The expected has happened. Electricity prices have gone up, with its inevitable effect on cost of production and cost of living. The spectre of stagflation, that dreaded combination of low growth and ...
The war of aggression waged by the US and Israel against Iran seems very likely to intensify in the coming days.Washington has threatened to escalate and expand the war further if Iran does not comply ...
A third coal shipment from South Africa—bought via the Indian supplier Trident Chemphar—has failed quality testing by the independent accredited laboratory Cotecna, officials said this week. Trident ...
Elections to the Legislature of the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu has been announced by the Election Commission of India. Tanil Nadu will go to the polls on 23 April 2026 to elect 234 members to it ...
Commemorative Article Denoting 25th death anniversary of Muslim Congress leader MHM Ashraff on 16 September. Mohammad Hussein Muhammad Ashraff, known to all MHM Ashraff was one of the brightest stars ...
The provincial councils scheme , implemented since 1988, has seen a number of chief ministers being elected by the various provincial councils over the years. Although the norm has been for each ...
Shanmuganathan Sivashankar alias “Pottu Ammaan”, the former intelligence chief of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) is a keen topic of discussion these days within a Europe based segment of ...
Operational data from Lakvijaya in Norochcholai continued to show this week that South African coal imported under the ongoing 2025-26 tender does not allow the plant to generate the required amount ...
The first part of this article titled “Black July; Anatomy of an Anti-Tamil Pogrom” was a brief overview of the horrific anti-Tamil violence that engulfed the Sri Lankan nation in July 1983. The ...
Sri Lanka is experiencing a tremendous economic crisis. Several knowledgeable persons describe the current period as the worst ever phase in the Island nation’s post-Independence history. Many acts of ...
Chelliah Rajadurai a veteran politician of Sri Lanka – perhaps the oldest among former Parliamentarians – passed away on 7th December 2025 at the age of 98. Rajadurai hailing from Batticaloa was a ...
Energy officials this week received a strong directive from an all-party Parliamentary committee to commission “without further delay” a third independent accredited lab to test coal samples from the ...