Authorities turning blind eye to mechanised gem mining By Rathindra Kuruwita Some powerful businessmen in Ratnapura were engaged in unauthorised mechanised gem mining with the...
Sri Lanka has proposed holding the BIMSTEC summit in early December. This will be the fifth such summit of the grouping. Sri Lanka is the currently...
By Hiran H. Senewiratne In a situation where the country is short of foreign reserves, the tea industry will likely contribute US$ 200 million extra revenue...
DFCC Bank, one of the island’s fastest growing premier commercial banks, has come forward with the ‘DFCC Leasing Flash Promo’, a 24 hour online leasing promotion...
Ambassador of Myanmar to Sri Lanka U Han Thu meeting Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena Ambassador of Myanmar to Sri Lanka U Han Thu called on...
The Ministry of Education has decided to postpone the GCE Ordinary Level Examination. It would now be held from 21 February to 03 March 2022, Minister...
By Ifham Nizam Nearly 100 tons of used plastic yoghurt cups are discarded countrywide annually, a study done by the Environment Ministry reveals. Among the findings...
One often hears expressions like – “even the WHO (or FAO) has approved so and so … which is what we follow”. The local equivalent being...
In its efforts to minimise the disruption to the education system, Dialog Enterprise the corporate solutions arm of Dialog Axiata PLC, launched the “Dialog Teachers Package”...
Fred-James Koch: Lots of airplay for ‘I’m Runnin’ Fred-James Koch seems to be more in the news, these days, than his illustrious father, Alston Koch....