Sri Lanka, led by Dinesh Chandimal, are upbeat after their recent triumph in the tri-series one-day international tournament. They beat Bangladesh in Dhaka on Saturday. They will also seek inspiration from their 2-0 Test triumph over Pakistan in the UA…
[JURIST] Human Rights Watch (HRW) [advocacy website] criticized [press release] the government of Sri Lanka on Monday for not repealing its "Draconian" counterterrorism law. HRW accused the government of using the Prevention of Terrorism Act …
Now, Singapore stands ready to return the favour and contribute greatly to help Sri Lanka build up its infrastructure and service, return to being vibrant, and realise its objective of becoming a world-class commercial hub for South Asia (S’pore firms bullish about Sri Lanka amid news of FTA; Jan 23).
The Institute of National Security Studies Sri Lanka (INSSSL) hosted a “Threat Lens” roundtable discussion on the topic of “Meeting the Challenges and Ensuring Food Security in Sri Lanka” on the 23rd of January 2018 at the Ministry of Defence. The prog…
Sri Lanka Cricket is set to build an international cricket stadium in former LTTE hub, Jaffna and has already carried out a preliminary inspection of a site, SLC president Thilanga Sumathipala said. Sumathipala visited the Mandaithivu area in the Kayts…
COLOMBO, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) — Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into Sri Lanka reached an all-time high of 1.63 billion U.S. dollars in 2017, doubling from the 802-million-U.S. dollars achieved during the previous year, Sri Lanka’s Board of Investment (BOI) said in a statement on Monday. The highest FDI …
Sri Lanka will hold a long-delayed local government election on Feb. 10. President Maithripala Sirisena in an election rally over the weekend said he was ready to form a new government with his Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), breaking away from the cur…
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s HDFC Bank, a publicly traded state-controlled mortgage lender, has been downgraded to ‘BBB- (lka)’ from ‘BBB(lka)’ after the government failed to inject capital in time and has also been placed on negative rating watch making another downgrade possible. “The one-notch …
Fitch Ratings has downgraded Housing Development Finance Corporation Bank of Sri Lanka’s (HDFC Bank) National Long-Term Rating to ‘BBB-(lka)’ from ‘BBB(lka)’. HDFC Bank’s senior secured and senior unsecured debentures have also been downgraded to ‘BBB-(lka)’ from ‘BBB(lka)’. The ratings …
Visiting Sri Lanka. SRI LANKAN VISA ALERT. Tourists/visitors from India, please note from 1st January 2012 the Free Visa on arrival is scrapped. There is also a provision to get it at the airport if you do not apply in advance… below is an extract fr…