Cabinet Spokesperson and Minister Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa yesterday (26) said that funds were available to conduct Provincial Council polls. He said so at the post-Cabinet media briefing in response to ...

Speak the truth, before the crisis does The Sri Lankan rupee is not merely depreciating. It is sending a warning. Once again, the country is being reminded that recovery is not the same as stability, ...

Wednesday 27th May, 2026 The Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) on Reviewing Election Laws, which recently had its first meeting under the chairmanship of the Minister of Public Administration, ...

Iranian Ambassador in Colombo Dr. Alireza Delkhosh says the Islamic Republic of Iran remains fully prepared to face US-Israeli aggression. In an interview with The Island at the Iranian Embassy, in ...

Sri Lanka commemorated the 17th anniversary of the end of the 30-year Eelam conflict with a moving War Heroes Remembrance Day ceremony on 19 May 26 at the monument on the Parliament grounds. It was a ...

CameraLK, Sri Lanka’s leading camera retail giant and Official Sony Distributor in Sri Lanka, unveiled the highly anticipated Sony Alpha a7R VI and FE 100-400mm F4.5 GM OSS lens at a landmark regional ...

JXG (Janashakthi Group), a leading Sri Lankan financial conglomerate, recently welcomed the second cohort of high-potential talent to the JXG Management Trainee Programme, themed “Spartans”, a ...

At present, approximately 90% of the country’s sugar requirement is met through imports, resulting in a considerable expenditure of foreign exchange. Therefore, the necessity of obtaining ...

The Paddy Marketing Board has approximately 115,000 metric tonnes of paddy stocks purchased from farmers, which are currently stored in the Board’s warehouses, and it has been planned to retain a ...

England’s bowlers demolished New Zealand’s batting line-up to set up an emphatic seven-wicket win in the third and final T20I at Hove for a 2-1 series victory. Career-best figures of 3 for 14 for Dani ...

Royal Challengers Bengaluru [RCB]  might look at Gujarat Titans [GT] across the ring in Qualifier 1 of IPL 2026, and wonder if they helped create this monster. When GT went to Bengaluru on April 24, ...

Pope Leo XIV has called for the “disarming” of artificial intelligence (AI), warning that “new forms of slavery” are tied to its rise. The Catholic Church leader warned on Monday against “a race for ...