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By Hiran H.Senewiratne The entire government/ public sector ran on without accountability to their spending on various development projects, despite having a huge number of government servants, which runs into 1.5 million. That is why the country encounters a huge debt crisis that amounts to US $ 60 billion or Rs 70 trillion, Prof. Lakshman […]
- Tax payers look to tighten belts further or migrate as progressive taxes bite (Category: Breaking News)
- Corporate sector offers policymakers a blueprint for CPC reform (Category: Breaking News)
- Picture still blurry (Category: Breaking News)
- Govt. advertises its failure (Category: Breaking News)
Thursday 18th August 2022 Speculation is rife that former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is planning to return to Sri Lanka. The question, however, is not whether he is coming, but what he is doing overseas. The anti-government protesters who engineered his ouster called upon him to ‘go home’; they did not ask him to flee the […]
- Dullas: Ranil making same mistakes as Gotabaya (Category: Breaking News)
- Gota to return on Saturday? (Category: Breaking News)
- President at beck and call of Rajapaksas – Sajith (Category: Breaking News)
- Kiriella alleges tax concessions granted to GR’s election funders (Category: Breaking News)
Coming on almost the eve of India’s 75th independence anniversary celebrations, the election of woman tribal leader Droupadi Murmu to the prestigious position of India’s President underscores afresh the country’s democratic credentials. While the historic Partitioning of India in 1947 drew attention to the endemic and destructive presence of identity politics in the Indian sub-continent, […]
- Identity issues intensify as polls fever grips South Asia (Category: Breaking News)
- Foreign policy implications for the South of Asia’s rise (Category: Breaking News)
- ‘The fascist threat’ and the South’s mounting travails (Category: Breaking News)
- Advisability of SL addressing India’s security concerns (Category: Breaking News)
By Dr Upul Wijayawardhana Scapegoat, according to the third book of the Torah and of the Old Testament – Leviticus, is the goat that was sent to the wilderness after the Jewish priest had symbolically laid all the sins of the people on it. It looks as if we had done the same to Gota, […]
- Survey claims Lankans deeply reject most politicians (Category: Breaking News)
- Heed people’s call for new political model (Category: Breaking News)
- Economic decisions cannot be taken by politicians  Namal (Category: Breaking News)
- There is a man-made economic crisis in Sri Lanka - PM (Category: Breaking News)
By Hiran H.Senewiratne The CSE turned negative yesterday due to profit- takings but during the last session the market showed some recovery on account of some stability in the macro- economic arena and on the political front in the country, stock market analysts said. Developments in favour of the market were: A UK trade arrangement […]
- Expolanka Holdings and Lanka IOC contribute to bulk of CSE turnover (Category: Breaking News)
- CSE upbeat on the election of Ranil Wickremesinghe to presidency (Category: Breaking News)
- Shares in mid-market slip; indices dip (Category: Breaking News)
- SG Holdings buys into Expolanka Holdings stocks, boosting net foreign inflow (Category: Breaking News)
by Sanath Nanayakkare In the past, Inspectors of the Labour Department visiting and checking business establishments was perceived as a ‘raid’, and now it’s time to have a break in this perception and promote mutual understanding between employers and employees over the direction industrial relations should go beyond the existing labour laws, the Labour Department […]
- New integrated labour law to overcome complexities of existing statutes (Category: Breaking News)
- Italy’s Monti defends reform as opposition grows (Category: Business)
- Over 3,600 cases filed by Labour Dept. against employers (Category: Business)
Most of us lead very busy lives that often keep us away from home. Regardless, it is important to ensure the safety of your home and loved ones while you are away. A smart system that alerts you of any unexpected guests, intruders wherever you are is ideal. However, finding a security solution that is […]
- The best video doorbell cameras to buy this year - CNET (Category: Technology)
- The best video doorbell cameras to buy this year - CNET (Category: Technology)
- The best video doorbell cameras to buy this year - CNET (Category: Technology)
- The best video doorbell cameras to buy this year - CNET (Category: Technology)
