House Committee, BASL and TISL take common stand The Chairman of the Committee on Public Finance (CoPF) has found fault...
As part of India’s continued assistance to Sri Lanka under ‘Operation Sagar Bandhu’, the Indian High Commission in Colombo, Assistant...
The Bangladesh Cricket Board took over the ownership rights of Chattogram Royals for the remainder of the Bangladesh Premier League...
Prime Minister Dr Harini Amarasuriya in her Christmas message, called upon everyone to uphold the true meaning of Christmas following...
A quick glance at the head to head record is enough to show the gulf between India and Sri Lanka...
With the objective of enhancing the living conditions of the agricultural community and increasing the contribution of the agricultural sector...
The Ministry of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education has entered into agreements with Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation General Limited...
20 Consultancy Boards have been established by now covering the production industries field with the objective of minimizing the policy...
The BCCI has raised the match fees in women’s domestic cricket, from INR 20,000 to INR 50,000 per day, for...
Gede Priandana, Indonesia’s 28-year-old right-arm quick bowler, has become the first to pick up five wickets in an over in...
Australia captain Pat Cummins won’t feature again in the Ashes and there is uncertainty about whether he will be available...
United States President Donald Trump has issued a new warning to Nicolas Maduro, saying “it would be smart” for the...
Bank of the Year for Excellence in Customer Convenience and Bank of the Year for Financial Inclusivity are two of the four prestigious titles won Sri...
By Shamindra Ferdinando President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has brought in Ali Sabry, PC, as the new Finance Minister in place of his controversial younger brother Basil in the...
Tuesday 5th April, 2022 The unfolding political drama is replete with irony. After Mahinda Rajapaksa’s defeat in the presidential race in 2015, people rushed to his...
By Sanja de Silva Jayatilleka A remarkable thing came out of all the suffering of the Sri Lankan people over the past few months. It united...
Not surprisingly citizens of this beautiful island nation have come to think that those who we elected with voluminous trust to serve all of us have...
There are so many who say the President must go home. Then what? Dissolve Parliament and go for elections? Will any of those options solve the...
Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the Army, General Shavendra Silva, yesterday briefed Defence Advisers/Attaches of Sri Lanka-based High Commissions and Embassies, after inviting them...
This refers to the recent telecast of the Ven Muruttutwe Hamuduruwo of Abeyrama Vihare announcing his approval of a Minister responsible for the financial administration of...
The Professionals’ National Front (PNF) Chief Secretary Kapila Renuka Perera has requested the appointment of a 15-member Cabinet, comprising professionals, as an interim measure to save...
… calls for interim set-up before presidential and general elections By Shamindra Ferdinando Samagi Jana Balavegaya (SJB) lawmaker Manusha Nanayakkara says the main Opposition party wouldn’t, under...
By Norman Palihawadana Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday (04) told The Island that he would not quit over the current political crisis. The SLPP government still had a...
By Ifham Nizam Despite a pledge by the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) top management to limit daily power cuts to four hours from Monday, they are...
