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We’re all free market purists now. Today’s airwaves are full of people reminding us that David Ricardo was right and that President Trump’s tariffs will boost inflation, increase costs, and hit global ...
The Hon. Deputy Speaker informed the House that he had received the decision of the Supreme Court regarding the Bill titled “Value Added Tax (Amendment),” which had been challenged under Article 121(1 ...
Veteran novelist Chamminda Welagedara has turned a new page in creative writing with his latest book, Swapneshwara, which is based on academic research. The influence of his Master’s degree research ...
Showers or thundershowers will occur at most places of the island during the afternoon or night. Showers may occur in the coastal areas of Western and Southern provinces and in Puttalam, Mannar, ...
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, currently on an official visit to Sri Lanka, met with Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa yesterday (5) in Colombo. The meeting marked a key moment in fostering ...
That blinked and shone ever so bright. And felt unseen hands try to embrace me. Bathed in perspiration, I felt trapped. Instinct told me I should not linger, that I was in danger.
Lakshman Kadirgamar once described India–Sri Lanka relations as one of “irreversible excellence.” Unfortunately, under some governments, they have been neither irreversible nor excellent. In ...
The upgraded Maho–Omanthai railway line and newly installed Maho–Anuradhapura railway signalling system were officially inaugurated today (06) by President Anura Kumara Disanayake and Indian Prime ...
Ven. Siri Vajiraramaye Nanasinha Thera recently completed his 90th birthday. His father and mother were respectively R.G. James Gunasekera of Telijjavila, Matara District, and Seela Gunasekera (née ...
Three key development projects, supported by the Government of India, were officially inaugurated yesterday (April 5) in Sri Lanka in conjunction with the state visit of Indian Prime Minister Shri ...
A 26-member medical and special relief team from Sri Lanka’s tri-forces, led by Brigadier Punya Karunathilaka, departed for Myanmar today (April 5) aboard a special flight to assist those affected by ...
If there is to be a land where the sacred and the secular can co-exist as convenient and comfortable as Bharat then it should be a civilisation where spirituality walks hand in hand with humanity.