Amidst political paralysis in the country, the plantation industry is battling their own crisis over what it described as an “unfair” wage hike de ..
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Reuters: The Sri Lankan rupee ended weaker on Tuesday, as foreign investors continued to exit from bonds and stocks as a lingering political crisis we
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Transparency International Sri Lanka (TISL) yesterday called on the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) to conside
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MP Bandula Gunawardana yesterday said he is unlikely to be able to amend the Sri Lanka-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (FTA) by January, due to the Cou
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The Planters Association of Ceylon (PA) yesterday claimed their members were under death threat from trade unions, and refused to directly engage in t
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LONDON (Reuters): One of the International Monetary Fund’s top officials warned on Tuesday that storm clouds were gathering over the global economy
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New York (AFP): Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was murdered in October at his country’s Istanbul consulate, was named Time magazine’s “Pe
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The Planters Association has called on MP Mahinda Rajapaksa and appraised him of the crisis faced by the industry owing to the trade union action. PA
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South Asian Monitor: As political uncertainty continues in Sri Lanka after President Maithripala Sirisena sacked the then Prime Minister Ranil Wickrem
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A forum on democracy held in memory of late Somesasunthary Krishnakumar, University of Jaffna Senior Lecturer in History, was held at the Trimmer Hall
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By Mohammed Rasooldeen The Embassy of United Arab Emirates in Colombo donated school stationery and uniforms to more than 9,000 students from various
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The Norwegian Government has entered into a partnership agreement with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Sri Lanka to extend support to
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On 10 December, the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation gathered more than 200 representatives of parliaments, diplom
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www.forbes.com: The man who bankrolled the science-fiction film 2.0, India’s costliest movie, is a former immigrant from Sri Lanka who is now runnin
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The corrupt and imprudent management style of the Unity Government has led the country to doldrums, charged former Central Bank Governor Ajith Nivard
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The National Peace Council (NPC) yesterday stressed the need for politicians to follow the law to resolve the current crisis in the country. Following
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President Maithripala Sirisena has directed the relevant officials to take steps to provide essential commodities to consumers at reasonable prices du
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Stop Child Cruelty recently launched a nationwide children’s art competition to spread awareness to end corporal punishment. The awards ceremony for
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The first female International President of the 101-year-old Lions Clubs International (LCI) Gudrun Yngvadottir said that Sri Lankan Lions were import
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Xi Jinping’s story resembles the story of Moses in many ways. Moses (Prophet Musa as known to Muslims) though an Israeli, was adopted by the Egyptia
Wednesday, 12 December 2018
The executive presidency was established in 1978. Since then there has never been as much hope for its abolishment as there is right now. It however s
Wednesday, 12 December 2018
Decades of sustained economic growth have left the Asia Pacific with few lower-income countries. Absolute poverty levels are and will continue to keep
Tuesday, 11 December 2018
The President appears to believe that he still possesses the full executive powers he derived from the Constitution when he was elected to his office
Tuesday, 11 December 2018
Quite obviously I haven’t the slightest notion of what the Supreme Court verdict will be, unlike my friend Eran Wickramaratne who announced publicly
