Speaker Dr. Jagath Wickramaratne yesterday informed Parliament that the Supreme Court has determined the Twenty Second ...
The Colombo Permanent High Court Trial-at-Bar yesterday sentenced 15 people convicted over the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks to 220 years of rigorous imprisonment each, concluding the main case over Sri ...
China Petroleum Pipeline Engineering Company Ltd., has been awarded a contract worth $ 40.84 million and Rs. 8.5 billion to develop a new aviation fuel storage and distribution facility at ...
The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) yesterday said freezing orders remain in effect against six companies and their Directors, barring the disposal, transfer or dealing of any properties and other ...
The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the award of a contract for the procurement of five million pre-printed polycarbonate cards required for the issuance of National Identity Cards (NICs), Cabinet ...
A consortium comprising Vidullanka PLC and Skipper Ltd., of India has emerged as the lowest-cost bidder for the construction of a 132 kV transmission line under a JICA-funded transmission network ...
The Government is set to assume full ownership of the Dr. Neville Fernando Teaching Hospital (NFTH), with the Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) appointed to manage its day-to-day operations under a new ...
Sri Lanka’s economic opportunities and challenges came into focus as business leaders and entrepreneurs shared insights on driving growth, fostering entrepreneurship, encouraging innovation and ...
Sri Lanka’s startup conversation has matured fast over the past decade, but the language around funding hasn’t kept pace. ..
Sri Lanka is embarking on an ambitious digital transformation involving digital identity, digital payments, data exchange, ...
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Mocking us all

In Parliament yesterday, an Opposition MP mocked the Government’s diplomatic finesse, or the lack of it, in the case of Sivarasa Anojan, the young Sri Lankan facing a death sentence in Saudi Arabia. .
The Sri Lankan economy has faced a series of external and internal shocks in recent years that weakened its long-term growth outlook. ..