Some news stories published in the front page of our stablemate, The Island, on Friday together with a letter to the editor on an inside page deserves deep reader reflection. The news stories were a convocation address at the...
Greed is a burning desire, unquenchable thirst, a craving and lust. People who are greedy want the objects of their desire to provide them with lasting satisfaction so they feel fulfilled, whole, and complete. Greed creates an inner hunger...
ECONOMYNEXT –The head of the controversial Krrish development, Janaki Siriwardhana, was arrested Friday in connection with a multi-billion-rupee fraud that also involved sex, lies, video tapes and blackmail.A top police source said Siriwardhana was arrested following extensive investigations into...
Women and children are the most affected by the economic crisis in Sri Lanka, according to the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP).
Head of the ESCAP Subregional Office for South and South-West Asia,...
BY S VENKAT NARAYAN Our Special Correspondent
NEW DELHI, November 5:Sri Lankan singer-songwriter-rapper Yohani has shifted her base to Mumbai. She is focussing on Bollywood, and is learning to speak Hindi, the language in which films are made in...
Fifa has written to all 32 teams competing at the World Cup telling them to “now focus on the football” following a controversial build-up.Host Qatar has been criticised for its stance on same-sex relationships, its human rights record and...
BY S VENKAT NARAYAN Our Special Correspondent
NEW DELHI, November 5:Sri Lankan singer-songwriter-rapper Yohani has shifted her base to Mumbai. She is focussing on Bollywood, and is learning to speak Hindi, the language in which films are made in...
ANI: India’s Ministry of Defence is the world’s biggest employer with 2.92 million people, which includes combined active service personnel, reservists and civilian staff, according to a report in ‘Statista’.A close second to the Indian Defence Ministry is the...
By Amal Jayasinghe
Inflation in crisis-hit Sri Lanka dipped marginally for the first time in 12 months but prices were still an eye-watering 66 percent higher than a year ago, official data showed Monday.
The island nation of 22 million people has suffered months...
ECONOMYNEXT –The head of the controversial Krrish development, Janaki Siriwardhana, was arrested Friday in connection with a multi-billion-rupee fraud that also involved sex, lies, video tapes and blackmail.A top police source said Siriwardhana was arrested following extensive investigations into...