Truth, the idiom goes is often stranger than fiction. Our country seems to embody this truism. Days ago we were jolted when ...

In May 2021, the Government of Sri Lanka (GOSL) introduced a swift and sudden ban on the importation of all chemical ...

At a commemorative at City Hall to mark Sri Lanka's 77th Independence Day, are from the left, Mark Murphy; City Councilwoman ...

Dissanayake’s speech paying glowing tribute to sham independence and demanding that class interests of workers and the ...

Usvatte-aratchi Two thoughtful short essays on schools and education appeared in The Island newspaper on January 20th and 21st. The first was written by Lokubandara Tillakaratne, and the second by ...

The BJP is set to form the government after 27 years and remove the Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) from power in ...

Following President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s visit, first to India and then to China, Foreign Policy analysts and Commentators of repute have cautioned the NPP government the need to exercise ...

The NPP government had come to power mainly on the slogan to finally end the 76-year curse that began, as they said, the day the Union Jack was unfurled and, in its stead, the Lion flag hoisted to ...

Cuttack: The Barabati Stadium, built as a multi-purpose facility post Independence, was inaugurated in 1958. Since the 1980s, ...

Iran’s supreme leader says that negotiations with America “are not intelligent, wise or honorable” after President Donald ...

Greenpeace South Asia delivers a strong message for Ocean protection on Sri Lanka’s National Day celebrations in Colombo, where regional States ...

It marked the Council’s first celebration of the South Asian island nation’s Independence Day, and was led by Speaker ...