By Dr. Jayampathy Wickramaratne, President’s Counsel The long-awaited 22 nd Amendment to the Constitution Bill (22A) of the Gotabaya-Wickremesinghe government (or, should we say, the SLPP...
By Ifham Nizam The government has allocated nearly USD 80 million for settling debts, related to fossil fuel purchases, and for further fossil fuel intake, Power...
BY S VENKAT NARAYAN Our Special Correspondent NEW DELHI, July 1:The Indian ban on single-use plastic came into effect on Friday (July 1) even as industry...
Barcelona president Joan Laporta has insisted the club have no intention of letting Manchester United target Frenkie de Jong leave this summer.Sources told ESPN earlier this week that United had agreed...
by a Special Sports Correspondent St. Joseph’s College winning the Lady Jayatilake Shield in their inter-school Division 1 Segment A Group 1 A match against S....
By Ifham Nizam The Irrigation Department yesterday issued a minor flood warning, citing significant rainfall in the upstream areas of the Gin Ganga basin.Accordingly, minor flooding...
by Capt. Gihan A Fernando MBA, gafplane@sltnet.lk RCyAF, SLAF, Air Ceylon, Air Lanka, Singapore Airlines, SriLankan Airlines, CAASL. The story is told of two school friends,...
Angry protesters have set the Libyan Parliament building on fire. They have been calling for elections. Continuing power cuts, soaring prices, months of political deadlock, etc.,...
May the Gods give us timely rain, May the harvests be bountiful, May the people be happy. And may the King be righteous. I believe that...
The Island editorial of 29/06/2022 aptly describes the pathetic state of the country where there is no end in sight with petrol queues, social unrest and...