Admiral of the Fleet Wasantha Karannagoda has expressed his deep displeasure over the US government‘s decision to designate him and deny entry to the US to him and his wife.
Karannagoda states that it was a gross violation of his...
China is strengthening itself in Colombo port with the April 21 agreement with the Sri Lankan government to build, operate and transfer a warehousing hub within the port. The China Merchants Port Holdings Company (CMPH) will have an 85%...
Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Urban Development has said that it has called for a report from an expert committee for the revival of the US$ 2.2 billion Colombo Light Rail Transit (LRT) Project that was abandoned during the Gotabaya...
The three-day visit of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to Japan between April 25 and 28 has resulted in a win-win agreement on both geopolitical and economic matters.
While Japan succeeded in enticing Bangladesh into the Indo-Pacific fold, Bangladesh is...
In its annual report, the bank outlined how last year wages failed to keep up with the soaring cost of everything from food to fuel.
"Several inherent weaknesses" and "policy lapses" helped to trigger the severe economic problems that engulfed...
COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka's Ministry of Urban Development and Housing said it has called for a report from an expert committee for the re-implementation of the Colombo Light Rail Transit Project that was scrapped by the Gotabaya Rajapaksa...
Ukraine’s finance minister on Friday said Kyiv should use its bilateral relationship with China as leverage to bring an end to Russia’s full-scale invasion.
His comments came shortly after a long-anticipated phone call between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Chinese President Xi...
On April 21st, an Airbus A330-200 operated by SriLankan had to divert to its origin airport due to the aircraft's failure to pressurize. The jet was due to fly over 250 passengers to Dubai but returned to Colombo instead.
Incident...
The US sanction against the former Sri Lankan navy commander Adm.Wasantha Karannagoda and the Canadian sanctioning of former Presidents Mahinda Rajapaksa and Gotabaya Rajapaksa earlier, are portrayed as measures to enforce human rights.
But, in fact, human rights are but...
United Kingdom Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has come under the scanner for being tight-lipped about Infosys — an Indian IT company owned by his wife Akshata Murty's family.
As per the Evening Standard, while it is public knowledge that Infosys...
Harry Belafonte, the singer and actor who smashed racial barriers in the US, has died at home in Manhattan, aged 96.
One of the most successful African-American pop stars in history, he scored hits with Island In The Sun, Mary's...
One of the reasons I’m not really a fan of big, organised tours is that you never get the chance to go free range in a destination. Everything you see and do is packaged and proscribed. The story is...
