News Room : Indonesian woman falls to her death down airport lift shaft – The Island
She entered the lift through a set of doors, then turned to push a button for the second floor. She stood, waited, and began looking at her phone as a second set of doors opened up behind her. Then she appeared to push the lift button again, still facing the doors she had entered from. Dewi then appeared to...
News Room : Kuwait parliament dissolved by royal decree again
Kuwait’s parliament has been dissolved by royal decree, state news agency KUNA said, having only been reinstated in March based on a Constitutional Court ruling after a previous dissolution. The decree, which was reportedly signed on Monday, comes after Kuwait’s Crown Prince Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah said last month that the legislature would be dissolved and that new parliamentary...
News Room : Fairly heavy showers in Western, Sabaragamuwa, Eastern and Uva provinces and in Kandy, Nuwara-Eliya, Galle, Matara, Mannar and Jaffna districts – The Island
Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 02 May 2023 by the Department of Meteorology Showers or thundershowers will occur at several places over most parts of the island after 2.00 pm. Fairly heavy showers above 75 mm are likely at some places in Western, Sabaragamuwa, Eastern and Uva provinces and in Kandy, Nuwara-Eliya, Galle, Matara, Mannar and Jaffna districts. A...
News Room : Janet Yellen warns US could run out of cash by 1 June
BBC reported that US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has warned that the US may run out of cash by 1 June if Congress fails to raise or suspend the debt ceiling. Reaching the debt ceiling would mean that the government is unable to borrow any more money. The debt ceiling has been raised, extended or revised 78 times since...
News Room : Fired-up Royal Challengers Bangalore hand Lucknow Super Giants their third home defeat on the trot – The Island
Sri Lanka Wheelchair tennis team Sri Lanka Wheelchair Tennis team consisting of Pradeep Kumara, Suresh Dharmasena, and Gamini Dissanayake will compete in the 2023 BNP Paribas World Team Cup World Group which takes place at Vilamoura Tennis and Padel Academy in Portugal for the second successive year. Following the completion of four regional qualification events for Africa, the Americas, Asia and...
News Room : Pope says Vatican involved in Ukraine, Russia peace mission – The Island
The Vatican is involved in a peace mission to try to end the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, Pope Francis has said, declining to give further details. “I am willing to do everything that has to be done. There is a mission in course now but it is not yet public. When it is public, I will reveal it,” the...
News Room : It is crucial that we put the country first and not fall prey to narrow political interests at this critical juncture – President – The Island
President Ranil Wickremesinghe, in his International Workers’ Day message said that it was crucial that we put the country first and not fall prey to narrow political interests at this critical juncture. The full text of the President’s Laour Day Message: On International Workers’ Day, it is important to recognize the significant role that the working people play in the economic...
News Room : Heavy showers above 100 mm are likely at some places in Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central, North-Western and Southern provinces – The Island
Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 30 April 2023 by the Department of Meteorology. Atmospheric conditions are favorable for development of evening thundershowers in most parts of the island during the next few days. Showers or thundershowers will occur at several places over most parts of the island after 2.00pm. Heavy showers above 100 mm are likely at some...
News Room : Fakhar Zaman’s 180* leads Pakistan to their second-highest ODI chase – The Island
When Fakhar Zaman has these kinds of days, there’s very little any side can do about it; and what makes him so special is he has days like these with frightening regularity. A third successive ODI hundred – this one a monster century – by Pakistan’s premier ODI opener blitzed New Zealand, as he cracked an unbeaten 180 off 144 balls. It...
News Room : SL drug baron arrested in France to be brought here – The Island
Chairman of the Parliamentary Oversight Committee on National Security, Rear Admiral (retd) Sarath Weerasekara, has condemned the blacklisting by the US of Admiral of the Fleet Wasantha Karannagoda over the latter’s alleged involvement in ‘a gross violation of human rights during his tenure as a Naval Commander’ on the basis of finding made by NGOs and independent investigations. The former...