Category: Other News
President invites all political parties to accept ministerial portfolios
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa invited all political parties to come together to find solutions to the ongoing national crisis.The current crisis is a result of several economic factors and global developments. As one of the leading democratic countries in Asia, solutions should be found to this within a democratic framework.Considering this a national need, the time […]
VIDEO: Why Global Supply Chains May Never Be the Same
Every day, millions of sailors, truck drivers, longshoremen, warehouse workers and delivery drivers keep mountains of goods moving into stores and homes to meet consumers’ increasing expectations of convenience. But this complex movement of goods underpinning the global economy is far more vulnerable than many imagined.
Indian External Affairs Minister calls on President
Indian External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar who is on a three-day official visit to Sri Lanka called on President Gotabaya Rajapaksa Monday.Dr. Jaishankar is in Sri Lanka to attend the 5th BIMSTEC Summit which begins today in Colombo. Expressing pleasure over the visit of Dr. Jaishankar, the President thanked India for providing a Credit […]
High Comm Moragoda meets Minister of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Housing and Urban Affairs on bilateral energy cooperation
High Commissioner of Sri Lanka to India Milinda Moragoda met with the Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Housing and Urban Affairs of India Shri Hardeep Singh Puri, 10 March at the Ministry of Urban Affairs in New Delhi. High Commissioner Moragoda thanked Minister Puri for the assistance that India has provided to Sri Lanka as […]
“Cinnamon rainforest restoration project” launched
Cinnamon Hotels & Resorts proudly launched its latest sustainability initiative, “Cinnamon Rainforest Restoration Project”in collaboration with Ruk Rakaganno (The Tree Society of Sri Lanka), Forest Department Sri Lanka and John Keells Foundation, to restore a degraded 50-acre plot over a period of three years after which nature will take over the regeneration process. Natural forest […]
HERCapital by Hatch: Pioneering gender smart funding in Sri Lanka
Gender disparity within the entrepreneurial world is a globally prevalent problem, often stemming from the underrepresentation of women in the labour force and leadership positions. This imbalance in diversity is mainly seen in markets with no gender-smart funding, which makes gender a key component in their program. The lack of gender diversity at the firm […]
VIDEO: Nato rejects Ukraine’s request for no-fly zone, fearing expanded war
Nato rejected Kyiv’s request to set up a no-fly zone, saying the move would escalate the war beyond Ukraine and risk endangering Nato allies. Dissatisfied with the decision, protesters gathered outside Nato headquarters in Brussels to urge that it impose the no-fly zone.
Cabinet reshuffle: New Ministers for Transport and Wildlife
Under the Cabinet reshuffle, two Cabinet Ministers and a State Minister were sworn in before President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the Presidential Secretariat today (04). Arundika Fernando, who resigned from his post earlier, was sworn in as a State Minister again. C.B. Rathnayake – Minister of Wildlife & Forest Conservation Dilum Amunugama – […]
VIDEO: Putin is smart, our leaders are dumb, Trump blasts US response to Ukraine crisis
Former US President Donald Trump emerged from political exile to blast President Joe Biden and NATO over the Ukraine crisis.
VIDEO: Why is it so hard to escape poverty?
Explore the paradox of welfare programs, and learn how they inadvertently reinforce generational poverty, and what we can do to fix them.
VIDEO: How solar energy got so cheap, and why it is not everywhere yet
A lot speaks for solar energy. It’s clean, renewable – and now even cheaper than energy from fossil fuels like coal or natural gas. Sounds pretty great, right? But it only makes up a tiny bit of global electricity production. Why don’t we use a lot more of it yet?