By Chaminda Silva President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Friday said that if plantation company owners go before the courts against government’s directive of a minimum wage hike...
Plantations stocks closed upto 2.5 percent lower Thursday after the government announced that companies would have to pay a daily wage of 1,700 per worker. Already...
by Rajan Philips May Day this week lived up to expectations as pregame to the presidential election that is expected before the end of October. Political...
May Day falling last week, as is very well known, has long lost its Labour Day intent and flavour certainly in this country, degenerating into the...
Kahawatte Plantations PLC, a member of the Merrill J. Fernando group, has emerged as the country’s biggest cinnamon grower with 830 acres (336.05 ha.) of the...
(Excerpted from Life is a frolic by Goolbai Gunasekara) “The fault dear Brutus, is not in our stars but in ourselves,” said Caesar – or rather...
Every pantaloon is running loose by Kumar David What larks! Ranil can’t make up his mind whether he is the UNP or SLPP (the party of...
Large-scale corruption has long plagued Sri Lanka, undermining the country’s economic development and eroding public confidence in the government. Citizens have become increasingly vocal in their...
ECONOMYNEXT –Sri Lanka’s debt restructuring talks with sovereign bond holders are awaiting clarity on how the International Monetary Fund assesses securities linked to economic performance under...
This short speech made by President Ranil Wickremesinghe on April 28 clearly indicates his grip on Ceylon history. He made it on an occasion where he...