A noticeable rise in electricity consumption, particularly during the night peak hours, has been observed in recent weeks, with power sector officials attributing the trend partly...
A massive consignment of narcotics with a street value of about Rs. 10 billion, along with a cache of firearms suspected to be linked to international...
The government’s sweeping electricity sector restructuring programme ran into fresh turbulence yesterday, with authorities warning that meeting a 40 percent salary increase, demanded by striking power...
A UN vessel arrived in Colombo yesterday (11) to conduct a month-long marine scientific survey in Sri Lanka’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). This is the first...
… but current assessment won’t be valid if Gulf war continues for more than two months President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said that though continuous energy supply...
The President of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL), Rajeev Amarasuriya, Attorney-at-Law, recently delivered a historic address at the Supreme Court of India in connection...
The Ceylon Electricity Board Engineers’ Union (CEBEU) yesterday warned that uncertainty surrounding the ongoing restructuring of the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) had forced many employees to...
Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE) yesterday said that foreign remittances, during January and February this year, had been 32% higher than the corresponding period...
The Netherlands Embassy in Colombo has accused the Russian Embassy of trying to limit freedom of expression and right to know in Sri Lanka. The Embassy...
Swiss Ambassador in Colombo Dr Siri Walt has appreciated the position taken by the government regarding the situation in the Middle East. Dr. Walt said so...