‘Relief’ measures to cost Rs. 4.4 billion per year Mangala says the package will be followed by more i...
Friday, 18 August 2017 00:10 Views - 209
UNP parliamentary group calls for resignation, handling of ministry criticised Rajapakshe says he is faced wi...
Friday, 18 August 2017 00:00 Views - 186
More restrictions on transferring plantation land Cabinet this week approved 10 new projects for the...
Friday, 18 August 2017 00:00 Views - 134
Reuters: The rupee ended slightly weaker on Thursday as importer dollar demand surpassed sales of the US currency by banks, dealers said. The spo...
Thursday, 17 August 2017 00:27 Views - 529
Increasing depreciation slows down net profits The Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT) Group released its group and holding company financial pe...
Friday, 18 August 2017 00:08 Views - 174
Close to 72% of the respondents of an islandwide poll conducted for business magazine LMD by research firm Kantar TNS believe that China is key to ...
Friday, 18 August 2017 00:00 Views - 156
Reuters: Shares fell for a fifth session on Thursday, posting their lowest close in four months, as local investor sentiment was subdued following ...
Friday, 18 August 2017 00:00 Views - 163
Says development will create many jobs and relieve debt burden The Ceylon Association ...
Thursday, 17 August 2017 00:26 Views - 534
Growth resilient despite reducing purchasing power and inclement weather Revenue growth of 6.2% to Rs. 15.2 bi...
Friday, 18 August 2017 00:10 Views - 149
Says it will be a win-win for Unity Govt. but unclear on how it will exist alongside CCEM Establishment of NE...
Friday, 18 August 2017 00:00 Views - 181
Taking a trip down memory lane, former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga yesterday spoke at length of her longstanding friendship with ...
Thursday, 17 August 2017 00:50 Views - 453
Gives wrong image to the international community already concerned about institutionalised torture Sports Minister calls to repl...
Thursday, 17 August 2017 00:34 Views - 391
‘Encounter Ranil’, an exhibition which traces the life and political career of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe will begin today in ...
Thursday, 17 August 2017 00:33 Views - 598
By T. Farook Thajudeen The Supreme Court dismissed a Fundamental Rights petition filed against ministers Rishad Bathiudeen and Gamini Jayawickram...
Wednesday, 16 August 2017 00:00 Views - 640
President Maithripala Sirisena instructed officials to complete the implementation of a proper waste management program in the country’s nine...
Friday, 18 August 2017 00:00 Views - 152
Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday said the focus on his family was to deflect from the corruption scandals emanating from the Government...
Friday, 18 August 2017 00:00 Views - 131
President Maithripala Sirisena will hand over 10,000 title deeds for land to the Mahaweli farming community in the Kotmale and Victoria Mahaweli zo...
Thursday, 17 August 2017 00:35 Views - 433
Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s son Yoshitha Rajapaksa yesterday arrived at the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to give a statem...
Thursday, 17 August 2017 00:33 Views - 477
A three-month concessionary period has been afforded to the owners of luxury and semi-luxury vehicles who have failed to pay tax when registering t...
Wednesday, 16 August 2017 00:00 Views - 674
The Government yesterday assured that there will be political stability till 2020 at which time the next parliamentary election is scheduled to tak...
Wednesday, 16 August 2017 00:00 Views - 671
Human smuggling is a huge problem worldwide. A considerable portion of this illicit traffic takes place through international airports, despite the...
18 August 2017
How did some nations, like a Japan, China, United Stated, become wealthy and powerful, while others remain stuck in poverty? And why do some of those powers, from ancient Rome to the modern Soviet Union, prosper for periods and then collapse? Pol...
18 August 2017
I am amazed – and amused – by the spate of “ministerial responses” to Ravi’s exit last week. The Prime Minister has promised to expedite the backlog of anticorruption cases his administration appears to have shelved f...
18 August 2017
Home truths Organisations and their employees takerisks and also managerisksevery day. Of course, it is a part of the business and the service delivery operations. However, often, the management of risks is confined...
17 August 2017
Last week, the Yahapalana Government, which came on the promise of good governance and weeding out corruption, had its first blow, when a senior minister and deputy leader of the party had to resign over allegations of corruption. Whils...
