A ‘Silk’ party at the Cinnamon Grand last week saw an interesting exchange between President Ranil Wickremesinghe and JVP/NPP lawyer Sunil Watagala with the former puzzling...
ECONOMYNEXT –An Indian firm is in the process of getting permission to manage Sri Lanka’s three airports including the main Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) where the...
The latest salvo against the government’s imposition of value-added tax (VAT) on hitherto exempted sectors came on Friday from the country’s book industry which has called...
Julie Chung at American Chamber of Commerce US Ambassador in Sri Lanka Julie Chung last week said that Sri Lanka should continue with reforms, but the...
ECONOMYNEXT –Some of Sri Lanka’s bondholders who were willing to negotiate a deal before a judgment was delivered in a case filed by holdout investor Hamilton...
by Rajan Philips Sunday this week marks Sri Lanka’s 76th independence anniversary. By President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s reckoning another twenty four years will have to go by...
When we saw an incoming email from a regular correspondent to the newspapers titled “Why not sing the National Anthem in the Thai language” in our...
The EDEX Expo 2024, Sri Lanka’s largest education fair, is scheduled to take place from Feb 9 to 11 at the Sri Lanka Exhibition and Convention...
BY Prof Manouri Senanayake, President Servants of the Buddha The Servants of the Buddha look forward to welcoming Dr. Elizabeth J Harris who will deliver her...
by Hugh Karunanayake The self styled “Count”. De Mauny was born as Maurice Marie Talavande on March 21, 1886. The circumstances under which he left for...