Chevron had imported lubricants on credit and had been hit as the rupee collapsed

By Rathindra Kuruwita Emergency regulations were against the Constitution of the Sri Lanka SLPP founding Chairman Prof. G.L Peiris told the media yesterday. That would boomerang on Sri Lanka in the United nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) session in Geneva soon, he warned. Prof. Peiris said that due to the Emergency regulations approved by Parliament on […]

Newspapers, TV programmes and video presentations have been dealing with the terrible incident that occurred in the premises of the Presidential Secretariat and on the steps leading to it, at predawn on Friday 23 July. Cassandra feels compelled to present her opinion though it is one week from that day. Experts have dissected it and […]

British Politics and Ours Both Sri Lanka and the UK have experienced an unprecedented political upheaval of late. It is interesting that both leaders agreed to resign within a day of each other. Everybody else saw the ‘the end is nigh’ sign for quite a while. They didn’t or didn’t want to see it until […]

Friday 29th July, 2022 Humans are born dreamers, and dreams keep them going. But for their propensity for dreaming, they would never have invented the wheel, much less flown. It may be said that life is a process of chasing dreams, with or without success. Grave crises like the one Sri Lanka is experiencing are […]

Rex Clementine in Galle Having bowled Sri Lanka to a memorable victory over Pakistan in the second Test, Prabath Jayasuriya told the press that life had been hard for him having come to Colombo from far off Matale. Things were not going to plan for him and he had to wait patiently. But eventually perseverance […]

Ideal Motors unveiled the ‘Ideal Moksha,’ Sri Lanka’s first home-grown fully-electric car at the JAIC Hilton yesterday. Drawing inspiration from the iconic Austin Mini Moke that took the world by storm, the Ideal Moksha is geared to be a game changer for the Sri Lankan market and the most practical solution in the current technology […]

By By Eng. Parakrma Jayasinghe Bio Energy Association of Sri Lanka The much-awaited outcome of the interim President is now over. Will this result in some measure of hope for the beleaguered public of reversing the downward slide of the economy and the resultant crisis on the very livelihood of most strata of the society? […]

By Uditha Devapriya Archive images courtesy of the J. R. Jayewardene Centre The role of the journal in the Buddhist Revival in British Ceylon has never been seriously examined by scholars. Most historical accounts trace the origins of a Buddhist press to the late Dutch and early British periods. The growth of print capitalism held […]

They do not want to inconvenience people who come to relax at Viharamaha Devi Park By Pradeep Prasanna Samarakoon and Sujeewa Thathsara Anti-government protests will not shift to Viharamaha Devi Park, Convener of the Inter University Students Federation (IUSF) Wasantha Mudalige said yesterday. “We will protest where we want. It is our constitutional right,” he […]

By Saman indrajith The Russian energy company that sent representatives to Sri Lanka recently had presented the government with an MoU, National Freedom Front (NFF) leader, Wimal Weerawansa said in Parliament on Wednesday. If the Wickremesinghe administration was willing to sign the MoU, the Russians would supply fuel to Sri Lanka on credit, Weerawansa said. […]

Sri Lanka hopes to conclude discussions with China Âsoon on a $4 billion aid package, the country s ambassador to Beijing told Nikkei Asia.

Earlier, only one vehicle was allowed to be registered under one business registration number.

In response to the ongoing economic crisis in the country, the Government of Japan today handed over the first consignment of a total donation of USD 1.5 million value of medicines being procured through UNICEF to address the severe shortage of medicines in hospitals and clinics in the country.

Main share index rises 1st time in 4 sessions

Action allows new committees to be appointed

Govt has borrowed Rs.135 bln via T-bills and T-bonds this week

President Ranil Wickremesinghe has prorogued parliament with effect from midnight today (28 July), via an extraordinary gazette.

Sri Lanka has raised 135 billion rupees via T-bills & T-bonds this week

Minister of Power Energy Kanchana Wijesekara says a total of 801 filling stations across the country have tested and used the National Fuel Pass QR facility since the 21st of July.