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අධ්යාපන ක්ෂේත්රයේ මානව සම්පත් හිඟය ගැන වාර්තාවක්
අධ්යාපන ක්ෂේත්රයේ පවතින මානව සම්පත් හිඟය පිළිබඳ පූර්ණ වාර්තාවක් සකස් කිරීම ඒ පිළිබඳව පත් කළ කමිටුව ඇරඹූ බව අධ්යාපන අමාත්යාංශය ප්රකාශ කරයි.
1 min |
June 25, 2026
The Island
කඩුවෙල පුරාණ විහාරයේ කවි මඩුවක් බුදුගුණ රජපොළ මෙත් පින්කම
මොහොතක් නොනැවතී නිතිපතා ගලාබසින කැලණි ගඟ අසබඩ පිහිටි කඩුවෙල පුරාණ විහාරස්ථානය පින්බිමක සිරියෙන් බබළවමින්, ශ්රී බුද්ධගයා දම් සභාව සහ ප්රාදේශීය ශාසන බල මණ්ඩලය එක්ව පවත්වනු ලබන 29 වන වරටත් පවත්වනු ලබන බුදුගුණ රජපොළ මහා පින්කම හෙට (26) දින දවස පුරා පැවැත්වීමට කටයුතු සංවිධානය කර තිබේ.
1 min |
June 25, 2026
The Island
රජයේ පුවත් දන්නා රජයේ මාධ්ය නිහඬයි
රජයේ පුවත් දන්නා රජයේ මාධ්ය නිහඬව සිටීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් මෙම ලිපිය මගින් විවේචනය කර ඇත.
1 min |
June 25, 2026
The Island
චමරිගේ සුපිරි පිතිහරඹයෙන් ශ්රී ලංකාවට විශිෂ්ට ජයක්
දකුණු අප්රිකාවේ පැවැත්වෙන (23දා) පැවැති අයිසීසී කාන්තා විස්සයි-20 ලෝක කුසලාන ක්රිකට් තරගාවලියේ ‘ඒ’ කාණ්ඩයේ තරගයකින්, සත්කාරක දකුණු අප්රිකානු කණ්ඩායම පරදා ලකුණු 03ක තියුණු ජයක් හිමිකර ගැනීමට ශ්රී ලංකා කාන්තා කණ්ඩායම සමත් විය.
1 min |
June 25, 2026
The Island
ශ් රී ලංකාව නැගී එන කණ්ඩායමට ලකුණු 125ක දැවැන්ත ජයක්
සිනෙත් ජයවර්ධනගේ සුපිරි ශතකයෙන් සහ පන්දු යවන්නන්ගේ දක්ෂ පන්දු යැවීම හමුවේ හොංකොං නැගී එන කණ්ඩායම පරදා ලකුණු 125ක දැවැන්ත ජයක් හිමිකර ගැනීමට ශ්රී ලංකා නැගී එන කණ්ඩායම සමත් විය.
1 min |
June 25, 2026
The Island
IMF දිගුගමනෙන් පසු ආර්ථිකය වැල්පාලමටද?
ශ්රී ලංකාව ඇතුළු ශ්රී ලංකා රජයේ අභ්යන්තර මූල්ය සංස්ථාව සහයෝගීතාවය ඇතිව සිදු කරන ලද මූල්ය ප්රතිසංස්කරණ පිළිබඳව පසුගිය සතියේදී ජාත්යන්තර මූල්ය අරමුදල (IMF) විසින් සිය දෙවැනි සමාලෝචනය නිම කරන ලදී.
2 min |
June 25, 2026
The Island
කන්දකාටිය පවර් ස්ට් රයිකර්ස්ට ජය
කන්දකාටිය සැහැල්ලු පන්දු ක්රිකට් තරගාවලිය
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June 25, 2026
The Island
Minister: Actual number of missing persons in Jaffna much higher than 2,452 recorded by OMP
During the war, altogether 2,452 persons had been reported missing in the Jaffna district, a recent meeting of the Office on Missing Persons (OMP), at the Jaffna District Secretariat, was told.
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June 22, 2026
The Island
Judicial vacancies: President keeps country guessing
The NPP government has not taken a final decision regarding filling the vacancies in the judiciary.
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June 22, 2026
The Island
Ex-EC Chief slams govt. over PC polls delay
Former Chairman of the Election Commission, Mahinda Deshapriya, on Saturday, strongly criticised the continued postponement of local government elections, declaring that every day without elections constitutes a violation of both the Constitution and democratic principles.
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June 22, 2026
The Island
Sajith calls on Opposition parties to rally around SJB
SJB leader Sajith Premadasa has invited the UNP and other political parties to join his party.
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June 22, 2026
The Island
PM Starmer expected to resign soon
Keir Starmer is expected to announce on Monday that he will step down as Prime Minister, after overwhelming pressure from Labour MPs to make way for Andy Burnham to become Labour leader, The Guardian has reported.
