News Room : Capital Market donates essential food items to low-income earning families
The 2022 Capital Market Donation Drive organized by the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) together with partnering stockbroker firms recently donated essential food items to over 900 families around the country. Acuity Stockbrokers, Asha Securities, Asia Securities, Bartleet Religare Securities, First Capital Equities, First Guardian Equities, J B Securities, Lanka Securities and Softlogic Stockbrokers supported the initiative. Donations were made to...
News Room : Over 300 Lankans rescued from sinking vessel off Spratly Islands – The Island
… endorses President’s criticism of Parliament By Shamindra Ferdinando Justice Minister Dr. Wijeyadasa Rajapakse, PC, yesterday (08) said that the party leaders were yet to respond to his request for the appointment of a Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) to examine TNA MP M.A. Sumanthiran’s criticism of the Supreme Court. Minister Rajapakse said that he was quite disappointment over the inordinate delay on...
News Room : USD 3.9 mn Korean boost for shrimp aquaculture sector – The Island
… endorses President’s criticism of Parliament By Shamindra Ferdinando Justice Minister Dr. Wijeyadasa Rajapakse, PC, yesterday (08) said that the party leaders were yet to respond to his request for the appointment of a Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) to examine TNA MP M.A. Sumanthiran’s criticism of the Supreme Court. Minister Rajapakse said that he was quite disappointment over the inordinate delay on...
News Room : Police looking for fishers who collected floating packs of heroin – The Island
… endorses President’s criticism of Parliament By Shamindra Ferdinando Justice Minister Dr. Wijeyadasa Rajapakse, PC, yesterday (08) said that the party leaders were yet to respond to his request for the appointment of a Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) to examine TNA MP M.A. Sumanthiran’s criticism of the Supreme Court. Minister Rajapakse said that he was quite disappointment over the inordinate delay on...
News Room : 30 escapees still at large – The Island
… endorses President’s criticism of Parliament By Shamindra Ferdinando Justice Minister Dr. Wijeyadasa Rajapakse, PC, yesterday (08) said that the party leaders were yet to respond to his request for the appointment of a Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) to examine TNA MP M.A. Sumanthiran’s criticism of the Supreme Court. Minister Rajapakse said that he was quite disappointment over the inordinate delay on...
News Room : Speaker responds to President’s letter – The Island
GL asks govt. to secure int’l assistance to recover stolen money By Shamindra Ferdinando Former Foreign Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris yesterday (07) suggested that the government seriously consider securing UN support for the recovery of stolen public assets. Addressing the media at the Nawala Office of ‘Nidahasa Jathika Sabhawa’ consisting of 13 rebel SLPP MPs, Prof. Peiris said the UN’s Stolen Asset Recovery Initiative (StAR),...
News Room : ‘Revenue raised from new taxes, too, will be robbed, wasted’ – The Island
GL asks govt. to secure int’l assistance to recover stolen money By Shamindra Ferdinando Former Foreign Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris yesterday (07) suggested that the government seriously consider securing UN support for the recovery of stolen public assets. Addressing the media at the Nawala Office of ‘Nidahasa Jathika Sabhawa’ consisting of 13 rebel SLPP MPs, Prof. Peiris said the UN’s Stolen Asset Recovery Initiative (StAR),...
News Room : Prez tells Justice Minister to ensure no more breakouts from Kandakadu drug rehab centre – The Island
GL asks govt. to secure int’l assistance to recover stolen money By Shamindra Ferdinando Former Foreign Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris yesterday (07) suggested that the government seriously consider securing UN support for the recovery of stolen public assets. Addressing the media at the Nawala Office of ‘Nidahasa Jathika Sabhawa’ consisting of 13 rebel SLPP MPs, Prof. Peiris said the UN’s Stolen Asset Recovery Initiative (StAR),...
News Room : Aitken Spence records PBT of Rs. 8.5 billion for first half of 2022/23, with quadruple-digit growth over previous year – The Island
New Tax Structure By Sanath Nanayakkare A new tax policy is a timely need for Sri Lanka, but the government should be careful not to throw the baby out with the bath water, because then, the cure would be worse than the disease, Chaminda Wanigaratne – Director Automotive at Ideal Motors (Pvt) Ltd. told The Island Financial Review. ‘Raising high levels of...
News Room : When a crumbling govt. fears people – The Island
Tuesday 8th November, 2022 It is not only disreputable characters who turn up like bad pennies; some retired public officials also do so. Former Election Commission Chairman Mahinda Deshapriya is in the news again. A few moons ago, he was seen in public holding a placard and pledging solidarity with anti-government protesters. He became a social media sensation, but thanks...