News Room : Pakistan’s Khan set to march on Islamabad to demand snap polls – The Island
Catholics in Bahrain hail mainly from the Philippines, India and Sri Lanka. (UCAN) Pope Francis is set to make a four-day visit to Bahrain, a journey that will make him the first pope to visit the Arab kingdom just off the coast of Saudi Arabia in the Persian Gulf.The visit on Nov. 3-6 has two main goals: to speak at...
News Room : UN warns situation here likely to worsen – The Island
Catholics in Bahrain hail mainly from the Philippines, India and Sri Lanka. (UCAN) Pope Francis is set to make a four-day visit to Bahrain, a journey that will make him the first pope to visit the Arab kingdom just off the coast of Saudi Arabia in the Persian Gulf.The visit on Nov. 3-6 has two main goals: to speak at...
News Room : The new Beliatta police OIC chastises an officer for arresting an illicit liquor dealer (VIDEO)
Social media users are currently sharing an audio tape of Beliatta Police Station lambasting a police officer for catching an illicit liquor vendor. The police OIC claims in the audio recording that Mr. Namal Rajapaksa brought Beliatta to him. The post The new Beliatta police OIC chastises an officer for arresting an illicit liquor dealer (VIDEO) appeared first on Mawratanews.lk |...
News Room : Tillakaratne to be head coach of Bangladesh women’s team
Sri Lanka’s present women’s Head Coach Hashan Tillakaratne is all set to resign from his existing post and will take up the new assignment with the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB). This was confirmed by Shafiul Alam Chowdhry (Nadel), the chairman of the women’s wing of the BCB. Speaking exclusively over the telephone from Dhaka on Wednesday evening, he said,...
News Room : Will MR and RW honey moon be over?
Generally, not only in Sri Lankan politics, but also in world politics, the son or daughter who comes into politics after the father or mother is entitled to the seat that the father or mother held in politics. When DS died, Dudley received the DS’s Dedigama seat. Attanagalla was handed over to Chandrika before Mrs. Bandaranayake died. When Premadasa...
Information Room : Essential talks on debt restructuring to be held subsequent week – The Island
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka reiterated that the Indian Ocean shouldn't be a space of battle, or the “playground”, for world military powers. “This Ocean, as an important channel of sea communication, facilitates a big quantity of power, uncooked materials and meals provide, between the East and the West, thus it's crucial that we preserve it secure. We don’t need this to be...
News Room : Buddhasasana Minister orders release of some land around Kurundi Viharaya for cultivation – The Island
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka reiterated that the Indian Ocean should not be an area of conflict, or the “playground”, for world military powers. “This Ocean, as a vital channel of sea communication, facilitates a large volume of energy, raw material and food supply, between the East and the West, thus it is imperative that we keep it safe. We don’t want...
News Room : More vehicles stolen during first nine months of 2022 than during whole of 2021 – The Island
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka reiterated that the Indian Ocean should not be an area of conflict, or the “playground”, for world military powers. “This Ocean, as a vital channel of sea communication, facilitates a large volume of energy, raw material and food supply, between the East and the West, thus it is imperative that we keep it safe. We don’t want...
News Room : Sri Lanka confident ahead of SCG double-header
Rex Clementine in Sydney Sydney is fast developing. Last time, The Island had a cricket coverage from this venue was during the 2015 World Cup, where Sri Lanka lost the quarter-finals to South Africa. Yes, the Proteas for once didn’t choke in a World Cup knockout game. Usually to get to the ground, you arrived by train to the Sydney...
News Room : Indian Ocean should not be ‘playground’ of world military powers: SL – The Island
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka reiterated that the Indian Ocean should not be an area of conflict, or the “playground”, for world military powers. “This Ocean, as a vital channel of sea communication, facilitates a large volume of energy, raw material and food supply, between the East and the West, thus it is imperative that we keep it safe. We don’t want...