Targeting exports and investment, the Government will introduce several laws including possible new legislation to improve the ease of doing business, ..
Thursday, 21 September 2017 00:11 Views - 142
President Maithripala Sirisena called upon the international community to seriously consider the tremendous progress made by the Government towards re
Thursday, 21 September 2017 00:10 Views - 215
Amidst heated debates and the House getting suspended twice, lawmakers passed the Provincial Councils Elections (Amendment) Bill with amendments.
Thursday, 21 September 2017 00:00 Views - 68
Reuters: Tea output rose 6.14% due to good weather in August, the state-run Tea Board said on Wednesday, while industry officials also attributed the
Thursday, 21 September 2017 00:00 Views - 221
Tea exports crossed the $ 1 billion mark by end August, up by 20% from a year earlier, Asia Siyaka Commodities Plc revealed.
Thursday, 21 September 2017 00:11 Views - 505
New York: Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena and First Lady Jayanthi Sirisena yesterday attended a reception hosted by the United States Preside
Thursday, 21 September 2017 00:09 Views - 263
Two world-famous ex-hackers and several global and regional experts will be the key attractions at the Daily FT-CICRA Holdings organised fifth annual
Thursday, 21 September 2017 00:00 Views - 34
The Steering Committee will present its interim report along with additional observations to the Constitutional Assembly, which will meet this morning
Wednesday, 20 September 2017 00:10 Views - 454
To take Sri Lanka to the next level with structural breaks along a different growth path, National Policies and Economic Affairs Deputy Minister Dr. H
Thursday, 21 September 2017 00:28 Views - 76
A special religious service was held on Tuesday to commemorate 40 years of service to the people of Sri Lanka by Ranil Wickremesinghe as a Member of P
Thursday, 21 September 2017 00:22 Views - 190
The Government has decided to award the contract for the third stage of the Central Expressway to the Taisei Corporation.
Thursday, 21 September 2017 00:21 Views - 47
Pakistan’s new Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi assured President Maithripala Sirisena that Pakistan would continue the assistance provided to Sr
Thursday, 21 September 2017 00:19 Views - 150
The Colombo High Court yesterday granted bail to the two high-profile state officials of the former Government convicted of misusing state money.
Thursday, 21 September 2017 00:00 Views - 65
electricity workers ended their strike today following government assurance to increase their salaries and the Railway Strike scheduled to begin midni
Thursday, 21 September 2017 00:00 Views - 160
Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka visited India to attend the 153rd birth anniversary commemorations of Anagarika Dharmapala, organised by the Ma
Thursday, 21 September 2017 00:00 Views - 236
The Presidential Commission of Inquiry on the controversial bond issuance yesterday declared that despite former Central Bank Governor Arjuna Mahendra
Wednesday, 20 September 2017 00:10 Views - 85
Only obtaining two-thirds majority support in the House and public approval at a referendum, followed by the endorsement of the President, can authori
Wednesday, 20 September 2017 00:00 Views - 186
Broadening the scope of outdated motor traffic laws and regulations which are not capable of regulating modern-day road rules, the Government moved th
Wednesday, 20 September 2017 00:00 Views - 72
The worst drought in 40 years, affecting 1.9 million people across 17 districts, has resulted in over 300,000 families in Sri Lanka becoming food inse
Wednesday, 20 September 2017 00:00 Views - 80
The National Authority on Tobacco and Alcohol (NATA) yesterday called for a price formula to be implemented on cigarette price determination and impro
Wednesday, 20 September 2017 00:00 Views - 189
As the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) employees trade union action continues for the seventh day, the Power and Renewable Energy Ministry is taking al
Thursday, 21 September 2017
The general public is concerned about the high level of interest rates prevailing in the recent past. Interest rates influences the day-to-day life of ordinary people as it is the benchmark for all economic decisions.
Thursday, 21 September 2017
As a nation we are perhaps positioned within a time period where we need our population to act with purpose rather than with discord. We currently appear to find solace in distress and appear to be a nation in waiting for trouble with all the news al
Thursday, 21 September 2017
Future electricity supply to the country is sitting on a time bomb. Since latter part of 2016, expected rainfall failed to arrive and the rainfall in 2017 was worse. Meanwhile 3x300 MW capacity Norochcholai power plant’s generators failed to operat
Thursday, 21 September 2017
The Internet of Things, or IoT, is the next technological revolutionpoised to change the way we, and everything around us, communicate and interact. Management consultant company McKinsey forecasts that IoT will generate up to $11trillion a year in e
