A person who issues a cheque without sufficient funds in the bank would be liable to a fine and a jail term not exceeding two years under a proposed amendment to be passed in Parliament shortly. The ...

The draft Bill to repeal the existing Presidents Entitlement Act of 1986 will be presented to Parliament shortly, Cabinet Spokesman Dr Nalinda Jayatissa said today. ..

A newly formed organis-ation,‘Dividena Ranaviru Padanama’ (DRP), was launched on Wednesday, to bring together retired war heroes and the families of fallen service personnel under one banner. Calling ...

With the global urgency to address climate change and the rising demand for responsible travel, Thema Collection, a leading thematic and eco-conscious hospitality group in Sri Lanka, has successfully ...

Recent cases of harassment and rape of foreign women have raised concerns regarding the safety of tourists arriving in the country. Last week, a former Chairman of the Weligama Pradeshiya Sabha was ...

Sir Christopher Ondaatje investigates the origins of the violin and discovers it all started in Sri Lanka The violin as we know it today was developed in Italy in the late fifteenth century, but in ...

A director of the consortium investing in the troubled Edirisinghe Group is a close business partner of R.M. Manivannan, Chairman of SupremeSAT, which claimed to have launched Sri Lanka’s first ...

Sri Lanka’s billionaire entrepreneur, Dhammika Perera’s two luxury hotels are slated to open by next year-end, top sources said. Mr. Perera, Chairman of Greener Water Limited (a fully owned subsidiary ...

Race is a touchy issue almost everywhere in the world but nowhere is this more pronounced than in countries where there is a plurality of peoples. People become more race conscious when another group ...

Garbage collection and disposal has become an essential service in the country, especially in the Western Province (WP), where much dedicated effort and resources are put in to ensure a smooth ...

Lycamobile’s French companies were on Thursday fined 10mn euros by a Paris court for money laundering and value-added tax (VAT) fraud. The group’s former chief executive officer Christopher Tooley ...

The Court of Appeal has ruled in favour of the Sri Lanka Medical Council (SLMC) and its Professional Conduct Committee’s (PCC) move to impose a suspension on a medical practitioner found to have posed ...