Police inaction to prevent arson attacks against SLPP politicians in the Western province on May 9 may have been due to orders not to carry weapons to deal with protesters, a new investigation has revealed.A review of the role...
ECONOMYNEXT –Sri Lanka will not re-structure Treasury bills outside of central bank holdings and will engage with major T-bond holders for voluntary ‘optimization’ Governor Nandalal Weerasinghe said.
“There will be some treatment on central bank held Treasury bills,” Governor Nandal...
Recognition of self-made success and dedication
Sri Lanka’s leading Cosmetic and Aesthetic Physician Dr. Sarah Fazy, also fondly known as Dr. Cherry was awarded the Outstanding Business Woman Award 2022 by CEO Magazine’s CEO Awards.
Dedicated to honouring leadership in the...
Aljazeera quoting police and rescue officials has reported that a stampede at a Ramadan food distribution centre in Pakistan’s southern city of Karachi has killed at least 11 people, all women and children.
Several people were also injured in Friday’s...
The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) has urged the government to take steps to ensure the safety of its former head Saliya Pieris, PC.The BASL says there have been organised protests in Colombo against Saliya Pieris PC, the...
Sri Lankan authorities are exploring the possibility of domestic debt optimisation (DDO) operations aimed at liquidity relief while preserving financial stability to avoid further eroding of Sri Lanka’s repayment capacity, the country’s Central Bank said issuing a press release...
(Washington, DC) – The government of Sri Lanka should ensure that policies to enhance revenues do not further erode economic and social rights and that anti-corruption reforms provide accountability, Human Rights Watch said on Thursady. On March 20, 2023,...
While the rained out second ODI in Christchurch would have no doubt been frustrating for both sets of players, the fact remains that its impact on the grander scheme of things was rather minimal – at least in terms...
BBC reported that former US President Donald Trump will be charged over hush money payments made to a porn star just before the 2016 presidential election.
The details of the case against him have not yet been released. A grand...
Easter Sunday carnage
By Shamindra Ferdinando
The main Opposition Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) yesterday (30) questioned the veracity of a police headquarters declaration that one of the Easter Sunday bombers Achchi Muhammadu Mohamed Hasthun’s wife Pulasthini Mahendran alias Sarah Jasmin had...