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The opening ceremony of the Stoma Clinic Extension and new wing of the Gastroenterology Clinic at the Lady Ridgeway Hospital for Children was held on Monday (29).
An awards ceremony organized by the Colombo International Container Terminals Limited (CICT) to celebrate the winners of its Competition for Quay Crane (QC) operators was held on Monday (29).
A 26-year-old persons has been shot and killed in the Aliwaththa area in Mattakkuliya last night.
Atmospheric conditions are getting favourable for evening thundershowers in most parts of the island, the Department of Meteorology says.
SriLankan had bond of US$175mn, loans of US386mn
Parties asked to give proposals by August 31
The Deputy Speaker Hon. Ajith Rajapakse announced to Parliament ( Agu-29) that the following Members have been nominated by the Committee of Selection to serve in the Committee on Public Petitions, in terms of the provisions of the Standing Order 122 of the Parliament and the motion agreed to by Parliament on 10th August 2022.
The Deputy Speaker Hon. Ajith Rajapakse announced to Parliament (29) that the following Members have been nominated by the Committee of Selection to serve in the House Committee, with the Speaker as the Chair, in terms of the provisions of the Standing Order 117 of the Parliament and the motion agreed to by Parliament on 10th August 2022.
By Shamindra Ferdinando SJB MP Dr. Harsha de Silva yesterday said that he was quite disappointed that his economic revival plan, or common minimum programme, presented in parliament on 12 August hadn’t received the anticipated response from political parties, represented in Parliament. The Colombo District lawmaker said so when The Island asked him whether political parties and President […...
By Nicola Perera In the national media of 21 August 2022, the UGC Chairman goes on record saying that, as university authorities deliberate the possibilities of bringing students back to campuses while the nation grapples with a devastating economic collapse and the pandemic, online education will continue to function as an interim measure. He said […]
By Jehan Perera The ruling party has requested President Ranil Wickremesinghe to facilitate the return of former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa to the country and his appointment as prime minister. The former president left the country when large numbers of protestors who had been actively protesting against the economic collapse and corruption in the country took over […]
By Quamrul Haider Modern astronomy is a trip of the human intellect through two inseparable abstract entities: space and time. It is also a “history of receding horizons,” as noted by famous American astronomer Edwin Hubble. Indeed, the recently launched James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has expanded the horizon by piercing through the hitherto “dark […]
By Shamindra Ferdinando Samagi Jana Balavegaya (SJB) leader Sajith Premadasa yesterday (29) lashed out at the government for failing to check rampant corruption. Premadasa, who is also the Leader of the Opposition, asked whether President Ranil Wickremesinghe, government wanted his party to accept ministerial portfolios to share the ill-gotten gains from the latest corrupt deal (USD […]
By Hiran H. Senewiratne The Sri Lankan economic crisis continues to rattle the country and it is the poorest, most vulnerable among its girls and boys who are paying the steepest price, UNICEF Regional Director for South Asia, George Laryea-Adjei said. “Sri Lanka, a country normally known for its rapid economic growth and booming tourism, […]
The Opposition yesterday called for a parliamentary debate on a recent UNICEF report on growing child malnourishment in the country. Samagi Jana Balavegaya and Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa yesterday told Parliament that Sri Lanka was now ranked sixth in the world as regards child malnutrition and second in South Asia, as per a recent UNICEF […]
Tuesday 30th August, 2022 Winston Churchill derisively called the Soviet Union a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. One may, with apologies to him, call the present-day Sri Lanka a paradox enveloped in an irony inside a muddle. What is happening in this country defies comprehension, and is even more puzzling than the […]
Colombo North emerged as the unbeaten champions of the Sri Lanka Cricket conducted Inter Provincial Under 17 tournament as they beat Kandy by 19 runs in the final of the tournament played at Dambulla on Monday. Chasing a target of 284 runs to win a top knock of 93 runs by Supun Waduge was in […]
Sri Lanka Air Force spikers Anusha Abeysinghe and Mahela Indeewara won the Most Outstanding player awards at the Super League Volleyball Championship which concluded on Sunday. The duo played outstandingly well for Sri Lanka Air Force women’s and men’s team to win the Munchee Super League titles. While the airmen beat Ceylon Electricity Board 3-0 […]
The first tranche of food assistance pledged by the Government of Japan earlier this year has been provided through the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to Sri Lanka, where more than 6 million people  nearly 30 percent of the population, are facing a worsening food crisis.
The Chinese research ship Yuan Wang 5 left Sri Lanka’s Hambantota port on August 22, sending diplomatic ripples across the Indian Ocean. The vessel left China on July 12 to carry out routine tracking missions to support the launch of Wentian, a core component of China’s space station, according to China’s state media Science and Technology Daily. After the successful […]
Voice samples from “military sensitive regions of India”, including Jammu & Kashmir and Punjab, are being collected by a Beijing-based AI company via an Indian intermediary and then sold to agencies in China for “use and analysis”, a US-based think tank has claimed. In a report, New Kite Data Labs, which researches how China uses […]
One-third of Pakistan has been completely submerged by historic flooding, its climate minister says. Devastating flash floods have washed away roads, homes and crops – leaving a trail of deadly havoc across Pakistan. “It’s all one big ocean, there’s no dry land to pump the water out,” Sherry Rehman told AFP, adding it had created […]
The 51st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) is scheduled to be held from September 12 to October 07, 2022 in Geneva.
The Sri Lanka cricket board has denied claims made by former captain Arjuna Ranatunga that some of its officials are to go on a joy ride overseas. Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) said that it has sought permission from the Ministry of Sports to send 07 Executive Committee Members overseas to engage in “official matters” during […]
Foreign Minister Ali Sabry is to brief the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva on the developments in Sri Lanka, at the upcoming 51st Session. The 51st Session of the Human Rights Council is scheduled to be held from 12 September to 07 October 2022 in Geneva. Sabry will lead the Sri Lanka delegation […]
The United States will redouble efforts to support Sri Lanka through ongoing efforts like financing for SMEs, fertilizer and seeds for farmers, education exchange and training to strengthen public financial management, the US Ambassador in Colombo said.
By Hal Brands The greatest geopolitical catastrophes occur at the intersection of ambition and desperation. Xi Jinping’s China will soon be driven by plenty of both. In our new book, Danger Zone: The Coming Conflict with China, which this article is adapted from, we explain the cause of that desperation: a slowing economy and a […]
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 25 (ANI): The fertilizer deal between Sri Lanka and China has caused the island nation’s exchequer a loss of USD 6.9 million as the stock of fertilizer was rejected in December 2021 over reports that it contained harmful bacteria. Claiming that it is not possible to regain the amount of USD […]
Hong Kong, August 25 (ANI): Beijing’s unwillingness to mitigate the problems of its citizens suggests a dark future for the mental health of the country. The adoption of a zero-COVID policy by Xi Jinping’s government to ensure “dynamic clearing” of the virus has left the country’s citizens living in a perpetual state of terror- fear […]