New Syllabus

Over thousand secondary schools will get a facelift through a US$ 35 mn Asian Development Bank loan, the Manila based bank said Monday. Over thousand secondary schools will get a facelift through a US$ 35 mn Asian Development Bank loan, the Manila based bank said Monday. The project upgrades 1,100 1AB and 1C schools, make […]

District Office

The Matale District Secretariat will take its business online in a pilot project, which hopes to automate its routine work.The Matale District Secretariat will take its business online in a pilot project, which hopes to automate its routine work. The Matele District Secretariat is one of 320 government agents providing a range of citizen services […]

Reading Easy

A local company broke the language barrier, developing a Sinhalese text recognition solution that interprets printed documents as text.A local company broke the language barrier, developing a Sinhalese text recognition solution that interprets printed documents as text. Developers, Sanje Lanka say the Sinhala Optical Character Recognition (OCR) system allows users to move away from saving […]

IMF May Resume Loan

The International Monetary Fund could resume discussions with the Sri Lankan government on stalled concessional loans soon, but the lender will want to see the government’s revised plan on reducing poverty first, a senior official said.The International Monetary Fund could resume discussions with the Sri Lankan government on stalled concessional loans soon, but the lender […]

Sri Lanka parliament in uproar after jailing of opposition MP

Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court Tuesday jailed former agriculture minister and leading opposition figure S.B. Dissanayake for contempt, sparking angry protests in the national parliament Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court Tuesday jailed former agriculture minister and leading opposition figure S.B. Dissanayake for contempt, sparking angry protests in the national parliament Dissanayake, who is also a legislator from […]

Former Sri Lanka minister jailed for two years for contempt

Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court on Tuesday jailed former agriculture minister and leading opposition figure S.B. Dissanayake for contempt after he made a speech critical of judges.Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court on Tuesday jailed former agriculture minister and leading opposition figure S. B. Dissanayake for contempt after he made a speech critical of judges. Dissanayake, who is […]

AS He Sees It

Government holdings of Treasury bills have touched Rs.70 billion from around Rs. 10 billion at the start of the year. Government holdings of Treasury bills have touched Rs. 70 billion from around Rs. 10 billion at the start of the year. Former Central Bank Governor A S Jayawardena told LBR that the chief monetary authority’s […]

Full Profile

If you’re trying to strike it big in Kotte City, its Municipal Council is now equipped to tell you just about anything, from the best place to build a house to the worst site to start a business. If you’re trying to strike it big in Kotte City, its Municipal Council is now equipped to […]

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