1 min |
June 22, 2026
The Island
Investing in ecosystems
Biodiversity is the sum of all the patterns of life that nature creates in biomass
6 min |
June 22, 2026
The Island
Every third lawyer in India is fake! Supreme Court to look at digital registry
With one in every three advocates being fake at a time when the judiciary is occupying a central space in India's governance, a concerned Supreme Court Thursday agreed to examine the plea of the Bar Association of India (BAI) for a national digital register for advocates, along the lines of Aadhaar.
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June 22, 2026
The Island
Ceylinco Life’s ‘Family Savari 19’ winners complete China tour
The winners of the grand prize of the 19th edition of Ceylinco Life’s flagship ‘Family Savari’ mega promotion have returned from an immersive and memorable tour of Beijing, experiencing some of China’s most iconic landmarks and cultural highlights.
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June 22, 2026
The Island
EU’s new anti-greenwashing rules pose major challenge for Sri Lankan exporters
Countdown to September 2026 begins
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June 22, 2026
The Island
Katchatheevu sovereignty 'settled' under int'l law — Hakeem in Chennai
Sri Lankan Member of Parliament and Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) leader Rauff Hakeem has asserted that the sovereignty of Katchatheevu is a settled matter, under international law and bilateral agreements, saying that raising the issue to resolve the ongoing fishermen conflict is not a “prudent approach”.
2 min |
June 22, 2026
The Island
Smotrich: Israel won't withdraw from Lebanon even if US demands it
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich promises that Israel will stay in the security zone it is holding inside Lebanon for years to come, and won't withdraw, even in the face of an explicit US demand to do so, Times of Israel reported yesterday (21)
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June 22, 2026
The Island
Prime Residencies forges ahead with construction of MON VIE, Colombo 05
Prime Lands Residencies PLC, the condominium development arm of Prime Group — the real leader in modern real estate, announced that construction is actively underway on MON VIE, a landmark ultra-luxury residential development located at Thalakotuwa Gardens, Colombo 05.
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June 22, 2026
The Island
From orphaned calves to smart technology: Hambantota Port advances ‘Save Ali Pancha’
Hambantota International Port (HIP), in partnership with the Department of Wildlife Conservation (DWC) and the Wildlife and Nature Protection Society of Sri Lanka (WNPS), as project facilitator, is taking its flagship human-elephant conflict initiative to the next stage with the launch of Phase II of the “Save Ali Pancha” project.
2 min |
June 22, 2026
The Island
Meet the record-equalling keeper who helped Curacao make history
As Ecuador forward Enner Valencia raced through on Curacao's goal inside the opening three minutes, the outcome seemed inevitable.
1 min |
June 22, 2026
The Island
King Charles to reveal personal tax bill for first time as monarch
King Charles will become Britain's first monarch in modern times to reveal his personal tax bill.
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June 22, 2026
The Island
In the shadow of the Pacific: Decoding El Niño within a landscape of local scepticism
In the tea-scented hills, the sprawling paddy fields of the dry zone, in various types of daily conversations, academic disclosures at very high levels, extremely loud political discussions in all areas of our Motherland, and even in the crowded markets of Colombo, a single phrase of foreign origin has begun to circulate with the ominous weight of a prophecy: El Niño. It is talked about as a vile harbinger of impending doom.
9 min |
June 22, 2026
The Island
Batting collapse costs Sri Lanka dearly
Sri Lanka’s semi-final hopes in the Women’s T20 World Cup went up in smoke on Sunday as they suffered a disappointing eight-wicket defeat to West Indies in Bristol.
2 min |
June 22, 2026
The Island
Denim through another reinvention
Denim has always had a remarkable ability to reinvent itself.
2 min |
June 22, 2026
The Island
The Plunder of Sri Lanka Through Trade Misinvoicing
A Case Study on Sri Lanka-Thailand Trade
4 min |
June 22, 2026
The Island
Tharanga secures Diamond League final spot
Sri Lanka's world-leading javelin thrower Rumesh Tharanga continued his remarkable rise on the international stage, becoming the first Sri Lankan athlete to earn a place in the prestigious Diamond League final by vertue of points after registering his third consecutive Diamond League victory of the season in Doha.
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June 22, 2026
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McCullum welcomes Stokes return as captain for third Test
England head coach Brendon McCullum says he is ready to work with Ben Stokes when the captain returns for the third Test against New Zealand at Trent Bridge.
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June 22, 2026
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University of West London opens Sri Lanka's first full UK university branch campus
The University of West London (UWL) has formally opened the University of West London Sri Lanka Branch Campus, the country's first full UK university branch campus, marking a landmark development in Sri Lanka's higher education sector.
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June 22, 2026
The Island
A pillar of security, not a burden": IRCSL Chief spells out bold vision for insurance
“We are heading toward a time when insurance is seen as a vital component of financial security rather than as a luxury or a burdensome requirement.\"
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