Courtesy  Global Times Illustration: Liu Rui/Global TimesThe Group of Seven (G7) countries may want to geo-politicize China’s ban on aquatic product imports from Japan and make the so-called anti-economic coercion a tool to exert pressure on China.  The Group of Seven (G7) countries may want to geo-politicize China’s ban on aquatic product imports from Japan […]

ප්‍ර සමරසිංහ අම්මාගේ කවි සේම අප නැලවූ නැළවිලි ගී ද තැනී තිබුනේ උතුම් පැවැත්ම එහෙමත් නැත්නම් සතර බ්‍රහ්ම විහරණ ගුණ තුල පිහිටා උපන් දේශය, ජාතිය, ආගම, බස ලෙන්ගතුව රකින ඇරයුම් පිරි වදන් වලින්ය. තවද ඒ ගී තුල තිබු තුන් රුවනෙ සරණ, සිව් වරම් දෙවි ආසිරි අදටත් අප ජීවිත, අන් ජිවිත ජීවත් කරවමින් ජීවත් වන්නේය. මැදිහත් […]

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre දීඝවාපි මහා සෑය ප්‍රතිසංස්කරණ අතරතුර හමු වූ සර්වඥ ධාතූන් වහන්සේලා හා දීඝවාපි මහා සෑ රඳුන්ගේ තැන්පත් කෙරෙන චූඩා මාණික්‍ය ලක්වැසි සැදැහැවත් ජනතාවට සියැසින් දැක වන්දනාමාන කිරීමට අවස්ථාව සලසාදීමේ අරමුණින් සිදුකෙරෙන දීඝවාපී මහා සෑ ධාතූ වන්දනා” අද (ඔක්. 31) ගැටබරු රජමහා විහාරය වෙත වැඩම කරවන ලදි. නොවැම්බර් 01 සහ 02 […]

Courtesy Nikkei Asia COLOMBO (Reuters) — Sri Lanka’s cabinet approved a hike in Value Added Tax (VAT) up to 18% from the current 15% with effect from Jan. 1, 2024, said Transport Minister Bandula Gunawardana. State tax revenue of the first nine months of 2023 rose 51% as compared to the same period last year but tax collection […]

Courtesy The Island A student being awarded a certificate The Russian Classical Ballet Examination 2023 was held recently at the BMICH and certificates and medals were awarded to the students on the same day by Buddhapriya Ramanayake – CEO, Dr Oxana Karnovich- Examiner from Moscow, Maria Popova, First Secretary of the Russian Embassy in Colombo […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island The economy was in such a precarious situation that the Wickremesinghe-Rajapaksa government couldn’t further delay the restoration of the relevant provisions of the 1953 Foreign Exchange Act to compel the private sector to bring back export proceeds, rebel SLPP MP Prof. G.L. Peiris said yesterday (30). Referring to a […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Senior Consultant Physician Dr. Ananda Wijewickrama has been appointed as the Chairman of the National Medicines Regulatory Authority (NMRA), the Health Ministry announced. The appointment has been made by newly appointed Health Minister Dr. Ramesh Pathirana. Dr. Wijewickrama replaces Prof. S.D. Jayaratne, whose leadership was challenged as the NMRA faced a […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The owner of the company, which stands accused of importing 22,500 substandard immunoglobulin vials, and two top government employees who approved the importation have been imposed a foreign travel ban by the Maligakanda Magistrate’s Court yesterday. Accordingly, the three persons, who were imposed with foreign travel bans in the case pertaining […]

Courtesy Adaderana Scientists from China and Sri Lanka are conducting a joint marine scientific activities on board a Chinese research vessel, a senior official said Tuesday, amid concerns voiced by India and the US. The Chinese ship, ‘Shi Yan 6’ arrived at the Colombo port last week. According to sources, Sri Lanka was delaying granting […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Cabinet of Ministers has discussed the escalation of salaries in the government service and the private sector by the 2024 Budget. During the discussion, President Ranil Wickremesinghe has made aware to the Cabinet of Ministers that it is expected to furnish proposals to the Parliament in his capacity as the Minister of […]

Courtesy Adaderana At the second high-level roundtable discussion on ‘Crisis to Recovery’ today (Oct. 31), both developmental partners and the private sector have expressed overwhelming commitment and confidence in the Sri Lankan government’s current reform efforts. Today’s roundtable has provided an open and candid forum between the government of Sri Lanka, the developmental partners and […]

Courtesy Adaderana India’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will embark on a three-day official visit to Sri Lanka tomorrow (Nov. 01), the Indian government said in a statement. During the visit, Minister Sitharaman will deliver the Keynote Address as the Guest of Honour at the ‘NAAM 200’ organised by the Sri Lankan government to commemorate the […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka is set to award a multi-billion dollar oil refinery project to a Chinese state-owned company after a rival bidder pulled out, the energy minister said Tuesday. Kanchana Wijesekera said the government would shortly enter into an investment agreement with Sinopec to build the refinery next to the Chinese-run port at the […]