A programme to raise awareness among importers and the business community on the “Digital Signature and Paperless Customs Declaration System”, organised by the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce, was held on ...

The Special Ministerial Sub-Committee and Officials’ Committee appointed to take necessary measures to address the impacts of the El Nino climate phenomenon met for the third time at the Presidential ...

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has spoken with UAE National Security Adviser Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan to discuss key regional security issues, according to State Department Spokesperson ...

Draft Bill of ‘Safeguarding the State from Terrorism’ submitted to the Parliament. A technical experts’ committee has been appointed to prepare an initial draft in relevant to the requirement of ...

By Shamindra Ferdinando Former Chairperson of the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) Dr. Deepika Udagama says that she is against the extension of the age of retirement of senior judges in ...

By Shamindra Ferdinando A Central Bank official yesterday said that respective banks, whose employees were taken into custody over their alleged involvement in illegal fund transfer, should deal with ...

By Saman Indrajith Opposition MPs, led by Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa, staged a protest in Parliament yesterday against the tabling of the draft 22nd Amendment to the Constitution and the ...

Drive down almost any main road in Sri Lanka today and you will pass them within minutes: the small mobile kiosks, the fruit ...

Insights from “Chieftains of Uva, Genealogy of two Kandyan Families” By Sena Thoradeniya Trevor Wanniachy was gracious enough to present me with his publication,“Chieftains of Uva, Genealogy of Two ...

Baffling MAG and others cleared 1 mn mines claim at Westminster House event The Army, too, used mines against the LTTE with devastating success. Deep penetration units, operating in areas under the ...

MP Ranjith Mabbduma Bandara, on behalf of the main Opposition Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB), yesterday petitioned the Supreme Court against the 22 Constitutional Amendment seeking to extend the ...

Cabinet spokesman Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa yesterday said that approximately Rs. 74 billion had been transferred through 89 bank accounts in 10,151 transactions as part of an alleged illegal money ...