The countdown to Sri Lanka's presidential election has begun, with 17 million voters set to decide the country's next leader. As the nation prepares for this crucial vote, the election promises to be ...

Israel has crossed all red lines’, raids on Gaza continue; Taiwan opens same-gender marriage also between Taiwanese and Chinese citizens; 500 millio ...

Over the past two years, Daham Piyasena has lived through momentous times: the worst economic crisis in Sri Lanka’s history, ...

The Cambodian Red Cross (CRC) has donated $100,000 to the Vietnamese Red Cross to assist victims of Typhoon Yagi, which ...

United States today offered assistance to Sri Lanka to help hundreds of people affected by the landslide in Koslanda in Badulla District. The US Embassy in Colombo in a statement said that the US ...

Urging people in the Colombo district to cast their vote in favour of Leader of the Opposition Sajith Premadasa of Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) party, Colombo MP Harsha de Silva on Tuesday said that ...

In his editorial, ‘The art of debating without debates’ (12.09.2024) the editor of the The island in his customery style has hit the nail on the head with regard to the intentions of the NPP. Drawing ...

Four (04) officers and twenty-eight (28) sailors who successfully completed the Rapid Action Boat Squadron (RABS) Qualifying ...

Today is the 260th day of 2024. There are 106 days left in the year. 1994: A federal court jury in Anchorage, Alaska, orders ...

“I have learned with deep sadness of the widespread destruction caused by Typhoon Yagi, including many deaths, injuries, damage and destruction of property and infrastructure, due to heavy rain, ...

In Sri Lanka there were also landslides of epic magnitude. Fortunately, I didn’t experience any, but I did help people who had. Plus, there were storms that seemed to hover above our house. So scary ...

Two years ago, tens of thousands of Sri Lankans rose up against their president and forced him to flee the country.