Cross-talk in P’ment over expiry of UNP-SLFP deal for Coalition Govt.
Opposition lawmakers questioned the validity of the unity Government agreement, which was entered by the United National Party (UNP) and the Sri Lanka...
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Shakib, Tamim lead Bangladesh's rout of Zimbabwe
Bangladesh 216 for 9 (Tamim 76, Shakib 51, Cremer 4-32, Jarvis 3-42) beat Zimbabwe 125 (Raza 39, Shakib 3-32, Mustafizur 2-16, Sunzamul 2-28) b...
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Increase in wheat flour consumption in Sri Lanka
Serendib Flour Mills holds 27 per cent of the wheat flour market share in Sri Lanka where the consumption pattern has grown to 60,000-65,000 of metric...
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Gotabaya’s FR petition: SC refixes argument for 31 May
The Supreme Court yesterday re-fixed for 31 May the argument of the fundamental rights petition filed by former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa. ...
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Sri Lanka seeks more jobs for skilled workers in Qatar
Sri Lanka is seeking more job opportunities in Qatar for skilled workers in different sectors and it would organise an employment promotion event tomo...
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Coping with the primacy of power politics
President Maithripala Sirisena’s application to the Supreme Court to obtain its opinion on the length of his term came as a surprise to the general ...
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Local administration experiences bitterest period under current rule: Basil
That itself is enough to unseat this government this time There is no competition from UNP President did unconstitutional things right ...
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Debt level tops Rs. 9,387 billion: New law to manage borrowings
With the Government debt level in excess of Rs. 9,387 billion, a new Active Liability Management Law is to be enacted to make provision to raise loans...
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ITI takes steps to mitigate any harm from Lakvijaya
Air tests to determine if employees, residents exposed to ash from coal power plant. The Industrial Technology Institute (ITI) this week started ambie...
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Ravi to make special statement on Bond issue
UNP Assistant Leader and Colombo District Parliamentarian Ravi Karunanayake will make a special statement in Parliament regarding the Central Bank Bon...
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Thisara Perera's all-round brilliance keeps Sri Lanka alive
Sri Lanka 202 for 5 (Kusal Perera 49, Thisara 39*, Muzarabani 3-52) beat Zimbabwe 198 (Taylor 58, Thisara 4-33, Pradeep 3-28) by five wickets...
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Hela Clothing ships one millionth garment from Ethiopia
Sri Lanka’s Hela Clothing, recently produced and shipped their one millionth garment from their factory in Ethiopia. A feat made more impressive co...
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Counting in LGBT
News report says only 7,500 as gay; but it could be as high as 5% of the population. Recently there has been a spate of speculation as to exactly how ...
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JVP READY TO BECOME THE RULING PARTY - ANURA KUMARA DISSANAYAKE
The real challenge for the JVP is to appear as a political party able to rule the country moving away from its rebellious past, said, the Leader of th...
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Woman FIDE Master Suneetha Wijesuriya queen of the night
SLT SILK Sports Awards 2017 At the SLT SILK Sports Awards 2017, Woman FIDE Master Suneetha Wijesuriya was awarded the SLT SILK for Outstanding Dedicat...
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No consent yet to Singapore FTA; professional groups say
Professional groups in Sri Lanka, engaged as key stakeholders in discussions with the Government on proposed Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) with India, ...
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Sri Lanka, China to co-build dendro power plant
Sri Lanka and China on Friday signed a joint venture agreement to construct Sri Lanka's largest dendro power plant in Moneragala in the country's sout...
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CEB employees to get arrears
The government is to provide the best solution to the salary anomaly issue of the Ceylon Electricity Board employees and pay the arrears at the first ...
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Pakistan seal quarter-final berth, Sri Lanka knocked out
Pakistan 190 for 7 (Zaryab 59, Rashmika 3-47) beat Sri Lanka 188 (Daniel 53, Shafqat 3-29, Afridi 2-41) by three wickets A slim and slightl...
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‘One belt, one road, green light for FDI’
Forbes listed young billionaire of mainland China, Cai Xiaoru, gave thumbs up for Sri Lanka and said that Sri Lanka remains a good destination for inv...
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Govt says committed to reform Muslim marriage law
The Government of Sri Lanka says that it remains committed to reform the minimum age of marriage for girls under the Muslim law, with the active par...
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Sri Lanka worst in Moody’s Asia Pacific ratings
Global credit rating giant Moody's Investors Service says that of the 24 sovereigns that they rate in Asia Pacific, only Sri Lanka has a negative outl...
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Pothas refuses to travel to Bangladesh
Nic Pothas who was Sri Lanka’s interim head coach after Graham Ford stepped down in June has refused to travel to Bangladesh with the national team ...
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