The representatives from the international and regional multilateral organizations have convened for a roundtable discussion with President Ranil Wickremesinghe, Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena and other Sri Lankan government officials in Colombo today (31).

Huawei announced its business results for the first three quarters of 2023. During this period, Huawei generated CNY456.6 billion in revenue, with a year-on-year increase of 2.4% and a net profit margin of 16.0%. A Huawei press release said: “The Company’s performance is in line with forecast,” said Ken Hu, Huawei’s Rotating Chairman. “I’d like […]

Two SriLankan Airlines flights bound for Colombo have made emergency landings at the Thiruvananthapuram International Airport in India due to adverse weather conditions at Katunayake and Mattala airports.

Rear Admiral Sarath Weerasekera, MP, has drawn the attention of President Ranil Wickremesinghe to the humiliation caused by travel restrictions imposed on senior serving and retired military officers and two former Presidents by the US, Australia and Canada. In a letter dated 25 Oct., the former Public Security Minister has pointed out to the President […]

By Dr. Dayantha Laksiri Mendis “Multilateral treaties are the bones and sinews of global politic, making it possible for states to move from talk through compromise to solemn commitment.”– Professor Thomas M. Frank BACKGROUND The UN system is the catalyst for the creation of multilateral treaties. It is the greatest achievement of the UN system […]

by Eng Parakrama Jayasinghe parajayasinghe@gmail.com  Electricity consumers reeling from the massive increase in tariff in February (adjusted somewhat in July 2023) were naturally appalled by the request for a further increase by the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB).  A public consultation was held on 18 October 2023 by the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) […]

UN chief Antonio Guterres has warned the situation in Gaza is declining rapidly as he repeated desperate appeals for a ceasefire to end the “nightmare” of bloodshed. “The situation in Gaza is growing more desperate by the hour. I regret that instead of a critically needed humanitarian pause, supported by the international community, Israel has […]

Rohit Sharma batted on a different pedestal to his peers on a wildly unpredictable Lucknow surface against England as his 101-ball 87 helped India wade past their wobbly start. Suryakumar Yadav then chipped in with a vital 49 that took India to 229 for 8 in 50 overs For the first time in this World […]

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka is in the process of creating a Revenue Authority and the 2024 budget is likely to announce it to monitor the three key state income collecting bodies due to their poor performance, sources who are aware of the new move said. A Parliament Sectoral Oversight Committee on National Economic and Physical […]

ECONOMYNEXT –Legislators representing Sri Lanka’s Tamil community have questioned alleged police inaction on a Buddhist monk accused of inciting “racial hatred and violence”. Opposition Tamil National Alliance (TNA) parliamentarian M A Sumanthiran writing to the Inspector General of Police (IGP) on Friday October 27 said Mangalaramaya Ampitiya Sumana Thero has threatened to cut Tamils ...

The Ministry of Cultural Affairs has reached a decision to include 10 more sites in Sri Lanka in the World Heritage List.Director General of the Central Cultural Fund Prof. Gamini Ranasinghe said the proposals will be submitted to the UNESCO World Heritage Committee. The list of sites to be nominated includes Buddhist meditation monasteries of […]

Minister of Sports Youth Affairs, in a fresh letter to the International Cricket Council (ICC), has slammed the national cricket governing body and refuted the allegations of political interference.

All Island Schools Games Athletics Championships  By Reemus Fernando   Commonwealth Youth Games medallist Ayomal Akalanka, the relay teams of Holy Cross College, Gampaha, Maris Stella College, Negombo and St. Benedict’s College Kotahena established new meet records on the final day as Maris Stella, and Lyceum International, Wattala won the overall boys’ and girls’ titles […]

Analysts have condemned the politicizing of China’s legal scientific activity in the Indian Ocean after some Indian media made sensational claims about an oceangoing geophysical research ship from China that docked at a port in Sri Lanka, adding that the claims merely serve India’s regional strategy. The oceangoing geophysical research ship Shiyan 6 reportedly docked […]

A 54-year-old man who headed a financial institution that had not been approved by the Central Bank was arrested on Thursday for defrauding 9.9 billion rupees.The name of the unauthorised financial company is Eyon Lanka Investment and Film Production International Company (Pvt.) Limited. The suspect was arrested by officers of the Financial and Commercial Crime […]