By Dr Laksiri Fernando The 46th Session of the UN Human Rights Council started on 22 February morning with obvious hiccups. The Office, to mean the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, finally decided to hold all sessions virtually online, only the… Read More

By Sanjeewa Jayaweera It was on 3rd January 1972 that our family arrived in Karachi from Moscow. Our departure from Moscow had been delayed for a few weeks due to the military confrontation between Pakistan and India. It ended on 16th December 1971. After that,… Read More

By Saman Indrajith It did not matter whether the MPs were wearing pressed clothes or had travelled long distances when their questions were answered, Chief Government Whip Johnston Fernando told Parliament yesterday. The Minister said so in response to a complaint by Batticaloa District TNA… Read More

There’s an ill more dangerous and pervasive than the Coronavirus that’s currently sweeping Sri Lanka. That is the fear to express one’s convictions. Across the public sector of the country in particular many persons holding high office are stringently regulating and controlling the voices of… Read More

AIA Insurance held its first ever Digital Annual Sales Convention, to celebrate and recognize the company’s top performers in 2019. Held under the theme ‘Awaken the Superhero in You’, the digital event saw the participation of 2663 Wealth Planners from across the island convene in… Read More

By Saman Indrajith The Presidential Commission of Inquiry on the Easter Sunday bombings had failed to identify the mastermind of , the JVP said yesterday. Addressing the media at the party headquarters in Pelawatte, JVP Propaganda Secretary MP Vijitha Herath said that the PCoI report… Read More

By Hiran H.Senewiratne CSE activities were volatile during early sessions yesterday but turned stable later. The market witnessed a steep decline during the last two days, moving downwards by 470 points during the last two sessions on Monday and Tuesday. It is said that from… Read More

Thursday 25th February, 2021 Nothing could be more reassuring and uplifting in times of trouble than a true friend’s presence. Sri Lanka has only a few generous, altruistic friends, and Pakistan certainly is prominent among them. Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan’s visit, albeit brief, could… Read More

Sri Lanka Telecom PLC(SLT), the National ICT and Telecommunications Services Provider, has been recognised as one of the ‘ 10 Most Admired Companies in 2020’ in Sri Lanka, for its continuous efforts in empowering Sri Lankans. The prestigious title was presented to SLT at the… Read More

PCoI on Easter Sunday attacks: By Shamindra Ferdinando Attorney General Dappula de Livera, PC is not bound by recommendations made by the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (P CoI) into the 2019 Easter Sunday carnage, or presidential directives in that regard, according to authoritative sources. They… Read More

With four more Covid related deaths confirmed on Wednesday (25) the death toll due to the Covid-19 outbreak in Sri Lanka has surged up to 457. …read more Source:: LNW English

With 266 new infections of Covid-19 associated with the Peliyagoda cluster identified on Wednesday (24), the overall second wave cluster has surged up to 77,363. …read more Source:: LNW English

The number Covid-19 cases confirmed in Sri Lanka has surged up to 81,467, with 458 new infections confirmed yesterday (24). …read more Source:: LNW English

Tensions began to grow between the Ruling Party and the Opposition in Parliament yesterday (24) in the event that Leader of the Opposition Sajith Premadasa spoke on behalf the Sri Lankan migrant workers who are stranded amid the Covid-19 pandemic. …read more Source:: LNW English

Some 600,000 Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine doses arrived in Accra as the WHO-led scheme starts a mammoth distribution effort …read more Source:: LNW English