President Ranil Wickremesinghe said that due to the public sector engaging in business activities, the money that was available for the construction of 100 projects similar to the Mahaweli during the past decades, has been lost and noted that...
Technical Certificates of Completion for 64 out of 74 plots of the Port City Colombo SEZ have been received by the Commission, a Colombo Port City Economic Commission semi-annual progress report for FY 2022 notes.
A press release by the...
Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 20 March 2023 by the Department of Meteorology
Showers or thundershowers will occur at several places over most parts of the island during the afternoon or night.
Showers may occur in Western and Sabaragamuwa...
Chairman of the Uththara Lanka Sabhagaya (ULS) Wimal Weerawnsa, MP, has questioned the failure on the part of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) to protest against the recent clandestine visit here by Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director, William Joseph...
• The IMF Board approved a 48-month extended arrangement under the Extended Fund Facility
(EFF) of SDR 2.286 billion (about US$3 billion) to support Sri Lanka’s economic policies and reforms.
• The objectives of the EFF-supported program are to restore macroeconomic...
The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that the city has agreed to pay a combined $9.25 million to hundreds of people teargassed, struck with rubber bullets, and detained by police during the 2020 racial justice protests after the police murder of...
Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 20 March 2023 by the Department of Meteorology
Showers or thundershowers will occur at several places over most parts of the island during the afternoon or night.
Showers may occur in Western and Sabaragamuwa...
Treasury Chief given seven-day ultimatum
By Shamindra Ferdinando
The Freedom People’s Alliance (FPA) yesterday (20) said that the contentious move to summon judges of the Supreme Court before the House Ethics and Privileges Committee, this week, over an interim order could have disastrous...
My father L.G. Motha (Attorney-at-Law) was the eldest child born to Joseph Motha and Agatha Fernandez on March 11, 1898.
His younger siblings were Aunty Mary, Uncle Albert, Uncle Cyril and Aunty Christobel.
He was educated at St. Joseph’s Colombo, Colombo...
If the Finance and Treasury Secretary Mahinda Siriwardena does not provide the money allocated for the local government elections to the Election Commission within 7 days, all the opposition parties will go to the Supreme Court against him, said...