News Room : COPF ticks off Finance Ministry, IRD for failure to collect taxes from sugar scammers – The Island
The Committee on Public Finance (COPF) has expressed strong displeasure at the Ministry of Finance and the Inland Revenue Department’s failure to collect foregone taxes from major corporations implicated in the 2020 sugar scam. The COPF has instructed the Inland Revenue Department to furnish a report on the sugar scam within a Week. The report should highlight the reasons for...
News Room : Houthi missile hits US-owned container ship in Gulf of Aden
Houthi rebels have hit a US-owned cargo ship with a ballistic missile off the coast of Yemen, the US says. The vessel, Gibraltar Eagle, reported “no injuries or significant damage”, according to the United States military command for the Middle East (Centcom). The Marshall Islands-flagged vessel is continuing on its journey in the Gulf of Aden. Iranian-backed Houthis have been attacking ships...
News Room : Mathews shines as Sri Lanka secure last-ball win – The Island
Danil H Thisararachi recently became the best boxer at the Intermediate Boxing Championship organized by the Boxing Association of Sri Lanka (BASL). This rising star in the Sri Lankan boxing scene hails from St. Peter’s College, Colombo. His journey from the soccer field to the boxing ring captivates the spirit of determination and resilience and a tale of triumph...
News Room : Fair weather will prevail except for a few showers in Eastern and Southern provinces – The Island
Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 12 January 2024 by the Department of Meteorology Showery condition is expected to reduce in the North-central, Uva and Eastern provinces from today (12) Several spells of light showers will occur in Eastern and Uva provinces. Showers or thundershowers may occur at a few places in Western, Central and Sabaragamuwa provinces and in Galle...
News Room : Lankan producer makes casting call to Lankan talent in the UK – The Island
Mogadishu (Somalia) AFP: Somalia’s military said Thursday it was searching for a number of people “taken hostage” by the militant group Al-Shabaab after a Sri Lankan air force helicopter operated by the UN made an emergency landing in hostile territory. The United Nations has confirmed one of its choppers was involved in an “aviation incident” in central Galmudug state on...
News Room : Nimal Dias Jayasinha to be honoured by SSC
The Sinhalese Sports Club will celebrate its 125th anniversary this year and a series of events have been planned to mark the event. One of the key events planned as part of the celebrations is the ceremonial opening of the new administration offices named Nimal Dias Jayasinha Administration Enclave at 9.00 am on Monday January 15. The Club President I.S.de Silva...
News Room : Exam Dept. cancels leaked Agriculture Science ll paper – The Island
By Shamindra Ferdinando Dissident SLPP National List MP Gevindu Cumaratunga has accused President Ranil Wickremesinghe of blatantly abusing ousted predecessor Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s mandate.The lawmaker questioned UNP leader Wickremesinghe’s recent declaration in Jaffna regarding the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, enacted in 1988, at the behest of India. MP Cumaratunga yesterday (12) told The Island that he raised the issue in Parliament...
News Room : Crab Walk – The Island
Thursday 11th January, 2024 Most countries in the world are pushing the envelope of smart farming, but Sri Lankan farmers are still struggling to buy agricultural inputs, protect their cultivations against pests and crop-damaging wildlife, and dispose of their produce to recover production costs. Not even locally growable food crops such as onions and finger millet are produced in sufficient...
News Room : Huge ancient city found in the Amazon
A huge ancient city has been found in the Amazon, hidden for thousands of years by lush vegetation. The discovery changes what we know about the history of people living in the Amazon. The houses and plazas in the Upano area in eastern Ecuador were connected by an astounding network of roads and canals. The area lies in the shadow...
News Room : Iran seizes oil tanker St Nikolas near Oman
Iran has seized a Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman. Armed men wearing masks reportedly boarded the vessel St Nikolas, close to the Omani port of Sohar, and ordered it to sail to an Iranian port. Iranian state media, quoting the navy, said the seizure was in retaliation for the ship and oil it had aboard being...