In an open letter to Sri Lanka s official bilateral creditors and the Paris Club creditors, President Ranil Wickremesinghe has requested to foster necessary coordination for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) supported programme.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin Tuesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take necessary diplomatic steps to secure the early release of 16 fishermen apprehended by the Sri Lankan Navy.

Several trade unions in Sri Lanka Railways have announced that their members would not join the planned token strike tomorrow (March 15), the General Manager of Railways says.

A multiday fishing trawler suspected of being involved in a human smuggling ring was recently seized by the Sri Lanka Navy.

The Locomotive Operating Engineers Association of the Sri Lanka Railways is scheduled to launch a 24-hour strike today (14 March).

India and Sri Lanka have exchanged diplomatic notes, paving way for a threefold increase in the unit cost of a house under Phase 3 of the Indian Housing Project (IHP), the Indian High Commission in Colombo says.

The trade union collective of professionals says its members are carrying on the strike action today (March 14) as planned, as Monday s meeting with the government was unfruitful.

A special gazette notification has been issued declaring the postal service as an essential service.

The democratic system is based on the system of checks and balances.  The judiciary is one of the three main organs of the state.  Its apex body, the Supreme Court, has declared that the government cannot make the excuse of not having money to delay the elections.  This judgement of the court needs to be […]

Archbishop of Colombo Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith yesterday (13) declared that President Ranil Wickremesinghe, who is also the Finance Minister, had to carry out the interim order issued by the Supreme Court on March 03 pertaining to a fundamental rights petition filed by SJB General Secretary Ranjith Madduma Bandara. Addressing the media at the Bishop’s House, […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Top Nidahas Janatha Sandhanaya spokesman Prof. G. L. Peiris yesterday (13) alleged that President Ranil Wickremesinghe would not have taken on the judiciary without the backing from the ruling SLPP. The former External Affairs Minister said so when the media sought his response to former President Mahinda Rajapaksa declaring the SLPP’s readiness […]

By Rathindra Kuruwita Sri Lanka was now transitioning to a new economic model, breaking away from the previous unsustainable model, Governor of the Central Bank Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe said Sunday. Addressing the National Law Conference 2023 under the theme ‘NAVIGATING THROUGH CRISIS –THE LAW’S ROLE’, Dr. Weerasinghe said that interest rates were coming down and […]

SLA contingent armed with clubs at Uni protest: By Shamindra Ferdinando Newly-appointed Chairperson of Sectoral Oversight Committee on National Security Rear Admiral (retd.) Sarath Weerasekera yesterday (13) said that he would certainly discuss with members of his committee serious allegations pertaining to the presence of military personnel armed with wooden poles at the scene of […]

By Geewananda Gunawardana Ph.D. Pharmaceutical Consultant Boston, MA, USA Chemical weapons were used for the first time in 1915 by German army in the battlefield against French army during WWI. Both French and British armies retaliated by using chlorine and mustard gas. Reportedly, Hitler himself fell victim to a mustard gas attack just before the […]

Tuesday 14th March, 2023 Progress eludes countries where populist politics has taken precedence over economics, Sri Lanka being a glaring example. Politicians, unlike statespersons, do not care much about the long-term interests of a country, and never hesitate to subjugate macroeconomic fundamentals to political expediency. But for some ill-conceived economic decisions the incumbent dispensation ...