… five senior officials suspended President’s Counsel Maithri Gunaratne has urged the Parliament to intervene in an ongoing investigation conducted...
Colombo Fort Magistrate Isuru Neththikumara has directed the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to arrest former SriLankan Airlines board member Shasheendra...
The National Building Research Organisation (NBRO) has issued Landslide Early Warnings to the Districts of Kurunegala and Ratnapura effective from...
US forces have boarded a ship carrying Iranian oil in the Indian Ocean, the US military says. It comes as...
Advisory for Severe Lightning Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre of the Department of Meteorology Issued at 12.00...
Standing on top of a customised van on a hot and humid afternoon in Tirunelveli, about 600km (373 miles) south...
When Gary Kirsten coached India to ODI World Cup glory in 2011, 20 million Sri Lankan hearts were shattered. Now,...
Sri Lanka seamer Nuwan Thushara has withdrawn his lawsuit against Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), just weeks after filing it when...
US Navy Secretary John Phelan is leaving the Trump administration, the Pentagon announced on Wednesday. His departure will be “effective...
Israeli attacks have killed five people in southern Lebanon, including a journalist, Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA) reported, further straining...
South Africa completed their highest successful chase in T20Is and sealed the five-match series against India with two matches to...
It wasn’t the high-scoring spectacle that people might have expected, especially with Vaibhav Sooryavanshi in the house, but that didn’t...
by DR. DAYAN JAYATILLEKA Is anyone at the top, working closely with the Deep State, allowing the crisis to accelerate and even helping it exacerbate, so...
Says its focused on small section of capitalist class Little support for small traders and SMEs No program for overall development of agriculture sector Expolitation of...
Sri Lanka’s largest private bank- Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC recently completed a three-year Business Process Reengineering (BPR) project with StrEdge Advisory, the business consultancy arm...
The Vaccine and Infectious Diseases Forum of Sri Lanka has stongly rebutted Prof. Tissa Vitarana’s assertion (Sunday Island Dec. 12) that ” I am reluctant to...
by Dr Nihal D Amerasekera When I think of Revelion Drahaman I am reminded of a famous line from Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night: “Some are born great,...
by Vijaya Chandrasoma The American Education strategy is designed to attract the brightest kids from poor Third World countries into the best universities in the world,...
Taking off their shirts and wearing traditional white veshtis, the bare-chested men, carrying trays laden with fruit and puja offerings, entered the temple. Nothing unusual because...
During Christmas, prisoners were allowed a special visit and permitted some food from outside. It was Royce’s idea. We agreed that there was no point us...
As many as 55 State Owned Enterprises (SOEs) have suffered a staggering Rs. 1.2 trillion cumulative losses from 2006-2020, says Colombo-based independent policy think tank Advocata....
When SSP Kamal Pushpakumara came forward to contest the Hockey elections, he put forward an ambitious plan. The run up to the election was not so...
by Ravi Samarasinha (Continued from last week) During the latter part of 1999, my friend Jehan and I joined Mike Birkhead, wildlife film producer, as consultants...
The Business World International Awards ceremony, organized by the Business World International Organization INC – USA, an event which is recognized as one of the most...
