The headline of the lead news item in The Island of 20 August read, “Karu pleads with Govt. to reconsider the decision to abolish MPs’ pensions” I was little disturbed when the request came from a ...

Thursday 21st August, 2025 Postal workers’ strike entered the third day yesterday, with the government refusing to negotiate with the strikers until they call off their trade union action and agree to ...

The Sri Lanka Aviation Unit in Bria, serving under the United Nations mandate in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA), has ...

Colombo High Court Judge Pradeep Abeyratne has granted permission to the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) to amend the indictment filed against former Investment ...

Athletes from the Western, Northern, Central, North-western, Eastern, Uva, Southern and Sabaragamuwa provinces are being ...

Speaker Dr Jagath Wickramaratne Monday (18) signed into law the Sri Lanka Electricity (Amendment) Bill, Parliament sources said yesterday. The Sri Lanka Electricity (Amendment) Bill was passed in ...

Softlogic Life reported another robust half-year performance, posting a Gross Written Premium (GWP) of LKR 18.7Bn for the six ...

Colombo Chief Magistrate Thanuja Lakmali Jayatunga yesterday (20) ordered former Minister Dr. Rajitha Senaratne to appear in ...

In I947, Dr. Maria Montessori wrote an open letter to all governments: “My life has been spent in the research of truth. Through the study of children, I have scrutinised human nature at its origin ...

Close on the heels of Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court rejecting an anticipatory bail application filed on behalf of ex-IGP ...

Limited have come forward to sponsor the MCA Premier League cricket tournament. Nawaloka Hospitals PLC, DFCC Bank, Expolanka Group & Singer Sri Lanka PLC “A” have entered this year’s tournament. The ...

Piyadasa Kandambi, a veteran lawyer and translator, has released his Sinhala translation of Joseph Conrad’s The Secret Agent, titled Charapurusha Kathawak (A Spy Story). The book was launched at a ...