Dept. unable to carry out regular operations smoothly due to lack of legislations Short staffed, department unable to promote, h...
Saturday, 19 August 2017 00:58 Views - 82
IMF says Cabinet approval of the automatic pricing mechanism for fuel by March 2018, electricity by September 2018 CEB and CPC financi...
Saturday, 19 August 2017 00:56 Views - 77
Tea auctions this week had good demand, tea brokers said yesterday with a total of 7.5M/kgs coming under the hammer with positive demand from the M...
Saturday, 19 August 2017 00:54 Views - 77
To assist in conducting a stock assessment of marine resources A planning seminar is taking place in Colombo for a new Norwegi...
Saturday, 19 August 2017 00:50 Views - 78
Pledges to protect local industries when signing FTAs Calls for the support of all stakeholders to optimise NEC&n...
Saturday, 19 August 2017 00:57 Views - 69
A Gazette notification issued on Thursday by President Maithripala Sirisena has seen the return of the National Lotteries Board and the Development...
Saturday, 19 August 2017 00:55 Views - 78
Vice Admiral Travis Sinniah has been appointed the 21st Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy by President Maithripala Sirisena. Sinniah received his l...
Saturday, 19 August 2017 00:51 Views - 85
Reuters - The rupee ended weaker on Friday as importer dollar demand surpassed sales of the U.S. currency by banks, dealers said. The spot rupee ...
Saturday, 19 August 2017 00:50 Views - 81
Insists officials working within the law have nothing to fear Provision needed to re-establish good governance practices&nb...
Saturday, 19 August 2017 00:42 Views - 85
Newly minted Foreign Minister Tilak Marapana yesterday asserted there is no chance of Sri Lanka having foreign judges in the post war accountabilit...
Saturday, 19 August 2017 00:41 Views - 75
By S. S. Selvanayagam The Court of Appeal yesterday issued notice on the Divisional Secretary of Jaffna, returnable for 6 September, in res...
Saturday, 19 August 2017 00:35 Views - 83
President Maithripala Sirisena yesterday joined other world leaders in condemning a terrorist attack in Spain that left at least a dozen people dea...
Saturday, 19 August 2017 00:15 Views - 80
Deprived school children in Mulankavil Maha Vidyalayam and Nallur Maha Vidyalayam in Poonalari Divisional Secretariat experienced difficulties in a...
Saturday, 19 August 2017 00:12 Views - 95
Targets increasing trade between the two countries to $500m by 2020 The visit of the State Minister of International Trade of Sri Lank...
Saturday, 19 August 2017 00:05 Views - 96
Believes priority should be given for local investors As Sri Lanka has exceeded around 1.2 million tourist arrivals during the last ...
Saturday, 19 August 2017 00:42 Views - 84
Australian gender equality advocate Elizabeth Broderick (AO) is currently in Sri Lanka to engage business and public leaders on promoting gender eq...
Saturday, 19 August 2017 00:36 Views - 80
Crown lawyers in Canada are seeking an 18-year prison sentence for a Sri Lankan man convicted of human smuggling for his role in the voyage of the ...
Saturday, 19 August 2017 00:16 Views - 84
Political Science Students of the Eastern University of Sri Lanka were recently given the opportunity to learn in detail about the Constituti...
Saturday, 19 August 2017 00:14 Views - 79
Cabinet of Ministers granted approval to construct 50,000 brick and mortar type houses for the conflict affected families in the Northern and Easte...
Saturday, 19 August 2017 00:10 Views - 89
The Government will work to complete 700 rural bridges by the end of the year and improve rural economies. “As Sri Lanka...
Friday, 18 August 2017 00:10 Views - 469
Says it will be a win-win for Unity Govt. but unclear on how it will exist alongside CCEM Establishment of NE...
19 August 2017
Given its seemingly-intractable problems with neighbours Pakistan and China, India has been reaching out to friendlier countries beyond the region, both to its West and the East. In the East, its key partners are Japan and the Association ...
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...
