– former Foreign Secy. Ambassador Palihakkara Former Foreign Secretary, Ambassador H. M. G. S. Palihakkara, has said the overarching challenge that is faced by Sri Lanka...
Dialog Axiata PLC announced, Thursday 10th August 2023, its consolidated financial results for the six months ended 30th June 2023. Financial results included those of Dialog...
by Garvin Karunaratne Former Government Agent August is always a dry month in Sri Lanka. As a former administrative officer who was involved in agriculture for...
There is considerable haggling in some local quarters on whether the concept of Non-alignment is of any relevance to Sri Lanka in particular and to the...
Thursday 17th August, 2023 There has been an unnervingly rapid deterioration of the public health sector during recent years. Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella is bellowing hollow...
A severe shortage of staff at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), at Mulleriyawa, had affected both workers and patients, Dr. Dhammika Wijesinghe, Director of NIMH, said on Wednesday during a televised...
Indonesia is celebrating its 78th Independence day today. We mark the event with an eight-page suppplement issued with today’s edition of The Island.
The Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) has threatened to launch a countrywide strike against what it calls unilateral actions of Deputy Director General (Medical Services 11)...
Workers in Asia are spending most of their time on “performative work” — in other words, focusing on appearing busy more than doing real, productive work. That’s according...
Director General of the BMICH, Sunil Dissanayake retired on 31 July. He was appointed Director General in May 2015 and helped the BMICH reach great heights...