The Government is to revise the 2019 Budget, given the Easter Sunday setback and other external and internal challenges. State Finance Minister Eran W ..
Thursday, 23 May 2019 03:30 Views - 216
The Central Bank (CB), on behalf of the Government, has raised $ 165.5 million via the latest issuance of Sri Lanka Development Bonds (SLDBs) from $ 1
Thursday, 23 May 2019 03:28 Views - 298
President Maithripala Sirisena has given strict instructions not to close roads, causing obstruction to the general public, in order to facilitate eas
Thursday, 23 May 2019 03:24 Views - 1118
Lawmakers engaged in heated arguments yesterday in Parliament, unable to reach a decision on the date to take up the No-Confidence Motion against Indu
Thursday, 23 May 2019 03:21 Views - 336
A quoted company listed on the Colombo Stock Exchange, LAUGFS Gas PLC, which commenced operations in 2001 as an LPG downstream player, is today one of
Thursday, 23 May 2019 03:29 Views - 4166
Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) Secretary General Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thero has been granted a presidential pardon, highly placed sources confirmed. The h
Thursday, 23 May 2019 03:27 Views - 506
The Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) and the Securities and Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka (SEC), in a proactive attempt to reassure foreign investors,
Thursday, 23 May 2019 03:22 Views - 1053
State Finance Minister Eran Wickramaratne yesterday confirmed that United National Party (UNP) will nominate its own candidate for the Presidential El
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Popular business leader Dhammika Perera when contacted by the Daily FT over speculation of UNP-led coalition likely to field him as the common Preside
Thursday, 23 May 2019 03:09 Views - 437
Opposition Leader Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday said he will “examine his conscience” on whether or not to be part of the Parliament Select Committe
Thursday, 23 May 2019 03:08 Views - 456
By Nuwan Senarathna Victims of the Easter Sunday attacks were blessed by the representative of the Pope, Fernando Cardinal Filoni, yesterday at St. An
Thursday, 23 May 2019 03:06 Views - 102
The Cabinet yesterday approved the proposal presented by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe to provide compensation for mosques damaged in anti-Musli
Thursday, 23 May 2019 03:04 Views - 84
President Maithripala Sirisena yesterday extended the State of Emergency for another month by issuing Gazette Extra Ordinary no. 2124/10 of 22 May 201
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Government this week gave approval to for the controversial proposal to procure 400 Mega Watts (MW) of emergency power from two barges stationed in Ke
Thursday, 23 May 2019 03:01 Views - 164
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday said the Government will work to establish a common education system without religious divisions and ins
Thursday, 23 May 2019 02:59 Views - 81
Sri Lanka High Commissioner to the Republic of South Africa Anuruddha Kumara Mallimaratchi presented Letters Of Credence to the President of the Repub
Thursday, 23 May 2019 02:57 Views - 101
The Finance Ministry yesterday issued a circular for all public sector employees to be paid a special interim monthly allowance of Rs. 2500, effective
Thursday, 23 May 2019 02:57 Views - 42
The Lions Clubs International District 306 A-1 will have the ceremonial sessions of the annual district convention on 25 May at the Marino Beach Hotel
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REUTERS: Weeping Sri Lankan Catholics lit candles and prayed in a memorial service outside a bombed church on Tuesday, one month after Easter bombings
Thursday, 23 May 2019
Last week, I elaborated on ‘Going Beyond Agronomic Research for Plantation Reform’ with the aim of beginning a conversation on the importance of n
Thursday, 23 May 2019
It is customary to assess some aspect of the performance of a country using a composite index such as the Ease of Doing Business Index or the Network
Thursday, 23 May 2019
“The immediate task for the Government is to guaranty the safety and security of all innocent Muslims and prevent a recurrence of 1983 … One canno
Thursday, 23 May 2019
During the holy Vesak weekend the phones were buzzing all over Sri Lanka over a story that appeared on a web page. The story said that Prime Minister
Thursday, 23 May 2019
There has never been a time like today where many are raising concerns for society’s wellbeing, survival and thriving, despite many progressive adva
