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It is reported that several other MPs representing Pohottuwa have chosen to become independent within the next few days. Political sources indicate that this team includes several back row MPs from Pohottuwa. It is known that the reason for this...

Three sureties who failed to produce alleged underworld kingpin Kanjipani Imran at court in respect of an ongoing magisterial inquiry were today noticed to appear before court by Colombo Chief Magistrate’s court.  When an attempted murder case filed against Kanjipani...

United Nations Assistant-Secretary-General (ASG) and Director of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific, Ms. Kanni Wignaraja concluded her 2-day official visit to Sri Lanka which took place from 3-4 January 2023. During her...

The Commercial Bank of Ceylon has announced the enabling of ‘Visa Direct’ and ‘Mastercard Send’ card-based fund transfer facilities for the first time in Sri Lanka. With this latest digital initiative of Commercial Bank, Visa and Mastercard Debit and Prepaid...

In an earlier article, I shared certain learnings that I have gained over the years for an organisation to be successful when implementing information technology initiatives.  There were six key learnings which I articulated in my article – customer (ie...

While the topic of shipping liberalization has generally been the subject of frequent and heated debate in 2022, key stakeholders across Sri Lanka’s logistics and export sectors have become increasingly unified in their call for urgent liberalization of the island’s...

PSCDP is the first program under the initiative, in collaboration with Kalbe Pharma Consistently growing its physical footprint to offer an affordable, accessible and quality healthcare service to its patients, the country’s largest and fastest-growing primary care chain Medihelp Hospitals...

Sri Lanka’s pioneering hospital chain, Nawaloka Hospitals PLC, recently held its 33rd successful Annual General Meeting (AGM) on 30 December 2022. The event took place via an entirely virtual setup in line with the guidelines issued by the Colombo Stock...

The National Chamber of Commerce will conduct a half a day seminar on “Latest Tax Amendments” on Wednesday, 11 January 2023 from 9.00 a.m. to 12.00 noon at the National Chamber Auditorium at No 450, D. R Wijewardene Mawatha, Colombo...

As a special report yesterday, we reported that a massive media operation was planned to be launched by claiming that there was no money when the election was called. Confirming our discovery, a wonderful news was created and published on...