Sri Lanka is standing on the edge of a coastal catastrophe, with the nation’s lifeline rapidly eroding under the combined...
The Sectoral Oversight Committee (SoC)on Economic Development and International Relations recently examined the Microfinance and Credit Regulatory Authority Bill and...
A quick glance at the head to head record is enough to show the gulf between India and Sri Lanka...
With the objective of enhancing the living conditions of the agricultural community and increasing the contribution of the agricultural sector...
The Ministry of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education has entered into agreements with Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation General Limited...
20 Consultancy Boards have been established by now covering the production industries field with the objective of minimizing the policy...
The BCCI has raised the match fees in women’s domestic cricket, from INR 20,000 to INR 50,000 per day, for...
Gede Priandana, Indonesia’s 28-year-old right-arm quick bowler, has become the first to pick up five wickets in an over in...
Australia captain Pat Cummins won’t feature again in the Ashes and there is uncertainty about whether he will be available...
United States President Donald Trump has issued a new warning to Nicolas Maduro, saying “it would be smart” for the...
New Zealand 575 for 8 dec (Devon Conway 227, Tom Latham 137, Rachin Ravindra 72*; Alex Greaves 2-83) and 306...
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi have been sentenced to further jail terms following a...
Sri Lanka’s premier hospitality group, Aitken Spence Hotels welcomed back guests on 1st October 2020 to its unique hillside property Heritance Tea Factory, the only one...
By Gamini Ranasinghe Chartered Engineer gamini_r@hotmail.com The building disaster that killed a family in Kandy, a few weeks ago, is surely the result of the callous...
The first anniversary of the passing away of Richard (Batty) Weerakoon, who was Batty to all those who came to know him, falls on October 7th....
Championship winning Hatton National Bank team.(Pic by Kamal Wanniarachchi) Hatton National Bank clinched third consecutive Mercantile Knockout Tournament ‘A’ Division Hockey title after a thrilling final...
Minister of Health, Pavithra Wanniarachchi, yesterday, urged all Sri Lankans to fully support measures taken by health and security authorities in their battle against COVID-19. Addressing...
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, yesterday said, in a Facebook post, that the government had not entered into any political deal with Parliamentarian Rishad Bathiudeen. Rajapaksa said that...
The International Chamber of Commerce of Sri Lanka (ICCSL) held its 54th Annual General Meeting on 25 September, at the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute Colombo 7. Dinesh Weerakkody was re-elected as...
The 21for21 ‘Skills at Work’ photo competition recently concluded with the prize giving held at Airtel Lanka Head Office, World Trade Centre. Celebrating a month dedicated...
Irshad Iqbal (VP – Business Banking), Tuan Samsudeen (Executive Central Processing) and Chathura Dayaratne (Manager – IT Infrastructure Systems)- the cycling enthusiasts of Amãna Bank. Three...
By Praying Mantis A small nondescript looking boxed-in news item in the front page of The Island newspaper of 30th September 2020, under the headline, ‘Cabinet...
Govt. ally, NFF, protests against dismissal of its proposals By Shamindra Ferdinando General Secretary of the National Freedom Front (NFF) S. Wijayasiri, on behalf of its...
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has instructed the officials to complete the construction of the second terminal at Bandaranaike International Airport(BIA) before the end of 2023. Construction of...
