Hence, investors, mostly local investors who followed a wait-and-see approach, due to uncertainty, started buying shares in the Colombo Stock Exchange. That optimism has taken the All-Share Price ...

Santa himself is a cheery guy, decked in a bright red, loose fitting, flowing Ermine cloak with white frills. When in ermine cloak , chanting through a face, with cheerful ruddy cheeks, and with white ...

The manner in which the government is seeking to project the two visits that the president is to make is to call them economic investment-related visits. Indeed, both countries hold keys to Sri ...

Lee Kuan Yew’s Crusade against Corruption LKY adopted uncompromising standards and a principled approach to governance. Hallmarks of his policies comprised inter alia: providing top-flight public ...

The Aththa Newspaper spoke highly of the coalition government at the beginning. The newspaper used their resources to promote the then government in various ways. The following is taken from an ...

Trust, a basic sense of faith and confidence, in the leadership of those who are supposed to be in charge of ushering in a new system is the foremost condition that demands to be met at the very ...

If there is a paucity of such savings, funds should be acquired from external sources – use of the savings made by foreigners – by way of grants, direct investments, investment in the share market or ...

The election of Donald Trump as US President for yet another term has sent many world leaders scurrying for cover. Especially in the West. But even China is concerned. In the US itself, the ...

The people would not wait for tomorrow for help to arrive. Their deadline was yesterday. They must be met, without condition. Cynics would wait for a  more diabolical end. They must be set aside, ...

A government spokesperson was reported to have stated that the government will introduce a new Constitution in three years. Why three years? This reminds one of the futile and expensive exercise ...

The 13-member Special Parliamentary Investigation Committee that probed the alleged insider trading and favoritism in the recent treasury bond issue has established Central Bank Governor Arjuna ...

His face as still and serene as a statue’s, the Buddhist monk who has taken the title “the Burmese bin Laden” begins his sermon. Hundreds of worshippers sit before him, palms pressed together, sweat ...