Lionel Messi finally achieved his World Cup dream as Argentina won their third crown on penalties in one of the greatest finals in the tournament’s history. Argentina won the shootout 4-2 after a spectacular game which developed into the much-anticipated confrontation between the 35-year-old maestro Messi and his France opposite number Kylian Mbappe. France’s own […]
by Norman Palihawadane ,Eight suspects who were nabbed with a stock of narcotics in a joint operation by the Navy, State Intelligence Service and Police Narcotic Bureau in a special operation in the seas about 229 nautical miles (424km) off Dondra, were brought to the Colombo Port yesterday. The haul of narcotics included over 128.3 […]
Sri Lanka would sell four plots of land at the Colombo Port City to an investor for the establishment of a facility for bunkering, a minister told journalists on Saturday. Minister of Ports, Shipping and Aviation, Nimal Siripala de Silva said that they have also called for expressions of interest to start an aviation fuel storage […]
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“Ocean Odyssey” carrying 108 American tourists arrived at the Colombo Port yesterday afternoon. Owned by an American company, the vessel is 105 metres long and 18.5 metres wide. It sailed to Colombo from the Cochin Port in India and is scheduled to sail to Trincomalee Port today (19). The shipping agent company, “Dave Marine”, has […]
Imran Khan says no to Aragalaya-style mass protests island.lk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from island.lk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
More than 300,000 have gone overseas on employment through the Sri Lanka Foreign Employment Bureau so far this year.Labour and Foreign Employment Minister Manusha Nanayakkara said that it was the highest number of registered Sri Lankans to have gone overseas for employment in a year. The Minister has tweeted: “For first time in the history of […]
Ex-top House official says govt. move meant to suppress all media By Shamindra Ferdinando The main Opposition Samagi Jana Balavegaya (SJB) and Jathika Jana Balavegaya (JJB) yesterday (18) condemned a government move to appoint a seven-member Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) to inquire into the conduct of Siyatha television.The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) didn’t respond to The Island query pertaining […]
The National Environmental Policy (NEP) and National Environment Action Plan (NEAP) 2022 – 2030 themed the ‘pathway to sustainable development in Sri Lanka’ was launched at the auditorium of the Ministry of Environment on Monday (19)
BBC reports that nations have agreed to protect a third of the planet for nature by 2030 in an”historic” deal aimed at safeguarding biodiversity. There will also be targets for protecting vital ecosystems such as rain-forests and wetlands and the rights of indigenous peoples. The agreement at the COP15 UN biodiversity summit in Montreal, Canada, […]