A simmering confrontation between the government and the powerful Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) trade unions intensified yesterday, with the latter...
Of over 37,000 held in country’s prisons, nearly 27,000 are suspects Dumbara Prison built to accommodate 699 persons is now...
The 100th birth anniversary of Captain A.G. Samarasinghe, former Judge Advocate and Legal Advisor to the Sri Lanka Navy fell earlier this year and I am...
by Saman Indrajith The main opposition SJB warned the government to get ready to face more charges at the next UNHRC sessions in Geneva of not...
CEAT Kelani Holdings has reached another milestone in radial tyre manufacture in Sri Lanka with the Company’s appointment as an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) for Bolero...
The Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC was declared Sri Lanka’s ‘Best Corporate Citizen’ in 2021 by the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce (CCC) on Tuesday night, achieving...
by Rajan Philips The countrywide people’s protests and the November 16 Colombo political protest have made one thing clear. The Rajapaksa brand is now irreparably damaged...
A few days ago a very interesting article in the Daily Mirror newspaper quoted Gamini Lokuge, the Minister of Power and Renewable Energy, saying that Sri...
By Goolbai Gunasekara Somewhere along the way of my long educational career both as a student and a teacher, the word ‘expulsion’ has occasionally quivered in...
The President and his government has swallowed some nasty stuff of their own making and finally backpedaled on what was proclaimed as an ironclad ban on...
by Parakrama Chandrasoma Tissa Chandrasoma lived a wonderfully eventful life. He was the epitome of the generation of children who began schooling in their small villages...
Survey finds 20.4% Lankan women experience violence by intimate partner The iconic Colombo Municipal Council building was illuminated in orange with messaging on the national women’s...
Antibiotic resistance can result by Chaminda Silva The Sri Lanka College of Microbiologists (SLCM) warns people to get out of their casual ‘pill popping’ culture and...
ECONOMYNEXT – Central Bank governor Nivard Cabraal said seeking International Monetary Fund (IMF) help to resolve a debt and forex crisis would lead to currency depreciation...