The Fast Attack Craft (FAC) that sank off Angulana on Saturday (15) has collided with a sunken ship. The Island learns that MV Thermopylae Sierra sank in August 2012 during a monsoon storm. The ...

More than 68,000 people are now affected by the prevailing dry weather conditions across four districts, with authorities warning the... Archbishop of Colombo His Eminence Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith has ...

Statement issued by Margaret Satterthwaite, Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers on the controversial 22 Amendment: I have the honour to address you in my capacity as Special ...

Police have launched multiple investigations into the local assets and criminal connections of drug kingpin Shiran Basik following his deportation from Dubai to Sri Lanka. Police Media Spokesperson, ...

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has opened online registration for students selected for admission to state universities under the normal intake based on the 2025 G.C.E. A/L results. The UGC ...

Electricity tariffs could have been reduced by around 20 percent if the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) had properly accounted for losses arising from substandard coal, the ...

Public approval of the government has dropped to 50% as confidence in Sri Lanka’s economic outlook weakens sharply, according to... President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has pointed out that the expected ...

Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa yesterday met a group of youth seeking employment in Israel, during a peaceful protest at the Polduwa Junction, expressing concern over what he described as ...

Jaffna-based journalists boycotted a media workshop attended by Deputy Minister of Mass Media, Kaushalya Ariyaratne, MP, recently. Tamil Guardian reported that journalists had staged a protest, ...

By Norman Palihawadane The Navy has appointed a special board of inquiry to investigate the sinking of a Fast Attack Craft, off Angulana, while search operations continue for a naval officer who went ...

By Sanath Nanayakkare The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) has clarified that Governor Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe did not make any commitment to keep policy interest rates unchanged for the remainder of ...

Dr Sean Perera on a Butterfly, identity, culture and the journey from science to fiction By Saman Indrajith ✍️ For Dr Sean Perera, writing his debut novel a Butterfly was only half the challenge.