Month: January 2025

217 Articles
Business

BOI embraces digitisation to boost efficiency and transparency

The Board of Investment of Sri Lanka (BOI) yesterday launched a significant step toward digitisation with its Central Verification Division located in Orugodawatte...

Sri Lanka

CID searches ‘Sirikotha’ for ex-minister

The United National Party (UNP) headquarters had a visit by a team from the Criminal Investigation Department yesterday afternoon (10) following a tip-off...

Sports

Sri Lanka dominate New Zealand in dead rubber with emphatic win

Sri Lanka concluded their tour of New Zealand with a commanding 140-run victory in the third ODI at Eden Park on 11 January,...

Sri Lanka

NPP Govt. in a fix over deciding the fate of Rohingya refugees

Sri Lanka wants to send them back, but Myanmar doesn’t want to take them back and the Rohingya refugees currently stuck in Sri...

Sri Lanka

Govt rolls out loan scheme for SME rice millers

The Government has taken a significant step to support small and medium-scale rice mill owners and cooperative societies by releasing Rs.10 billion under...

Politics

Thalatha extends an open invitation to SJB

Former minister Thalatha Atukorale assumed duties in her position as general secretary of the United National Party (UNP) at the Sirikotha party headquarters...

Sri Lanka

Duminda gets a transfer from prison hospital

Ex-MP Duminda Silva has been transferred from the prison hospital to a general ward at the Welikada Prison, said prisons chief Gamini B....

Sri Lanka

NPP government called upon to “answer for war crimes” under Clean Sri Lanka

A leading student union leader from the North has called upon the government to use the ‘Clean Sri Lanka’ project to also clear...

Politics

Opposition Gains Momentum

By Our Political Editor The past week proved to be a significant challenge for the Sri Lankan government, as mounting criticism and strategic...

Politics

Vehicle modification isn’t a crime – Namal

Referring to measures undertaken by the police to remove certain parts from vehicles under the ‘Clean Sri Lanka’ programme, Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna...