ...

The United States has struck Larak Island in southern Iran in the first attack against the country since late July, a US official has confirmed to Al Jazeera. Tehran vowed to retaliate for Sunday’s ...

The sun is going to be directly over the latitudes of Sri Lanka from  28th of August to 07th of September due to its apparent southward relative motion. The nearest places of Sri Lanka over which the ...

Sri Lanka was set to deploy disaster relief teams to flood-hit Nepal in the coming days, Deputy Minister of Defence, retired Major General Aruna Jayasekara, said. He said the government had decided to ...

Sri Lankan fashion label Tropic Of Linen recently opened the doors to its second boutique, located at The Shoppes at City of Dreams. For over a decade, linen has formed the core of the brand’s ...