The administration of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has largely promoted pro-business positions including announcing tax benefits for new investments to attract foreign direct investment (FDI,) US Department...
I write with reference to a letter on night soil as a source of fertiliser by my good friend Upali Wickremasinghe which appeared in the Island...
By Rathindra Kuruwita Eleven thousand five hundred and fifty one (11,551) persons belonging to 4,182 families, displaced during the war in the North and the East,...
I have a bone to pick with my co-Friday columnist who writes from across the ocean about the Pearl. In his July 16 column, he writes...
Friday 23rd July, 2021 The national vaccination campaign is gaining momentum with more vaccine doses coming in and a significant number of them being administered daily....
By Nalaka Ratnayake and Saman Indrajith The Nuwara Eliya SSP’s office too has commenced an investigation on the death of J. Ilashini, the 16 -year-old girl...
By Saman Indrajith The State Ministry of Women and Child Development, Preschools and Primary Education, School Infrastructure and Education Services would establish nine Children’s Courts to...
Amending the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act No 48 of 1979 (PTA) would be an expeditious way of getting rid of the draconian provisions in...
In this day and age where the word SIR has so much effect, my mind has wandered back to all the Sirs and of course Madams’...
..admits no option but to increase fuel prices By Shamindra Ferdinando Welcoming President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s recent declaration that he would seek a second term, SLPP Gampaha...