United National Party (UNP) MP Ravi Karunanayake told journalists yesterday the Cabinet reshuffle was a joke and an eyewash. He said at an event held in Central Colombo that it would have been better if such an exercise was not carried out. He said a p…
This transaction brings together two highly complementary businesses for enhanced scale, competitiveness and service capabilities, while positioning Allianz as one of Sri Lanka’s largest general insurers and significantly accelerating its growth agenda in this market. With this closing, Allianz will begin …
Tamil Nadu limited-overs captain Vijay Shankar was training when he heard that he has been called up to the national squad for the Nidhas T20 Trophy in Sri Lanka. The all-rounder, who had a good domestic season, said that his inclusion for the series a…
The foreword to the book Practical Genius is written by Kevivn Carroll. In that he has a little story about his childhood and how his great grandmother was teaching them to stay in the moment. I think we can all learn from it.
The Sinhala Buddhist community has a cultural need to depend on a larger than li fe figure to continuously save them and cleanse the country, which is why the people voted for the Mahinda Rajapaksa faction instead of the coalition partners of the curre…
ECONOMYNEXT – Profits at Sri Lanka’s Janashakthi Insurance, from life and general businesses, fell 27 percent to 623 million rupees in December 2017 quarter from a year earlier, amid higher benefits and claims, interim accounts showed. The group reported earnings of 1.15 rupee a share for the …
DIMO has long been in the business selling agriculture related machinery in Sri Lanka. Slower vehicle sales saw the profits of DIMO sliding over 35 percent during the December quarter (3Q18) compared to the corresponding quarter of the previous year (3…
COLOMBO (News1st) : Issuing of applications for the Korean Language Examination will begin today. According to the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment, applications will be issued from eighteen centres countrywide. Anuaradapura, Badulla , Kurunegala…
YANGON, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) — The Myanmar government and the Myanmar Rice Federation have donated 300 tons of rice to Sri Lanka’s flood victims, the official Global New Light of Myanmar reported Monday. The donation is made as humanitarian aid for victims of the flood and landslide in Sri Lanka in …
Brigadier Priyanka Fernando who was recalled to the island, while serving as the Defence Attaché at the Sri Lankan High Commission in the UK, … place on Independence Day in front of the London High Commission premises when a group of LTTE supporters …