The Government has introduced four new loan schemes totaling Rs. 20,000 million to support micro, small, and medium-scale industries and businesses. The initiative, aimed at revitalizing...
England charged into the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup with a dominant 10-wicket victory over the United States in Barbados. Chris Jordan’s hat-trick, the first...
In a dramatic turn of events, the garment industry in Sri Lanka is on the verge of a major upheaval. Trade unions representing garment workers are...
The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) has appointed two new Deputy Governors, effective this week. Assistant Governor and Secretary to the Governing Board A.A.M. Thassim...
The UK Proscribed Organisations Appeals Commission has rejected an appeal by the Transitional Government of Tamil Eelam (TGTE) to lift the proscription on the Liberation Tigers...
Thailand’s Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin defended his frequent globe-trotting during his first 10 months as leader of the Southeast Asian nation, in remarks aired in a...
The Inland Revenue Department (IRD) has decided to withdraw the facility of providing temporary VAT (Value-Added Tax) numbers for imports for commercial purposes in view of...
The Indian High Commission in Sri Lanka says that they have been facilitating tailor made capacity building training courses for police personnel at several police training...
President Ranil Wickremesinghe has symbolically distributed freehold deeds to 192 individuals from 13 divisional secretariat divisions in the Batticaloa District. This distribution is part of the...
‘Humanist Without Borders’, a book that celebrates fifty years of Mr. Anton Marcus as a Trade Unionist, was held in Colombo recently. Mr. Marcus is currently...