By Sujeewa Thathsara Political parties had the ability to thwart attempts by the government to postpone local council elections, Executive Director of People’s Action for Free...
By Akitha Perera and Pradeep Prasanna Samarakoon The Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) will hold a demonstration on February 20 in Colombo opposite the Presidential Secretariat and...
President Ranil Wickremesinghe issued a directive to the Minister of Power and Energy and the relevant CEB officials this morning (16) to implement the tariff revision...
‘Instructions given in the presence of AG’ JVP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake, MP, yesterday (15) alleged that President Ranil Wickremesinghe had personally directed Government Printer Gangani...
President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Wednesday said Sri Lanka would be able to begin the debt restructuring process soon. Addressing an event organised by a private university...
BY CYRIL WIMALASURENDRE KANDY – Chairman of the Mawanella Pradeshiya Sabha Noel Dhasantha Stephen has been suspended with effect from February 14 by Sabaragamuwa Province Governor...
The US Embassy yesterday (15) declined to comment on an unannounced visit made by a high level US delegation. When The Island asked the US Embassy...
Bishop of Kandy, His Lordship Bishop Valance Mendis, recently stressed the pivotal importance of providing quality education to children of those long suffering people of Kalpitiya...
The Public Utilities Commission (PUCSL), on Wednesday (15), approved increasing the electricity tariff by 66 percent from yesterday (15). Issuing a statement, the PUCSL said that...
By Rathindra Kuruwita There is a serious shortage of cancer drugs at the Maharagama Apeksha Hospital, Paediatric Oncologist Dr. Sanjeewa Gunasekera said yesterday. Addressing the media,...