President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has instructed officials to give top priority to restoring the livelihoods of communities affected by the...
The Disaster Management Centre (DMC) reported yesterday that 211 people had gone missing following the devastation caused by Cyclone Ditwah....
Leading Sri Lankan insurer Co-operative Insurance Company PLC (CICPLC) entered an insurance agreement with Bank of Ceylon (BOC), the country’s leading state-owned bank, on October 27,...
While selling assets may be the easiest solution to ward off the national crisis Sri Lanka currently faces, another option lies in transforming loss-making SOEs (State...
The EU funded ‘Supporting Effective Dispute Resolution (SEDR)’, project amplified its support to the Mediation Boards Commission (MBC) through the provision of 70 laptops to enhance...
By Shamindra Ferdinando Samagi Jana Balaveyaga (SJB) has alleged that the Attorney General’s Department is delaying the release of information, pertaining to the withdrawal of indictments in...
Two World War II-era planes collided midair at a Second World War commemorative airshow in Texas, Dallas, killing at least six people on Saturday, foreign media reports said.A...
Budget 2023 Special security arrangements are in place, in and around Parliament, in view of the Budget speech to be delivered by President Ranil Wickremesinghe in...
Rex Clementine in Melbourne Only a fortnight ago England were humbled here at the MCG by Ireland and they were facing elimination from the tournament. However,...
By Norman Palihawadane Police Spokesperson SSP Nihal Thalduwa yesterday said Police Headquarters had commenced a special departmental-level investigation into a video that went viral on social...
By Normaan Palihawadane Colombo Archbishop Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith has called on Catholic lawyers to remain politically independent as the country is in crisis.Delivering the homily at...
Chennai (IANS): S. Nalini, who was a convict in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, has said that she was not aware of the bid to assassinate the...
By Susantha Hewa In two letters appearing in The Island of 7 and 10 November, K. Siriweera and George Braine highlight the importance of cultivating the...
The report says more than half the projected increase in population up to 2050 will be concentrated in just eight countries. The United Nations has estimated...