ECONOMYNEXT –At least 15,000 Sri Lanka tri-forces absentees have come forward to obtain amnesty, responding to a one-month general amnesty call and the Defence Ministry has...
… USD 5 mn paid to Iran a month By Shamindra Ferdinando Power and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera has confirmed that consumers of petrol and diesel...
By Shamindra Ferdinando Deputy Speaker Ajith Rajapakshe yesterday (10) said that a unanimous decision taken by Parliament to ask the top management of Sri Lanka Cricket...
The government has taken substantial steps to move away from a welfare state in the last 18 months, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mohomed Ali Sabry said...
By Saman Indrajith Public Security Minister Tiran Alles admitted in Parliament yesterday (21) that the Presidential Commission of Inquiry on 2019 Easter Sunday carnage had referred...
One of the world’s largest shipping companies “Far Shipping” has agreed to provide employment opportunities to Sri Lankan trained seafarers, says Nimal Siripala de Silva, Minister...
ECONOMYNEXT –Half of Sri Lanka’s prisoners have been put behind bars for drug charges, State Minister for Justice and Prison Anuradha Jayarathne said. The total number...
By Chandre Dharmawardana chandre.dharma@yahoo.ca According to a recent news report (The Island 23rd June 2023), Minister Mahinda Amaraweera has claimed that the “agricultural sector to be...
SriLankan Airlines is getting four replacement engines on July 15 to fix four Airbus aircraft that are now grounded, Aviation Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva said...
Minister of Buddhasasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs Vidura Wickramanayaka has pledged his fullest support for the National Archives and promised to increase the budgetary allocation from...