About one million ordinary mails and 200,000 registered mails are piled up at the Central Mail Exchange in Fort without being distributed as the postal trade union continues its strike for the third consecutive day. Spokesperson of the Joint Postal Trade Union Chinthaka Bandara said, postal workers from all parts of the island are participating in the strike demanding the Ministry to remove Post-M...

“The peace museums in Japan remind the present generation of mistakes that must not be repeated, and of suffering that must not happen again. I saw hundreds of school children come every day to those museums along with their school teachers” When the war ended in May 2009, it was the worst that was over, but ...

Oct 11, Colombo: Sri Lanka Minister of Health Maithripala Sirisena says that 47 state medical centers are closed in the country due to shortage of doctors while 20,000 Sri Lankan doctors are in service in foreign countries.

Maldivian government is inviting Sri Lankan firms to invest in that country. This invitation was made when the Minister of Economic Development of Maldives Mahmood Razee was in Sri Lanka recently. He was in the country to attend the AGM of the Sri Lanka Maldives Bilateral Business Council of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce. Razee addressing the members ...

A shortage of employees at Sri Lanka`s Central Mail Exchange has resulted in the accumulation of ove..

A shortage of employees at the Central Mail Exchange has resulted in the accumulation of over 20,000 registered letters that are yet unsorted. According to postal sector trade unions the backlog is due to a shortage of staff at the Postal Department and the curtailment of overtime for the workers

June 20, Colombo: A shortage of employees at Sri Lanka's Central Mail Exchange has resulted in the accumulation of over 20,000 registered letters unsorted.

By Tisaranee Gunasekara "….too many people desire to suppress criticism simply because they think that it will give some comfort to the enemy to know that there is such criticism. If that comfort makes the enemy feel better for a...

The Economy has been developed amidst local as well as foreign challenges.   The President has called on the people to be united in creating a prosperous future. The President said when the global economy was collapsing the economy of this country was built. While there was a food shortage

The Central Bank has decided to maintain the policy interest rates unchanged despite the rise in inflation during the month of February. In the Monetary Policy Review released today, following the yesterday’s Monetary Board meeting, the Central Bank said the current Repurchase rate and the Reverse Repurchase rate would remain at 7.00 percent and 8.50 ...

Minister of National Languages and Social Integrity Mr. Vasudeva Nanayakkara has instructed the Department of Official Languages to fully implement the official languages policy of the country.  The shortage of translators has adversely affected the implementation of the policy, and as a remedial

Minister of National Languages and Social Integrity Mr. Vasudeva Nanayakkara has instructed the Department of Official Languages to fully implement the official languages policy of the country.  The shortage of translators has adversely affected the implementation of the policy, and as a remedial

By Romesh Abeywickrema Long years ago some wise ancients, among them St. Ambrose, discovered that the best way to enjoy the then thriving city of Rome was to do as the Romans do, hence the yet widely used English proverb, ‘When in Rome do as the Romans do’ or as first attested in medieval Latin ...

The CID is carrying out operations to recover 800,000 metric tons of paddy alleged to have been hoarded by the private sector. Minister Johnston Fernando said that the CID is carrying out the operation on the advice of Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa. In addition the Consumer Affairs Authority will also carryout raids. Apart from the ...

By Dr. S. Narapalasingam PART I The baffling moves and actions on the political front of the potent government led by President Mahinda Rajapaksa, since the war ended conclusively mid May 2009 have been considered discretely by many analysts, ignoring...

By Austin Fernando In recent times there had been vast discussion on returning the displaced. The Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC), media, Diaspora, diplomatic inquiries- especially from India- led these dialogues. When certain Tamil representatives gave evidence before the LLRC the internally displaced person’s (IDP’s) and refugees’ rights and plight became secondary ...

By Uditha Jayasinghe Hobbled by the loss of GSP+ and rising costs, top garment manufacturers are moving north to gain an edge with lower labour costs and fast tracking development in the process. Brandix Limited, Hidramani Limited, Timex Garments Limited,...

An Interview with SB Dissanayake by Chamitha Kuruppu Admitting the Government has launched a campaign to eliminate JVP-led student movements crippling the university system in the country, Minister of Higher Education S.B. Dissanayake points out such moves should not be...

by Dr M.A. Mohamed Saleem Sri Lankan conflict that spanned over three decades causing several thousands dead, massive disruption of social order, and destruction to economic capacities and infrastructure may take many years to rebuild. Sri Lanka has been a...

By GABRIELLA STERN NEW YORK -- Sri Lanka's president said Wednesday that rising labor costs in China present an opportunity for his South Asian country to attract foreign companies seeking an alternative low-cost manufacturing base....

By Dr. S. Narapalasingam The ‘Lions and Tigers’ here are not the four-legged animals that live in forests away from human habitats but the two groups of natives in the war-torn island, who opted to embrace the lion and the...

By M.Sooriasegaram The proposed Nallur Hotel in Jaffna by the Mercantile Bank of Sri Lanka has sparked off a public debate. At a public consultative meeting organized by the Mayor of Jaffna several weeks ago, Minister Douglas Devananda, who chaired...

By Shamindra Ferdinando Prabhakaran’s successor, T. S. Pathmanathan or simply ‘KP’ as he is better known has thrown his weight behind Sri Lanka’s post-LTTE efforts to restore peace in the Northern and Eastern provinces....

by Dr.Daya Somasundaram University of Jaffna Abstract The phenomena of suicide bombers in Sri Lanka share some similarities with but also have some marked differences with what is seen in other parts of world today. Increasing discrimination, state humiliation and...