Authorities conducted autopsies on Monday after the deaths of two foreign tourists who died earlier this month while ...

Police said the two women became ill with vomiting at the hostel they were staying in and were hospitalized on Feb. 1. They identified them as U.K. citizen Ebony McIntosh, 24, and German national ...

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 ...

According to the latest SLSEA statistics, Sri Lanka has 2000 MW of solar and 200 MW of wind installations. This is 2.2 GW and a good fraction of the total power production capacity (~5 GW) in the ...

University of Moratuwa Emeritus Prof. Amal S. Kumarage said that the high import costs for transport inputs and excessive household spending on transport are severely burdening Sri Lanka’s economy ...

Sri Lanka plans to adopt India’s DigiLocker system as part of a broader digital public infrastructure (DPI) initiative, following India’s successful implementation of digital identity solutions like ...

Sri Lanka is becoming a tourism hotspot for Ayurvedic medicine. Autumn Phillips discusses her experience of yoga, meditation and retreats in her latest column.

In America, there is a raging debate going on today concerning issues of intelligence and the H-1B visa programme. The H-1B ...

Hasitha Jayawardena was appointed chairperson of Melstacorp, Distilleries Company of Sri Lanka (down 44% at 36.00), Balangoda ...

Stasshani Jayawardena, daughter of Harry Jayawardena, has been appointed chairperson of Sri Lanka's Aitken Spence, and group companies Browns Beach Hotels and Aitken Spence Hotel Holdings.

John Keells, NED, Transparency International Sri Lanka (TISL), supported the Sri Lanka Transparency Initiative that was part ...

NDB Investment Bank Limited has announced the appointment of Harshana Jayaweera as its Chief Executive Officer, effective from February 2025. With a remarkable career to date spanning over 25 years, ...