The National Youth Services Council (NYSC) of Sri Lanka has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the UNICEF in order to promote ÂYouth-Led Climate Action in Sri Lanka.

An individual who allegedly stole a bag belonging to a female foreign tourist inside a private bus in Pettah, Colombo, has been arrested by the police in Pethiyagoda, Kelaniya.

By Shamindra Ferdinando Retired Foreign Secretary H. M. G. S. Palihakkara says Sri Lanka shouldn’t hesitate to recongise a Palestine state formally against the backdrop of Spain, Ireland and Norway having done so already.The veteran Foreign Service officer was responding to The Island query regarding what Sri Lanka’s response should be to the raging Gaza […]

Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 31 May 2024 by  the Department of Meteorology The prevailing showery and windy conditions over the island are expected to continue further, due to the active South West Monsoonal condition. Showers will occur at times in Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central, Southern and North-western provinces. Showers or thundershowers will occur […]

Amidst continuing controversy over UNP General Secretary Palitha Range Bandara’s proposal that both presidential and parliamentary polls be put off by two years, senior lawyer Manohara de Silva, PC, said that an amendment could be introduced to extend the President’s term. The constitutional expert, however, emphasised that in terms of Article 83, the incumbent President […]

Sri Lanka has again requested Canada not to repeat baseless allegations of genocide here. Foreign Secretary Aruni Wijewardane took up the issue when she met Canadian Deputy Minister for International Development Christopher MacLennan at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday (28) Recently, Foreign Ministry accused Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of repeatedly propagating lies […...

By Shamindra Ferdinando Top Election Commission (EC) officials yesterday (3)) said that US Ambassador Julie Chung’s meeting with the top management of the independent commission shouldn’t cause concern among the public. EC’s Commissioner General Saman Sri Ratnayake said so when The Island sought his response to social media comments in respect of Ambassador Chung paying […]

by Reemus Fernando Sri Lanka Athletics has kept the door open for sprinter Yupun Abeykoon to compete at the 102nd National Athletics Championships to enable him to gain maximum possible ranking points to qualify for the Olympics. The Italy based sprinter has entered the ‘Road to Paris 24’ Olympic rankings for the first time at […]

The Court of Appeal yesterday (30) issued notice to the former Chairman of Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), ex-President Maithripala Sirisena, MP, with regard to a contempt of court petition filed against him by Montague Sarathchandra, an executive committee member of the SLFP. A two-judge bench comprising President of the Court of Appeal Justice Nissanka […]

The US embassy said yesterday that this week’s meeting with the top management of the Election Commission hadn’t been influenced by what its spokesperson called any specific concerns or statements. Asked whether there had been previous meetings with the EC during Mahinda Deshapriya’s tenure as its Chairman or after and why the Ambassador Julie Chung […]

Nepal legspinner Sandeep Lamichhane will miss the T20 World Cup 2024 after his visa application to the USA was rejected for a second time. His initial application was turned down last week, following which the Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) and the Nepal government intervened on his behalf, but despite their efforts he was turned […]

The body of a man has been reportedly found inside a liquor store by Bibila Police last morning (30).

Notorious underworld figure and drug trafficker Ruwan Jayasekara, alias ÂMidigama RuwanÂ, has been brought back to Sri Lanka from Dubai by a team of offices from the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) today, Police Spokesman DIG Nihal Thalduwa said.

Donald Trump became the first former American president to be convicted of felony crimes Thursday as a New York jury found him guilty of all 34 charges in a scheme to illegally influence the 2016 election through a hush money payment to a porn actor who said the two had sex.

State Minister for Finance, Shehan Semasinghe stated that only those wishing to plunge the country back into an economic crisis would oppose the Economic Transformation Bill.

Sri Lanka s Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Sabry says that the western countries have shown their double standards by turning a blind eye to the crisis in Gaza and that, serious amendments must be made to the international laws on how the United Nations functions in order to protect international democracy.

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