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...
Rain in Bulawayo allowed just ten overs of action between Bangladesh and New Zealand . The match began an hour...
The first over of the 202 chase set the tone for what followed as Australia cruised past Japan at the...
There is officially a traffic jam in the WPL points tale. A day after RCB qualified for the playoffs, Delhi...
In Windhoek, Sri Lanka strode to 267 for 5, with Vimath Dinsara hitting 95, and Chamika Heenatigala hitting 51. That...
South Africa monstered the Tanzania side over in Windhoek, Muhammed Bulbulia and Jason Rowles hitting hundreds to get South Africa...
Pakistan quick Ali Raza rattled Scotland with his pace early on, before left-arm wristspinner Momin Qamar helped take down the...
Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya departed Sri Lanka on this morning (19 January) to participate in the 56th Annual Meeting...
Several people have been killed in a blast in Afghanistan’s Kabul, the Taliban Interior Ministry said. The explosion occurred on...
Senegal stormed off the field in protest at a penalty awarded against them before returning to beat hosts Morocco 1-0...
At least 21 people have been killed after a crash involving high-speed trains in southern Spain, as authorities warn the...
About 27% of Sri Lankans would like to emigrate if they got opportunities, Sri Lanka Opinion Tracker Survey (SLOTA) conducted by the Institute for Health Policy...
By Rathindra Kuruwita Minister of Energy, Udaya Gammanpila yesterday said the Sapugaskanda Oil Refinery would be closed for 50 days, but the closure would not affect...
* Cost to Income Ratio (before VAT on Financial Services) improves to 30.73% from 33.95% at end 2020 and 38.51% at end 2019 *Pays Rs.10.981 billion...
By Ifham Nizam The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) had lost nearly eight billion rupees savings due to the lackadaisical attitude of the Dispatch Department, energy experts...
WPBA Open Championships 2021 Viren Nettasinghe and Panchali Adhikari clinched the men’s and women’s singles crowns at the Western Province Badminton Association (WPBA) – organised Open...
Capital Alliance Limited (CALT), one of Sri Lanka’s non-bank primary dealers is pleased to announce the successful conclusion of its Virtual Investor Forum. The event was...
by Dr. Siri Galhenage Psychiatrist [Retired] [sirigalhenage@gmail.com] John Stuart Mill [1806-73], English philosopher, political economist and parliamentarian, extrapolated the concept of market competition to a theory...
The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) has requested President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to appoint as chairperson of Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka a person is...
By Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka Just weeks before turning 65, the age at which a third vaccine is mandatory in many countries, my first memory remains clear....
Sal Salgado, who we featured last week, says he is working on another original and, hopefully, may even try his luck at winning his fourth Global...
The leading blue-chip conglomerate, Aitken Spence PLC reported an impressive growth of 388% from its earnings before interest expense, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) of Rs....
By Shamindra Ferdinando A bald-headed person, seated in a corner chair, in the deserted The Island editorial, looked at the writer as he entered the office....
