For 11 years, they’ve divided their time between London, Dorset and Mahawella Beach, near Tangalle, on the deep southern coast of Sri Lanka. Their 8,500 sq ft house, built in the “inside out and outside in” style of the Sri Lankan modernist architect Geoffrey Bawa, is set in 1.25 acres (or 206 perches, …
Answer 1 of 2: Hi, We arrive in Colombo mid April and want to spend our first week visiting Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa and Wilpattu NP then onto Kandy. What is the best way of travelling? Private taxi for quicker journey or can we use public transport…
Paceman Shehan Madushanka claimed a hat trick on his ODI debut as Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh by 79 runs in the final of the tri-nation tournament also featuring Zimbabwe. Madushanka finished with 3-26 off 6.1 overs with Bangladesh dismissed for 142 in 4…
Patna: Several thousand more Buddhist pilgrims and tourists from Sri Lanka could have been visiting Bihar but for clean, low-cost accommodation, hygienic food and proper toilet facilities. The island neighbours also want some relaxation in prohibition …
The eighth Lakshman Kadirgamar Journalism scholar to MASCOM, the leading Indian mass communication college left Sri Lanka this week to follow its … Awards for Excellence programme which is jointly conducted by The Editors’ Guild of Sri Lanka (TEGOSL) and the Sri Lanka Press Institute (SLPI).
With 492 international wickets across all three formats, Malinga last played for Sri Lanka in September 2017 against India, at home. Even though Sri Lanka played two more series later that year, with Pakistan and India, he did not find a place in the f…
Chinese travel agents owe Sri Lankan travel agents millions of rupees in credit advances for organising tour packages for Chinese visitors and the delayed payment has hit the industry in a sluggish economy, local tour operators said. “A few small timer…
A top Japanese industry chief has called for “joint-action with other like-minded countries” to counter China’s growing influence in Sri Lanka revealing the island-nation’s leadership would welcome such an initiative as it looks for more investment from the private sector in Japan. “We must not stand …
The inter-governmental Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has listed Sri Lanka among eleven ‘high risk and monitored jurisdictions’ that have taken insufficient measures to combat money laundering, terrorist financing and other threats to the international financial system. The other countries are …
Singapore has opened opportunities for Sri Lanka’s Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) sector and other larger businesses and increased access to the ASEAN bloc following the signing of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with a “like-minded” partner state. Singapore’s Trade and Industry (Industry) …