The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) has directed owners of large-scale rooftop solar systems to temporarily disconnect their installations for a...
The cost of preparing a traditional kevili table for the Sinhala and Tamil New Year has risen by 7 per...
‘US has provided SL more than US$26 million for health and US$2 billion in aid’ The U.S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka and Maldives Alaina B. Teplitz in...
Monday 7th September, 2020 More than 200 acres of residual forest have been destroyed in Kuratiyamohotta, Aruwakkalu over the weekend. Valuable trees have been felled and...
By Dulip Jayawardena (Retired Economic Affairs Officer United Nations ESCAP 1990 to 2003 Former Director Geological Survey Department- Present GSMB (1983-1986) Earth tremors were reported in...
To strengthen Central Bank’s ‘Digital 2020’ Vision LB Finance (LBF), country’s leading Non-Banking Financial Institution, recently joined the National Digital Payment platform Lanka QR via its...
The MarCom Collective, the industry body comprising of eight associations linked to the advertising and marketing communications sectors as well as businesses and professionals associated with...
by Dr Janaka Ratnasiri The government of Sri Lanka (GoSL), in a policy decision made in 1998, expressed its commitment to power sector reforms and embarked...
CASA, the voice of the shipping industry held their Annual General Meeting on 26th August at Shangri-La Colombo. Rohitha Abegunawardhane, Minister of Ports & Shipping participated...
The National Peace Council (NPC) yesterday urged the government to reconsider the need to proceed with the 20th Amendment in its present formulation as it is...
Uber launched its new package delivery service called ‘Uber Connect,’ which will allow Colombo’s residents to send and receive parcels from each other and also order...
By Rathindra Kuruwita Leader of the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) Rauff Hakeem is expected to testify today (07) before the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI)...
By Norman Palihawadana Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday told The Island that the government would take all necessary action to curb drugs and underworld activities in...
Ambassador of the Delegation of the European Union in Colombo Denis Chaibi along with the EU Ambassadors of Italy, the Netherlands and Charge d’ Affaires of...