By Rathindra Kuruwita Sanctions imposed by Canada on four Sri Lankans including Mahinda and Gotabaya Rajapaksa, will have a ripple effect with other countries undertaking similar...
By Dr. C. S. Weeraratna (csweera@sltnet.lk) Sri Lanka is facing an unprecedented crisis mainly due to economic mismanagement and corruption in the various development sectors. During...
By Ranil Dharmasena The Election Commission (EC) would hold the local government (LG) election before 19 March unless a court order prevents it, Chairman of the Commission,...
Might affect IMF aid Samurdhi officials’ refusal to collect data to prepare a social welfare register to enhance transparency of government welfare programmes has caused many...
invites Sri Lankans to Experience The Future. Today. Dialog Axiata PLC, extended an open invitation to all Sri Lankans to experience the latest cutting-edge technologies at...
Sri Lanka: Crisis of Rights, Accountability (Jakarta, January 12, 2023) – The change of presidents of Sri Lanka in 2022 did not lead to any improvement...
Friday 13th January, 2023 Yesterday’s Supreme Court (SC) judgement by a seven-member bench, in a high-profile fundamental rights violation case against former President Maithripala Sirisena and...
By Ranil Dharmasena Public Administration Ministry Secretary Neel Bandara Hapuhinna told The Island that he had written to District Secretaries asking them not to accept deposits...
By Sujeewa Thathsara Many small industries will collapse due to the government’s decision to increase electricity tariffs head of the National Construction Association of Sri Lanka...
Prof. N. D. Samarawickreme (1943-2022) We owe our existence to a string of unforeseeable events, repeated arbitrary fortune. My father was born in a rural part...