There is a guarded optimism among military experts in India as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and U.S. President Donald Trump have outlined plans to ramp up sales of defense systems to New Delhi to ...

Legislators, policymakers, and experts gathered to discuss the need for comprehensive legislation aimed at ensuring social ...

February 9, 2025 is the launch in Sri Lanka of the biography, ‘The Lamp of the Company Above – the life story of Anwer Cadir ...

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 ...

Dr Nihal Jayawickrama I had always thought that autobiographies were written after retirement. I hope this request from the ...

Walking down Flower Road, past the familiar stone walls, through the iconic red gates, past the Ixora bushes, the towering ...

School assembly news headlines for February 14, 2025, including national, international, and sports updates, along with a ...

Colombo, Sri Lanka - Teachers and principals of public schools staged a protest on Friday to demand relief in the next budget to be proposed by the president on February 17. The protesters are calling ...

Sri Lanka’s local vehicle assembly industry has undergone significant transformation in recent years, creating nearly 20,000 direct and indirect jobs, according to Deputy Minister of Industry and ...

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

Action committees of teachers, students and parents, migrant workers, railway workers and free trade zone workers have sent ...

COLOMBO: An intruding monkey at a Sri Lankan electrical grid sub-station caused a general islandwide blackout on Sunday (Feb 9), government officials said. The power outage began around 11.30am ...