by Moshahida Sultana Ritu Earlier this month, the five percent electricity price hike and 78.2 percent gas price hike by the Energy and Mineral Resource Division raised concerns about the accountability of the government, and consumer rights. The December 2022 amendment of the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (Berc) Act 2003 empowered the government to set […]

ISLAMABAD: As the year comes to a close and 2023 begins, the nation takes a reflective pause and harks back at a long year of political events that will foreshadow the election year – a new year resolution politicos hope to keep but without an economic story worth telling. Unprecedented events lashed the political waters […]

Grand plans of making former Chief of the State Intelligence Service (SIS) Senior DIG Nilantha Jayawa-rdena would not succeed following the Supreme Court judgment on the Fundamental Rights petition filed in relation to the Easter Sunday attack, police headquarters sources said. Sources said that SDIG Jayawardena would face a disciplinary inquiry conducted by the Police […]

BY GEORGE BRAINE This was early 1981, and the government was planning to start a state-run television service. Applicants were invited for an inaugural training course for producers, directors, researchers, and writers. I had applied, and was called for an interview. The interview was at the newly set up National Television Planning Centre, at Kirulapone. […]

By Uditha Devapriya A recent World Food Programme report underlines the magnitude of the food crisis in Sri Lanka. The report shows that 36% of the country’s households are effectively food insecure, while 76% are engaging in “food-coping strategies.” 35% of the country’s households are “facing insufficient food consumption”, while female-headed households (44%) are “...