Month: January 2025
‘Clean Sri Lanka’ inauguration ceremony: Nalinda responds to Chamara’s accusation
Minister of Health and Mass Media Nalinda Jayatissa stated in Parliament today (10) that the statement made by National Democratic Front MP Chamara...
Paris Hilton and Adam Brody among celebrities to lose homes in wildfires
Paris Hilton, Billy Crystal and Adam Brody are among the celebrities who have lost homes in the deadly wildfires raging in the Los...
The bitter truth of IRD’s collection of remarkable revenue
A letter from the Commissioner General was recently published in the media, stating that the highest tax revenue in the history of domestic...
Webinar on setting up businesses in Singapore
Sri Lankan businesses are invited to seize the opportunity to thrive globally by incorporating in Singapore, one of the world’s most dynamic business...
Report on draft bill to regulate microfinance handed over to Finance Ministry
A committee that reviewed the draft of the controversial microfinance and credit regulatory authority bill handed over its report to the finance ministry...
‘Deyata Kirula’ paves the way for 150-acre land deal
Details are emerging about the financial and other irregularities that had taken place under ‘Deyata Kirula’ national development exhibition during Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s term...
Remembering my friend Lasantha Wickrematunge – (Eran Wickramaratne)
Sixteen years ago on 8th January 2009, I received a phone call that Lasantha was attacked and taken to the Kalubowila Hospital I...
Surge in HMPV cases: What we should know
The World Health Organization (WHO) says a rise in cases of human metapneumovirus (HMPV), a respiratory virus similar to the flu, is being...
South Africa’s sports minister joins calls for Afghanistan cricket boycott
South Africa’s Sports Minister Gayton McKenzie has given his support to calls for a boycott of Afghanistan at the ICC Champions Trophy in...
TikTok to make final plea at Supreme Court against US ban
TikTok will appear before the US Supreme Court on Friday in a last-ditch effort to overturn a ban, in a case testing the...
