News Room : State Minister – The Island
By Saman Indrajith Minister of Education Susil Premajayantha on Tuesday (05) told Parliament that he would take steps to recruit over 2,000 university lecturers to...
News Room : Prez undermining EC ahead of elections: SLPP rebel group
By Shamindra Ferdinando The rebel SLPP group yesterday (04) accused President Ranil Wickremesinghe of trying to bring the legislature under his control ahead of presidential...
News Room : ‘VAT will drive prices of fuel, electricty up’
By Rathindra Kuruwita The petroleum sector unions warn that fuel prices will rise by around 11 percent from 01 January 2014 due to 18% VAT. Dr....
News Room : Economic crisis driving more and more Lankans to seek asylum in India; 295 so far this year – The Island
Minister of Justice, Prison Affairs and Constitutional Reform, Wijayadasa Rajapakse, unveiled plans to introduce a new legislative framework aimed at regulating microfinance institutions operating...
News Room : Landslide early warnings issued to Galle, Kalutara, Kandy, Kegalle, Matara, Nuwara Eliya and Ratnapura Districts
The landslide early warning center of the National Building Research Organization has issued landslide early warnings to the Districts of Galle, Kalutara, Kandy, Kegalle,...
News Room : Private bus operators won’t reduce fares – The Island
By Shamindra Ferdinando Senior Director of Customs Seevali Arukgoda strongly defended Customs Officers’ Management and Compensation Fund (COMCF) taking 70% of total penalty imposed on...
News Room : 4,100 Lankans HIV positive – The Island
By Shamindra Ferdinando Senior Director of Customs Seevali Arukgoda strongly defended Customs Officers’ Management and Compensation Fund (COMCF) taking 70% of total penalty imposed on...
News Room : Mindanao island hit by two powerful quakes but tsunami threat has passed -US Tsunami Warning System
Two powerful earthquakes have hit the Philippines’ second-largest island of Mindanao, prompting initial fears of a potential “destructive tsunami”. The US Geological Survey measured the...
News Room : Bogollagama advocates SL’s economic potential at Commonwealth trade summit – The Island
ECONOMYNEXT –Sri Lanka’s non-performing loans after the latest currency crisis is showing signs of having peaked but some sectors are hit worse than others...
News Room : President Ranil Wickremesinghe advocates bold climate action at COP28 – The Island
Addressing the 28th session of the Conference of Parties (CoP28) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Dubai, UAE on...