The country’s economy has contracted at the rate of 3.1% in the second quarter of 2023, according to recent data by the Census and Statistics Department. The Department in its estimated Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the second quarter...
An Italian military jet has crashed while taking part in an acrobatic exercise in Turin killing a five-year-old girl in a car on the ground.
Video shows the pilot, who survived, ejecting moments before impact followed by a huge...
By Shihar Aneez
ECONOMYNEXT –The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) informed the members of the EPF, the country’s largest pension scheme, that it has opted for the government’s domestic debt optimization (DDO) option with a long-term view in the...
The speaker of Poland’s upper house of parliament has called on the government to reveal what it knew about an escalating cash for visas scandal.
Tomasz Grodzki said the issue was ruining the country’s international reputation as a responsible democracy.
The...
Saturday 16th September, 2023
Channel 4’s recent programme on the Easter Sunday terror attacks has yielded the intended results. It influenced the UNHRC ahead of the latter’s 54th regular session in Geneva. Although it said nothing new in its self-styled...
Sri Lanka defeated Pakistan in a last-ball cliffhanger by two wickets, courtesy a platform-setting innings by Kusal Mendis, and a crucial finish by Charith Asalanka. A chase of 252 in 42 overs was always going to be a tall...
By Rathindra Kuruwita
The Constitutional Council (CC) is responsible for creating a legal framework to ensure that independent commissions are financially independent, but even after 20 years the CC has not done this, says Executive Director of People’s Action for...
Derna Mayor Abdulmenam al-Ghaithi has told Saudi-owned Al Arabiya television that the estimated number of deaths in the city could reach between 18,000 to 20,000 based on the number of districts destroyed by the flood.
Spokesperson of the interior ministry...
UNHRC report on Sri Lanka
The Philippines has questioned the allocation of as much as USD 10 mn for Geneva-based evidence gathering mechanism to inquire into accountability issues in Sri Lanka.
During the ongoing 54th Session of the Human Rights Council...
Korea International Cooperation Agency, (KOICA) has upgraded and renovated the Korean clinic attached to the National Ayurveda Hospital of Sri Lanka (Teaching). KOICA said that the clinic that has been set up in 2003 was meant for the advancement...