The tea industry which is exempted from VAT until now is subject to an 18 percent VAT from 1st January 2024. While it is understood that in...
By Ganeshan Wignaraja, Gateway House Sri Lanka’s economy showed signs of stabilisation in 2023 after the worst economic and political crisis since its independence in 1948. An acute...
Bhante Dhammika of Australia Although the Buddha was long lived by the standards of his time he was occasionally afflicted by one or another medical conditions....
By Nethmi Rajawasam ECONOMYNEXT –The plight of Sri Lankans in Indian refugee camps was discussed during a meeting between the president and leaders of the North...
Three attempts on life of corruption prober who was finally stabbed dead (Excerpted from the autobiography of Lalith de Mel) “I had never met her when...
CHIEFS AND FRIENDS (Excerpted from Selected Journalism by HAJ Hulugalle) Don Richard Wijewardene was one of the formative influences of our times. Had he died in...
By Pasindu Nimsara Thennakoon “If we want things to stay as they are, things will have to change.” Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, The Leopard From the...
President Ranil Wickremesinghe last week appointed Prof. Monte Cassim as the Chancellor of the University of Moratuwa, the President’s Media Division reported. The appointment has been made...
“We’ll run at future elections on our own under the Key symbol” by Prof. TISSA VITARANA The Sama Samaja party decided to have its 88th Anniversary...
DOW JONES INDEX HITS ALL-TIME HIGH by Vijaya Chandrasoma In September, Colorado District Court Judge Sarah Wallace ruled that Donald Trump is qualified to contest the...