Dec 28, Colombo: Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena today pledged to lead his government and the party to build a “clean and pure political culture” for the future of the nation. Speaking at a ceremony to launch The ‘Pledge for Freedom’ for good governance free of fraud and corruption, the …
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s economic growth may fall below 4.0 percent in 2017, partly dragged down by a contracting agricultural output Central Bank Governor Indrajt Coomaraswamy said. In the fourth quarter of 2017, growth fell to 3.3 percent amid stabilization measures, compared to an artificial …
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s LAUGFS Gas group said it is spinning off three units in non-core sectors and listing them on the Colombo Stock Exchange. LAUGFS Lesiure Ltd, a hotel firm LAUGFS Power Ltd and LAUGFS Eco Sri (Pvt) Ltd, will be separated and share will be issued to existing …
Sri Lanka cricketers began training ahead of their five-week tour of Bangladesh on Thursday (December 28) in Colombo, and new Head Coach Chandika Hathurusingha while speaking to the media revealed that among other things, the team is lacking intensity….
Tiger Shroff and Disha Patani were up to catch a flight at the Sri Lanka airport when… suddenly… they ran into actor Ranveer Singh. Pictures and video of Ranveer Singh bumping into Tiger and Disha at Sri Lanka airport is now viral. In a video shared by Tiger’s fan club, Ranveer Singh acts surprised as …
The Indian team selected to go for the jugular against Sri Lanka had a lot of unexpected names in it. A couple of experienced names were asked to rest and in place of them, came the youngsters who have been waiting for their ‘one chance’ to arrive. The team looked strong enough to rally past the Sri …
Sri Lanka Army Inter Regiment Elle tournament (men) and Inter Battalion Elle tournament (woman) kicked off at the Gajaba Regimental Headquarters play grounds in Saliyapura on Wednesday (27). More than 100 Elle players belonging to the 15 Regiments of t…
COLOMBO, Dec 28 (Reuters) – The Sri Lankan rupee closed lower on Thursday as demand for dollars from importers and banks outweighed inward remittances and conversion of the U.S. currency by exporters, dealers said. The spot rupee, which traded at 152.3…
The interiors have been conceived so that elements of Sri Lanka – lotus flower chandeliers, traditional basketry and cinnamon wood inlaid ceilings – are not completely lost within the international star class design. The public areas are located within…
COLOMBO, Dec 28 (Reuters) – Sri Lankan shares inched higher on Thursday in their fifth straight gaining session to a fresh three-week closing high as the central bank held key policy rates steady, with trading muted by the holidays after Christmas. Sri Lanka’s central bank kept its benchmark interest …