Finance Minister Managala Samaraweera and State Finance Minister Eran Wickramaratne – Pic by Ruwan Walpola By Uditha J...
Saturday, 22 July 2017 00:42 Views - 90
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe (R) and Livestock Minister P. Harrison at the Lanka Livestock ’17 exhibition – Pic by Kithsiri de M...
Saturday, 22 July 2017 00:39 Views - 115
Members of Colombo Swimming Club were taken by surprise yesterday when the officials of the Road Development Authority (RDA...
Saturday, 22 July 2017 00:35 Views - 80
The year-on-year inflation based on the National Consumer Price Index (NCPI) for the month of June 2017 has decreased to 6.3% from 7.1% in May 2017...
Saturday, 22 July 2017 00:34 Views - 83
Reuters - The rupee ended slightly firmer on Friday with late dollar sales by exporters and foreign banks outpacing demand for the greenback fro...
Saturday, 22 July 2017 00:41 Views - 83
Minister of Tourism Development John Ameratunga inaugurating the Sri Lanka Pavilion at the India International Travel Mart in Bangalore. IITM is In...
Saturday, 22 July 2017 00:37 Views - 84
Assuring the country its fullest support in the development and reconciliation processes, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Jeffrey Fel...
Saturday, 22 July 2017 00:34 Views - 77
Reuters - Shares fell for an eighth session in nine in thin trade on Friday and posted a more than one-month closing low, with blue chips leading t...
Saturday, 22 July 2017 00:32 Views - 92
The awarding of a retender to operate the second Core Category Duty Free Shop at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) has been further dela...
Saturday, 22 July 2017 00:54 Views - 81
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday declared open the Colombo National Education Book Fair at the Public Library premises – Pix by ...
Saturday, 22 July 2017 00:51 Views - 89
A separate internal investigation ordered by Customs DG Three customs officers have been transferred from t...
Saturday, 22 July 2017 00:46 Views - 88
Export of travel goods from Sri Lanka will enjoy duty free entry to the United States following a decision by the United States administration to a...
Saturday, 22 July 2017 00:05 Views - 86
President Maithripala Sirisena says the present Government gave a proper meaning to the free health service by providing all the facilities in the ...
Saturday, 22 July 2017 00:02 Views - 92
The Asian Human Rights Commission in a statement has said that the arrest of another DIG indicates a serious crisis in the State’s machinery....
Saturday, 22 July 2017 00:00 Views - 98
The launching ceremony for a book titled ‘People of Sri Lanka’ published by the Ministry of National Co-existence, Dialogue and Officia...
Saturday, 22 July 2017 00:53 Views - 91
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s (FCO) of the UK made public its annual Human Rights Report for 2016. The report recognises and welcomes...
Saturday, 22 July 2017 00:49 Views - 97
AFP: The Police faced censure Friday over an attempt to “abduct” a student activist, a tactic widely used against dissidents by the pre...
Saturday, 22 July 2017 00:05 Views - 79
The Annual Awards Day of Amal International School will be held on Saturday 22 July from 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the Kularathne Hall, Ananda Coll...
Saturday, 22 July 2017 00:02 Views - 85
The 67th Annual Convention of the All Ceylon YMMA Conference will be held on 23 July at 9:30 a.m. at the Sri Lanka Foundation Auditorium, Colombo 7...
Saturday, 22 July 2017 00:02 Views - 85
Washington, DC: Although Sri Lanka’s counterterrorism cooperation and training with the United States in 2016 was limited, the bilateral secu...
Friday, 21 July 2017 00:10 Views - 289
Australian Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop announced a major Australian assistance to combat dengue fever in Sri Lanka. She made this announc...
22 July 2017
Even as war clouds gather over the Sino-Bhutan border where China’s real adversary is nuclear-armed India, China has announced its intention to thoroughly overhaul its military and economic structure and philosophy to meet challenges of the ...
22 July 2017
It is of no doubt, that Sri Lanka has tainted its history with the blood of the innocent. After gaining independence from the British we turned our attention towards, quite literally, “killing each other”. Some call it nationalism, som...
21 July 2017
Steve Jobs, Henry Ford and Lee Kuan Yew. What did these titans have in common? They had a clear vision of the future, and the leadership skills to manifest the future they desired. They also surrounded themselves with great people; delegated autho...
21 July 2017
By Vishvanathan Subramaniam Sri Lanka’s fuel bill has been spiralling as of late. According to a recent Central Bank press release on external sector performance, petroleum purchases for the first four months of 2017 were estimated at $ 1....
