Hi – I made a payment to Sri Lanka Tours Private Limited on December 19th for train tickets but haven’t heard anything back. The tickets are for late January, and I know they can only book 30 days in advance, so perhaps that’s why they haven’t responded yet, but I wanted to be sure. I have the receipt …
The Sri Lanka Insurance Christmas Carols 2017, organised by the Christian Association of SLI under the theme ‘Joy to the World’ was held at the SLI Head Office premises on December 21. Chairman SLI Hemaka Amarasuriya and Executive Director Nilu Wijedasa were present at the event while Fr.
We are a family with young children travelling to Sri Lanka in a few days time. We are self-confessed health food junkies, we grow and produce much of our own food and feel all the better for it. I’m guessing that there must be a lot of Sri…
After establishing a strong foothold in the tea industry of Sri Lanka over the past 25 years, the Tatas are exiting the business as part of the group’s ongoing strategy to review its global businesses and alliances under its new chairman N Chandrasekaran. Tata Global Beverages has divested its full …
If you’re a fan of Sri Lankan cricket, you’d wish you just woke up and the year that went by was merely a bad dream. Unfortunately for you, it isn’t so, as the Sri Lankan team actually crashed and burned through one of the most rigorous periods in their history. Captains changed constantly, matches and …
President Maithripala Sirisena pledged yesterday good governance would continue — without bribery, corruption or other forms of plunder of billions of the people’s resources. He made the strong pledge in the ‘Freedom Accord’, he presented on behalf of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) and about …
We Sri Lankans have always been ‘talking big’ instead of ‘doing big.’ Long time ago in early ’70s, there was this big talk of commissioning Asia’s biggest condensed milk factory in Polonnaruwa. A new brand of condensed milk was introduced as ‘Perakum’ after the importation of ‘Milkmaid’ was stopped.
Sri Lanka’s Norochcholai Coal Power Plant has failed in excessive 30 times since it was commissioned in 2011. On top of that, whenever the power plant is not in operation -Ceylon Electricity Board incurs a daily loss of Rs. 200 Million. Meanwhile even the National Carrier –SriLankan Airlines- is staring …
Most cricket buffs in India only got a glimpse of their hero Virat Kohli’s wedding and reception through videos and photographs on social media. But one ardent fan from Sri Lanka got a chance to attend the Mumbai reception on Tuesday, following a personal invitation from the Indian captain.
Dec 28, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s economy will grow steadily next year, the governor of Central Bank Dr. Indrajit Coomaraswamy says. At a media briefing today, the Central Bank Governor said when considering the total economy of Sri Lanka, a positive economic progress in the coming year can be …