Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 02 June 2024 by the Department of Meteorology The prevailing showery conditions are expected to continue in the south-western part of the island today. Showers or thundershowers will occur at times in Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central, North-western and Southern provinces. Showers or thundershowers may occur at several places elsewhere […]

UNP General Secretary Palitha Range Bandara last week set the cat among the pigeons by saying that both the presidential and parliamentary elections should be postponed for two years by way of a referendum. This outrageous suggestion drew the predicable flak from all directions with nobody publicly expressing support for the proposal. Quite the contrary. […]

by Rajan Philips Just after 5:00 PM local time on Thursday, a jury of 12 New Yorkers, seven men and five women, found the 45th President of the United States of America, Donald J. Trump, guilty on all 34 counts that he had been charged with for falsifying business records to influence the outcome of […]

By APSARA RODRIGO ECONOMYNEXT– Sri Lanka’s egg consumption has risen by about one million, the Department of Animal Production and Health has said. “The daily consumption of chicken eggs in this country was 7 million eggs and in the last few months that amount has exceeded to about 8 million eggs,” Department officials said in a […]

ECONOMYNEXT – Vietnam Truc Lam monastery in Kandy’s Ambakote area in Digana is promoting meditation and is attracting interest from Sri Lanka’s Sinhalese and Tamil communities as well as foreigners.  On Vesak Day a newly built danasala (refectory) and kuti (lodging) for monks were opened adding to the other buildings including the main hall, which […]

ECONOMYNEXT –Persons of Sri Lanka descent, including those who have renounced their citizenship, and foreign spouses would be able to get permanent residence status, under regulations gazetted by the ministry of public security. A person of Sri Lankan descent or “whose citizenship of sri Lanka has ceased under sections 19, 20 or 21 of the […]

Cheaper, healthier shoes important aspect The high cost of shoes, as the cost of living continues to rise, is an often overlooked burden that falls on families struggling to afford school uniforms for their children. School shoes that are part of the prescribed uniform have become almost unaffordable for many parents prompting a call for urgent […]

“Planters better understand workers problems” By Sirimantha Ratnasekera CWC leader and Water Supply and Estate Infrastructure Development Minister Jeevan Thondaman called on the Planter’s Association (PA) to pay government proposed Rs 1,700 daily wage for estate workers without resorting to further dilatory tactics and excuses. Thondaman in a brief interview with the Sunday Island on [...

Purchases suspected to enable overseas junkets By Ifham Nizam  The Norochcholai Coal Power Plant has spent Rs. 50 million to purchase an unnecessary test apparatus when the same equipment is available in several specialized branches of the CEB, a senior Electrical Engineer said. He said that the equipment known as the primary injection test set (or primary […]

by Rex Clementine Legendary basketball coach Phil Jackson is given the cold shoulder by Chicago Bulls General Manager Jerry Krause, who ahead of the 1998 NBA season says no matter how strong the team finishes, this will be Jackson’s last season. The Coach names his final season ‘The Last Dance’. It’s beautifully captured in the […]

By Sujeeva Nivunhella reporting from London The Most Venerable Bambalapitiye Gnanaloka Thera is set to begin his highly anticipated visit to Europe with a Dhamma sermon at the International Buddhist Centre in Paris on June 1. His tour will conclude with another Dhamma sermon at the Thames Buddhist Vihara in London on June 23. This […]

Three persons from the same family including a seven-year-old girl are reported dead after drowning in flood waters at Puwakpitiya.

The Department of Meteorology says prevailing showery conditions are expected to continue in the south-western part of the island today.

Two persons have been reported dead after a mound of earth collapsed on a house at Deiyandara, Pallewela.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe reiterated that our constitution mandates that the government should accord priority to Buddhism. This responsibility is not solely vested in the government but extends to the state as a whole. Therefore, the support of all three branches of the state—the executive led by the President, the Parliament led by the Speaker and […]

A man has been arrested in southern France over a plan to attack a football stadium which will be used during this summer’s Olympic Games, officials say. The 18-year-old of Chechen origin was apprehended in Saint-Etienne on 22 May after authorities found evidence of an Islamist-inspired attack, officials say. Interior Minister Gérard Darmanin praised the […]