A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Sri Lanka Medical Association (SLMA) and the 1990 Suwa Seriya Foundation, was signed on 24th April 2023. This was a renewal of the existing MoU and would further strengthen the collaboration between SLMA and 1990 Suwa Seriya, a spokesperson for SLMA told The Island. Based on the MoU, […]
The Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA), on Tuesday (26) evening, diverted three SriLankan flights to the Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport (MRIA) due to the bad weather at Katunayake. Accordingly, SriLankan Airlines flight UL-116, arriving from Malé, Maldives, was diverted and landed at the MRIA at 6.02 pm. A Sri Lankan Airlines flight (UL-120), arriving from Ireland, […]
Chairman of the Committee On Public Enterprise (COPE) Professor Ranjith Bandara expressed his displeasure at the fact that despite the repeated insistence of the committee to conduct an independent inquiry into the matters of Sri Lanka Export Credit Insurance Corporation (SLECIC) it was found that no progress had been made. The Corporation had not appointed […]
By Shamindra Ferdinando Eric Walsh presented his credentials to President Ranil Wickremesinghe, on Feb. 02, at the President’s House in Kandy. Wickremesinghe was flanked by Foreign Minister Ali Sabry, PC, and Presidential Secretary Saman Ekanayake. Canada, with the concurrence of Sri Lanka, appointed Walsh as High Commissioner of Canada to Colombo. Walsh, who had served […]
By Shamindra Ferdinando President’s Counsel Manohara de Silva recently questioned the failure on the part of the cash-strapped Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) to provide electricity, without interruption, at least during the GCE Advanced Level examination. The outspoken lawyer raised the issue with the writer, on January 23, the day the delayed examination began at 2,200 […]