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While the United Nations Human Rights Commission's session is set to begin in September, two prominent members of that organisation have planned to visit Sri Lanka. Rory Mungowan, Head of Asia-Pacific at the Office of the High Commissioner for Human...

Tthe Committee on Parliamentary Business has decided to commence the Sittings of Parliament at 9.30 am from August 29 and limit the lunch break to half an hour from 12.30 pm to 1.00 pm. This decision was taken in the...

Statement from Tamil Peoples’ National Alliance (TPNA) leader C.V.Wigneswaran MP after meeting President Ranil Wickremesinghe At the invitation of the President, I met his Excellency along with our Party senior member Mr. S.Selvendra at 4.30 PM on 10th August 2022...

According to the latest Central Bank data released on Friday, remittances from Sri Lankan workers for the period January-July 2022 have dropped by 50% compared to the amount remitted in the corresponding 2021 period. As a result, remittances totaled US$1,889.4...

Due to a Covid-19 outbreak, the completion of the ongoing major overhaul of the 300 MW Generation Unit 2 of the Lakvijaya Power Plant in Norochcholai is now expected to be delayed by another two weeks. The Ceylon Electricity Board...

The country's severe foreign exchange shortage has hampered the ongoing development activities of the East Container Terminal (ECT), with the Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) struggling to find dollars to pay for new terminal equipment, The Sunday Morning has learned....

Thursday review by Upul Joseph Fernando Draupadi, a tribal woman, became the president of India while the world was watching the 'struggle' forced the seventh president of Sri Lanka, Gotabhaya Rajapaksa to resign from his position, making the world curious....

⦁ 'Yuan Wang 5' docks in Hambantota on 16th -22nd.⦁ Loosing GSP+ imminent!⦁ Will China completely withdraw from the debt restructuring negotiations! Last week, through the 'State Secrets' column, we took steps to make an extraordinary revelation about the Chinese...

The Yuan Wang 5 was originally due to call at Sri Lanka's Chinese-run Hambantota port earlier this month but Colombo had asked Beijing to indefinitely defer the visit. Sri Lanka's government has granted permission for a controversial Chinese research vessel...

The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL), with a view to broadening its engagement with key stakeholders of the economy, established the Stakeholder Engagement Committee (SEC) by replacing the Monetary Policy Consultative Committee (MPCC) and the Financial System Stability Consultative...