The national Insurer Sri Lanka Insurance enters into a strategic tie up and signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ceylon Motor Traders Association (CMTA) the representative body of Sri Lanka Automotive industry to provide an exclusive vehicle insurance package for the CMTA members. The MoU exchange took place between the two parties recently […]
- Motor vehicle industry in Sri Lanka facing mass exodus (Category: Breaking News)
- Life insurance penetration less than 2 per cent of Sri Lanka’s population – SLIC’s new chairman (Category: Breaking News)
- CMTA launches initiative on road safety awareness (Category: Business)
- Low penetration enables great leap forward for insurance industry:Ronald Perera (Category: Breaking News)
Ambassador of the Republic of Korea, Santhush Woonjin Jeong said the newly introduced relaxed visa regulations will help to attract more Korean investors to Sri Lanka. Pointing out that Korea was the top most investor, in Sri Lank, in the 1980s, the Ambassador said his country desires to regain that position by increasing investments. He […]
- New Japanese Ambassador Presents Credentials (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka needs to take tough decisions – US Ambassador (Category: Breaking News)
- Ambassador's Webcast Launched (Category: Breaking News)
- Lanka and Maldives to bolster bilateral relations (Category: Breaking News)
Supply of natural gas to power plants By Ifham Nizam The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) General Manager has forwarded a draft agreement to the Ministry of Finance recommending that exclusive rights be granted to a Chinese company for supplying natural gas (regasified LNG) to power plants at Kerawalapitiya and Kelanitissa. The CEB invited international bids […]
- IA chief on Albanese's rail project (Category: AU, New South Wales)
- Lanka expects India, Japan, New Fortress to join in LNG deal: Minister (Category: Breaking News)
- Lanka looking for cheaper three-year private power to plug capacity gap (Category: Breaking News)
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by Reemus Fernando Wesley College opening batsman Anuga Pahansara bowed out of the ongoing Under 17 Division I Limited Overs Tournament as the highest scorer when his team were knocked out by St. Peter’s at the pre-quarter-final hurdle on Tuesday. Pahansara had an aggregate of 381 runs in seven matches when his team were […]
- Chamath hammers 150 as Wesley win (Category: Breaking News)
- Global Cricket Club Junior Championship kicks off (Category: Breaking News)
- Sanithu scores century as Wesley win (Category: Breaking News)
- Solider kills girlfriend and her mother (Category: Breaking News)
Seylan Bank, the Bank with a Heart, in partnership with the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce (CCC) Centre for SMEs and CIMA, conducted a workshop in Puttalam for owners of SME businesses from the area. Over the years, Seylan Bank has taken up the role of mentor towards the SME sector in Sri Lanka, with the […]
- Union Bank continues free advisory services to SMEs (Category: Business)
- NDB continues to empower entrepreneurs (Category: Business)
- Seylan Bank sets its sights on developing Tea Smallholders via ADB credit line (Category: Breaking News)
- Union Bank conducts free SME Advisory Services workshop in Galle (Category: Business)
Text and pix by Ravindu Gunatilleke, our Badalkumbura corr. A speeding three wheeler on Monday (15) crashed into a double cab at Handapanagala junction on the Wellawaya-Thanamalwila road. Five persons injured in the accident were admitted to the Moneragala hospital. The driver and a woman were receiving treatment at the intensive care unit of the […]
- Orwellian Isle Ordeals (Category: Breaking News)
- Message from a Cell Death (Category: Breaking News)
- Post-Match Melancholia (Category: Breaking News)
- Empire’s Enchantment (Category: Breaking News)
Canada and Sri Lanka, on Monday (15), signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), to implement the WUSC Volunteer Cooperation Programme 2020-2027. The MoU was signed by High Commissioner of Canada to Sri Lanka David McKinnon, and Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Economic Stabilization and National Policies K.M. Mahinda Siriwardana, at the Ministry of Finance, the Canadian […]
- Sri Lanka inks MoU with leading Japanese enterprise (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka enters into MoU on bilateral consultations with Luxembourg (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka seeks Canadian help to win over Tamil Diaspora (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka, Maldives ink key agreements on health and cultural cooperation (Category: Breaking News)
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