Participating in sports is recognised as an integral part of student life at SLIIT. With an excellent reputation for sports achievements, SLIIT students continue to excel at the highest national and international levels. At the recently concluded Northern Province Karate Championship, SLIIT Karate Captain, S. Hovarthan won the Gold medal,…
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said yesterday he will continue in the post after the election. “He (Sajith Premadasa) will be the President. I will be the Prime Minister,” he said. “The Premier will be chosen by the majority in the next Parliament, and I will have the majority,” Wickremesinghe added.
Six estates in the Kilinochchi, Mannar, Batticaloa, Trincomalee, and Puttalam Districts are to be given on long-term lease basis to the Sri Lanka Cashew Corporation for cashew cultivation. Cabinet approval was given on Tuesday to give the estates on lease, after considering a proposal by Minister of Plantation Development Navin…
Cabinet on Tuesday approved a proposal to call for competitive bids for the selection of contractors to operate luxury train coaches in Badulla, Northern, Eastern, and Southern routes for five years. The bids are for the procurement of service providers to develop and operate railways for tourism on a lease…
The Hambantota International Port’s (HIP) swimming team participated in the 13th Annual Mercantile Swimming Championships 2019, for the President’s Challenge Trophy in October this year. The swim team who took part in the national event for the first time won in two categories. The nine-member swim team representing HIP participated…
Launched in Sri Lanka two-and-a-half years ago, Villeroy and Boch, a global leader in bath and wellness products, was introduced to the local market by Mezma Trading Lanka Ltd. Recognising an emerging market segment which was interested in brands of international quality and standard, Mezma Trading introduced Villeroy & Boch…
These lines are from an emotive piece of poetry written by the Protestant Pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer in his prison cell in Nazi Germany, shortly before he was executed. Vocal opposition to the genocidal persecution of Jews was his crime. Pastor Bonhoeffer’s very human anguished cry addressed the pivotal question of…
President Maithripala Sirisena has predictably refused to accept the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) report, which has named him and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as among the key people whose failure to carry out their responsibilities led to the Easter Sunday attacks. His refusal to give the PSC report Cabinet approval…
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Monday sent a congratulatory note to US President Donald Trump on the death of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. In the letter, Wickremesinghe praised Trump and US Special Forces for the killing, which was reported to have taken place on Sunday. “I am confident this…
The Finance Ministry reiterated yesterday that the luxury tax imposed on motor vehicles will not be applicable to small motor vehicles. As proposed in Budget 2019 by Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera, in the amendment to the Finance Act, the luxury tax on motor vehicles will be levied only for luxury…