The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has declared that the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) wouldn’t be amended in view of the...
Sri Lanka’s economy has “stabilised decisively” under its International Monetary Fund (IMF)-supported programme, with growth rebounding, tax revenues doubling, and...
Pavan Rathnayake has re-entered Sri Lanka’s T20I squad following his 121 off 115 balls in the third ODI against England....
Australia qualified for the semi-finals of the Under-19 World Cup after beating West Indies by 22 runs in Harare courtesy...
The Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya participated in the official launch of the National Strategic Action Plan to monitor and...
Shiyam Dube hammered the third-fastest fifty by an Indian batter batter in T20Is, finishing with 65 off 23 balls, but...
A South Korean court has sentenced former First Lady Kim Keon Hee to one year and eight months in prison...
A plane crash has killed the deputy chief minister of India’s Maharashtra state, Ajit Pawar, the country’s aviation regulator has...
A new circular has been issued by the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development to provide relief to micro,...
Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya stated that food safety practices should not be confined merely to the school curriculum, but...
RAPP may not exactly be a popular term in the Indian Premier League (IPL) lexicon, but it is a seminal...
New Zealand continued to remain winless in the Super Six after getting swatted aside by Pakistan in Harare. In a...
By Saman Indrajith Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekera yesterday told the Committee on Parliamentary Business that discussions were being held with Lanka Indian Oil...
Hemas Pharmaceuticals, Sri Lanka’s Number one pharmaceutical importer and distributor for over seven decades, concluded the certificate awarding ceremony of the ‘Pharmacy Personnel Skills Development Programme’...
By Saman Indrajith The State Timber Corporation earned an operating profit of Rs. 1.4 billion in 2021, but transferred only Rs. 100 million to the Treasury....
SL’s Renewable Energy Associations allege: By Hiran H.Senewiratne The government is paying higher terms on a unit cost for Adani Group’s renewable energy company as against...
By Saman Indrajith President Gotabaya Rajapaksa yesterday told Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) MPs that he had not asked Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa to resign. He...
Friday 29th April, 2022 The government is playing a waiting game apparently in the hope that the ongoing protests will fizzle out with the passage of...
“PM digs his heels in” said a smaller headline on page 01 of The Island of April 25. Reading further with utter disdain and anger rising,...
First consignment of 3.1 tonnes of medical supplies due yesterday Faced with an unprecedented shortage of medicine and medical equipment amidst the worst ever forex crisis,...
The John De Silva Memorial Theatre, a Colombo landmark built in 1974 as a tribute to the playwright credited with the rise of Sinhala historical drama...
There have been instances where the Sri Lanka Standards Institution (SLSI) allowed the release of imported goods to the market prior to the issuance of test...
By Sonali Wijeratne A former Ministry Secretary (Mrs Dhara Wijayathilake) writes in The Island Opinion of 27th April 2022 of an imperative need for a Code...
By W.A.D.S. Gunasinghe Director General (Planning) Ministry of Transport Foreign exchange issue is at the core of the current economic crises in the country. A number...
