President Anura Kumara Dissanayake swore in a 21-Member Cabinet at the Presidential Secretariat on Monday (18). President ...

In the euphoria associated with the outcome of the presidential and parliamentary elections and the activity surrounding the formation of the new government and the appointment of cabinet ministers, ...

The Government of Switzerland, through the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), successfully concluded the Safe Labour Migration Programme (SLMP) in Sri Lanka after 14 years of ...

At least two local large private banks have set their radar on expansions with a keen interest in growing their local operations on the back of optimism of robust economic growth next year. The ...

Cabinet and deputy ministers will use official vehicles used by ministers in the previous government, while all other government MPs will also be given an official “non-luxury, fuel-efficient” vehicle ...

The transition in Sri Lanka’s political setting has triggered a high alert in banks and financial institutions cautious about transaction spikes among Politically Exposed Persons (PEP) accounts, ...

Having developed a popular online website on Lankan coins (coins.lakdiva.org.lk) I have frequently been urged to compile a book. However, I have remained focused on the digital domain, avoiding the ...

The Sri Lanka government cloud, the Digital ID and digitising bus and train tickets will be high-priority projects of the Digital Economic Ministry, top officials said. Eranga Weeraratna, Deputy ...

Jayantha Silva, an old boy of St. Peter’s College, Bambalapitiya, has always been a doodler. His Montessori teacher would say on his report card that he was excellent at art but “unfortunately he ...

The Commercial Bank of Ceylon has announced a partnership with AgStar PLC to promote smart agriculture machinery and equipment via the bank’s Diribala Green Development Loan Scheme. A Memorandum of ...

Rajagala, or Raassagala as it was once known, is a place shrouded in mystery. Though officially discovered in the 1890s, the major part remains unexcavated – this despite the countless stupas already ...