EPF loose Rs 17.4bn of your money?
The Employer’s Provident Fund posted a marked to market loss of approximately 17.4 billion rupees, for the shares it held in 83 listed companies. The EPF’s equity portfolio’s marked to market loss of Rs.17.4...
Methodology for calculations flawed
The release of the five volumes of the Forensic Audit Report on the Issuance of Bonds and the investments made on account of the EPF to parliament last week has – as is par...
What has GoSL done about it thus far?
People from 54 cities in China will NOT be permitted to travel to Sri Lanka without prior approval, the Immigration and Emigration Department said today. All passengers flying into the country from China are...
Sri Lankan students in China: back to home
Around 60 Sri Lankan students residing in the city of Chengdu in Sichuan China are scheduled to return to the island today. Additional Secretary to the President Admiral Jayanath Colombage said the students are...
Colombo Parking fee
On-street parking has taken place in urban Colombo for as long as motor vehicles were running. Traditionally, parking fees were charged only when a traffic warden approached the vehicle with a parking ticket. Last...
The 5th Chinese Film Festival coming soon
Happy Chinese New Year – the 5th Chinese Film Festival organized by the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China and the National Film Corporation of Sri Lanka will be held from 23rd to...
The first US patent to University of Colombo
A team of academics of the Faculties of Science and Medicine from the University of Colombo received the first US patent for their discovery of a compound that shows significant anti-cancer activities. What is the...
Data Protection in Sri Lanka
Every day, a vast amount of information is transmitted, stored, and collected across the globe, enabled by the rise of computing and communication power. Technology and innovation have increased the need for privacy regulation,...
The Quest for Leadership
Sri Lanka is famed for its diversity as much as its friendly, ever-smiling people – perhaps the qualities of a tropical islander nation. Seventy-one years after the last colonial masters left the island, an...
Sri Lanka Life Saving – Taking Action to Prevent Drowning
According to the latest report on Drowning Prevention in Sri Lanka, the Western province had the highest number of drowning deaths of 168, from 2016 to 2018. The report jointly prepared by Sri Lanka...