Senior DIG among those slated for transfer By Shamindra Ferdinando The National Police Commission (NPC) is expected to take up Police Headquarters recommendation to transfer a group of police officers ...

Some fundamental freedoms seen to be at the heart of democracy in the US – religion, speech, the press, assembly and the right to petition the government – are at risk of being undermined at present ...

By Sanath Nanayakkare Central Bank Governor Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe addressed queries on the nation’s IMF bailout programme yesterday and indicated that Sri Lanka expects to reach a Staff-Level ...

The Committee on Public Finance focused on investigations into the unauthorised outflow of foreign exchange from the country and the monitoring mechanisms in place in this regard. The Committee also ...

G.A.Fernando ‘Meritocracy’ is held to be an essential part of good governance in any organisation. The other two essential components are ‘pragmatism’ and ‘honesty as in Singapore’. Unfortunately, ...

First Reading of the Budget on 7 October. The Committee on Parliamentary Business has decided that the Second Reading of the Appropriation Bill for the year 2027 (Budget Speech/ ...

Rex Clementine President’s Counsel Dinal Phillips has defended a key provision in the proposed new constitution for Sri Lanka Cricket that allows one of the appointed members, rather than an elected ...

By S.K. Samaranayake A couple who allegedly broke into a businessman’s house in Madawala, in the Wattegama Police Division, and stole gold jewellery worth nearly Rs. 2.4 million from a wardrobe were ...

Prof. M. W. Amarasiri de Silva Following public controversy over an inappropriate web link found in an English study module, the Sri Lankan government formally deferred the full rollout of the Grade 6 ...

The Frontline Socialist Party (FSP) has called for a major protest in Colombo on October 3 to pressure the Government over the rising cost of living and what it describes as the growing tax burden on ...

Tamil Progressive Alliance Leader Mano Ganesan has appealed to His Royal Highness Mohammed bin Salman, Crown Prince and Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia, to consider clemency for Sri Lankan national ...

Japanese Ambassador to Sri Lanka Akio Isomata, on 29 September, signed a grant contract for a demining project, under the scheme of “Grant Assistance for Grassroots Projects (GGP)”, with Sarath ...