Govt. agrees to submit documents in Parliament over Ranjan’s release
The government today agreed to submit in Parliament the documents pertaining to the presidential pardon to former MP Ranjan Ramanayake.…
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The Irony of Equity
Reports are available that the Chinese corporate Qingdao Seawin Biotech Group QSBG is insisting that it continues with its…
WHO pledges $ 4 m worth medical supplies to SL
World Health Organisation (WHO) Director General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has pledged essential medical supplies worth $ 4 million to…
Parliament to debate electricity tariff hike today
The Parliament will today debate the recently announced electricity tariff hike. The move follows a motion brought by the Opposition…
IMF rescue package could take six months after staff-level agreement
After reaching a staff-level agreement, the full approval for the envisaged International Monetary Fund (IMF) Extended Fund Facility (EFF) arrangement could…
State revenue reaches pre-pandemic levels in first five months
State- revenue reached pre-pandemic levels in the first five months of the year by recording 17.5 percent year-on-year (YoY) growth…
Chinese company refuses to budge
A Chinese fertilizer company involved in a dispute with Sri Lanka, has refused to budge and had demanded that Sri…
Red Lights at Hong Kong Crosswalks Are Helping Phone Zombies Cross the Street
With pedestrians increasingly glued to their mobile phones and deaths among inattentive jaywalkers rising, Hong Kong is trialing a novel…
Top Central Bankers Deliver Hawkish Message at Jackson Hole
The world’s top central bankers delivered a stern and unified message on the need to curb inflation, declaring at Jackson…
Malaysia’s King Is Facing Pressure Over Possible Najib Pardon
ByPhilip Heijmans Malaysia’s rotating monarchy has played an outsized role in politics, helping determine the prime minister. Now the king…