Politics Set to move from the wings to the centre stage!
A businessman sibling of a very powerful authority is planning to enter national politics with a big bang. He has already picked an upcountry electorate as his…
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Politics Ranil stresses need to establish new Parliament
UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday stressed the need to establish a new Parliament, scrapping the Executive Presidency through a referendum. Mr.…
Politics Concessions hampered due to stay order: Bandula
A number of cabinet papers were to be presented yesterday (4) in order to provide concessions to the public but the process got hampered due to the stay order…
Weather A shift from brains to brawn?
November 16 that witnessed the Speaker’s chair being carried away and desecrated has already gone into history as a day of infamy and horror of the country’s…
Technology Sri Lanka set to launch global tea promotional campaign in Russia in February
Sri Lanka will launch the much-awaited Rs.4.5 billion global tea promotion in Russia next February, followed by Japan, China and Ukraine, the Sri Lanka Tea…
Politics Instability will end in a week: President
While claiming that the decision taken on October 26 was correct, President Maithripala Sirisena today said he would resolve the political instability in the…
Sports The Hathurusingha conundrum
A few days after Sri Lanka returned from their first-round Asia Cup exit, Coach Chandika Hathurusingha at a packed media conference in Colombo launched a…
Crime SC issues notices on Ranjan
The Supreme Court today issued notices on UNP Parliamentarian Ranjan Ramanayake and the Attorney General to appear in court on December 7 over an incident of…
Business 8 companies struggle to reach 1 Jan capital deadline of Rs 1.5B
At least eight Licensed Finance Companies (LFCs) have to fulfil their Rs 1.5 billion minimum capital requirements by 1 January, a deadline imposed by the…
Crime Will appeal in Supreme Court: MR
Former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa said that they do not agree with the interim order which was issued by Court of Appeal today and that they would file…
Crime Police seek help to locate ‘Koombiyo’ Scriptwriter
The Police today released a photograph of 40-year-old Damitha Sagara Chandrasiri, the missing editor and scriptwriter of the ‘Koombiyo’ teledrama and sought…
Politics 'Palayaw Palayaw Sathara Waram Deviyange Namayen Palayaw'-Ranil
The status quo that existed before October 26 can be restored now following the interim order given by the Appeal Court as it is given against an individual…
Politics General elections, the only way to establish democracy – PM
Overall computer literacy at 28.6% in 2017 One out of every five households owns either a desktop or a laptop computer Digital literacy at 40.1% reflecting…
Technology He can’t go against his own men!
The occasions arise for the people in a predominantly agricultural area in the country to seek the services of a certain state body looking after the activity…
Politics Parliament should decide on course of action-Ranil
It was the Legislature which had the power to decide on a course of action to stabilize the country as it the institution which exercised people’s sovereignty…
Business Urban sector computer literacy rate tops 40%
Overall computer literacy at 28.6% in 2017 One out of every five households owns either a desktop or a laptop computer Digital literacy at 40.1% reflecting…
Politics Sadham Sevana
Minister Udaya Gammanpila, former Minister Basil Rajapaksa and UNP MP Wasantha Senanayake seen here at an event organized by MP Athuraliye Rathana Thera at the…
Politics Parliament should decide on course of action-Ranil
It was the Legislature which had the power to decide on a course of action to stabilize the country as it the institution which exercised people’s sovereignty…
Business BOI signs agreement for Braybrooke apartment complex
BOI signed an agreement with Braybrooke Residential Towers (Pvt) Ltd to set up an apartment complex in Colombo 2. The total investment of this project is US$…
Crime Drive For Justice
‘Yukthiye Yaathrawa’ (Drive for Justice), a vehicle parade, organized by the UNP, calling to restore democracy, was launched by UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe…
Sports He had to run for life!
Antics of some active players in the ‘Numbers Game’ that began with the advent of the October 26 regime have spawned numerous humorous stories that may regale…
Politics Ranil is UNP’s nominee for PM – Kabir
The UNP has informed President Maithripala Sirisena and the Tamil National Alliance that UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe is the nominee of the UNP for the…
Sports 40% deliveries were no balls
The recently concluded third Test of the three-match Test series between England Sri Lanka came into headlines for a strange incident. Although England managed…
Politics His garrulity is a congenital abnormality
There is a white-collar high-up whom some in political circles brand as ‘a queer one’ these days. This character holds a very high office which has…