NATA to be given more powers The Parliamentary Sectoral Oversight Committee on Health, Mass Media and Women’s Empowerment has agreed...
The hunger strike launched by a group of Development Officers demanding their absorption into the teacher service entered its fourth...
Viran Chamuditha’s 94-ball 110 helped Sri Lanka Under 19 chase 262 and keep their hopes of qualifying for the semi-finals...
Sustained heavy gunfire and loud explosions have been heard in Niger near the international airport outside the capital, Niamey. Multiple...
Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education Dr Harini Amarasuriya said that she hoped that the...
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 in T20Is, finishing with 65 off 23 balls, but it...
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,...
Softlogic GLOMARK has expanded its presence to Negombo with one of a kind global Supermarket experience. Located at No. 180, St. Joseph’s Street, Negombo, GLOMARK Negombo...
The Norwegian Embassy says it is cooperating with the UNODC (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crimes) on Sri Lanka and Maldives regarding crimes in the...
Reinforcing customer-centricity in providing excellent services, SLT-MOBITEL Mobile has become the first in Asia to receive the international ISO 18295-1:2017 quality standard for its Customer Contact...
Leading property developer Prime Lands Residencies PLC recently celebrated the ground breaking ceremony for Amber Skye Negombo, marking the commencement of constructions of Negombo’s prime, luxury...
A squadron of the Russian Navy’s Pacific Fleet including the Corvette ‘Gremyashchiy’ and submarines ‘B – 603’ and ‘B – 274’ arrived at the Colombo Port...
Zeeshan Maqsood’s left-arm spin set it up, and a strong opening stand in which both Jatinder Singh and Aqib Ilyas hit unbeaten fifties completed a commanding...
Capital Alliance (CAL) –Sri Lanka’s leader in Capital Market services entered into an investment and partnership agreement with Bangladesh’s BetaOne Investments Limited. With the formalization of...
The U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Private Sector Development project signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Hatton National Bank PLC (HNB) to expand financing...
Duty too must be paid in hard currency The central bank is looking at a proposal to allow persons who can pay in foreign exchange to...
A winning streak By Dr. Chandana (Chandi) Jayawardena DPhil President – Chandi J. Associates Inc. Consulting, Canada Founder & Administrator – Global Hospitality Forum Learning from...
Personality that was a unique amalgam of pride, humility, grace & inner toughness From the memoirs of Chandra Wickremasinghe Retired Additional Secretary to the President With...
by M. P. Dhanapala Former Director, Rice Research and Development Institute, Batalagoda Email: maddumadhanapala@yahoo.com History is important. It keeps you away from reinventing the wheel and...
