News Room : Fake news about quake and tsunami posted on social media – NHK – The Island
Sydney and Auckland were the first major world cities to welcome the arrival of 2024. Over a million revellers celebrated the New Year on Sunday...
News Room : Hoping against hope in the new year – The Island
“The sorrow we feel when we lose a loved one is the price we pay to have had them in our lives.”– Rob Liano By...
News Room : World welcomes the New Year with fireworks and prayers
Sydney and Auckland were the first major world cities to welcome the arrival of 2024. Over a million revellers celebrated the New Year on Sunday...
News Room : Queen Margrethe II: Danish monarch announces abdication live on TV
Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II has announced her surprise abdication in a new year TV address. She will formally step down on 14 January, which will...
News Room : Sri Lanka inflation climbs as new tax looms – The Island
by Amal Jayasinghe The controversial arrest of Sri Lanka’s senior most Kapuwa, or the intermediary between devotee and deity, has renewed a debate over who...
News Room : Central Bank’s Financial Stability Review 2023 reveals strained balance sheets, deterioration in credit quality, and sectoral risks – The Island
by Amal Jayasinghe The controversial arrest of Sri Lanka’s senior most Kapuwa, or the intermediary between devotee and deity, has renewed a debate over who...
News Room : Sri Lanka tourism lacks direct consumer marketing: Industry experts
By APSARA RODRIGO ECONOMYNEXT –The lack of consumer marketing was a hinderance for the development of tourism in Sri Lanka, hospitality experts said at a panel...
News Room : Only 0.4% of loans recovered using Parate laws – CBSL – The Island
By A.J.A. Abeynayake Four persons, including the Archbishop of Colombo, Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, filed separate petitions in the Supreme Court yesterday (29) against the appointment...
News Room : Way forward
Saturday 30th December, 2023 Sri Lankans are gripped by an anticipatory dread of another surge in the cost of living owing to the crippling effect...
News Room : Pathfinder Foundation to develop a blueprint to double Sri Lanka’s growth rate – The Island
The Pathfinder Foundation has formed a Study Group of Experts to develop a blueprint and framework aimed at doubling Sri Lanka’s economic growth rate through accelerated...