By Lankathilaka
In August 2021, the government allocated 3.8 billion rupees to buy organic fertiliser from local producers to pursue its ambition to transition from the use of synthetic to organic fertiliser.
The return on the investment could be far...
The D. A. Rajapaksa statue, which was pulled down by a violent mob in Tangalle, on May 09, in the aftermath of an SLPP goon attack on a group of anti-government protesters occupying the Galle Face Green, was restored...
The controversy surrounding the detention of the Aeroflot aircraft at the Bandaranaike International Airport has dented relations between Sri Lanka and the Russian Federation.Links between the two countries go back to 1956.
According to records Russia extended her goodwill...
Tomb raiders and politicians do not scruple to disturb the dead. The former look for valuables in tombs, and the latter hunt for memories, cherished or dreaded, to gain political mileage. One’s loss is said to be another’s gain....
On Saturday, Parliament passed the domestic debt restructuring process giving the Finance Minister and President Ranil Wickremesinghe, a free hand virtually, to take appropriate steps to face the financial challenges faced by the government.
Opposition political parties put the...
Tug-of-war over LG election finances between Treasury and the Elections Commission
The president stays firm on 13A amidst virulent opposition from Buddhist clergy.
New vistas for youth are on the horizon.
Wednesday was a metaphorically dreary and gloomy day...
Is the 21st Amendment yet another political ruse, a mere cosmetic exercise where Parliament will go through the motions of trying to enact the amendment and then, through mounting legal challenges and procrastinating, try to buy time till the...
Shri Arindam Bagchi, Official Spokesperson:
A very good afternoon to all of you. Thank you for joining us for the special media briefing on the occasion of the visit of the Honorable President of Sri Lanka. To give us a...
People are constantly discussing the interview given by President Ranil
Wickremesinghe to the Deutsche Welle (DW) satellite television and
how he presented himself to the world.
The immediate reaction of a UNPer who worked closely with Ranil
Wickremesinghe during the Yahapalanaya regime was...
Private sector investment and involvement in developing ports emerged as a significant requirement in the 1980s. By this time, many ports had become bottlenecks to the efficient distribution chains of which they are an essential component. Government investments into...
India’s Foreign Secretary, Vinay Kwatra, told the media in New Delhi on Friday after the conclusion of talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the visiting Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe, that in its economic relations with Sri Lanka,...
Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla’s Sri Lanka visit and talks with the Tamil political parties here triggered speculation that the Rajapaksa government would be compelled to expedite the process of holding the much-delayed Provincial Council (PC) elections. But...
