In a statement, the IOM said this was the first such conference to be held in Sri Lanka since the end of the war in 2009. “The conference follows the UNHRC Resolution on Sri Lanka and a government decision to actively promote reconciliation, including …
Hi, I am planning for 8-9 days trip to Sri Lanka (can add a couple of days if required) this August with my wife and 2 kids (8 years and 7 months at the time of travel). As of now my itinerary is something like this: Colombo (just for night…
Colombo – IOM, the UN Migration Agency, and the Sri Lankan Secretariat for Coordinating the Reconciliation Mechanism (SCRM), are today hosting a two-day (22-23/2) international conference on reparations for conflict victims in Colombo, Sri Lanka. This …
COLOMBO, Feb 23 (Reuters) – The Sri Lankan rupee ended slightly firmer on Friday in dull trade as banks’ dollar selling on remittance inflows surpassed the importer greenback demand, dealers said. The rupee ended at 155.15/20 per dollar, compared with Thursday’s close of 155.25/30. The rupee hit …
Asela Gunaratne has suffered yet another setback, with a rotator cuff injury ruling him out of the Nidahas Trophy. The triangular Twenty20 International tournament involves Bangladesh and India and will be played from 6 March to 18 March to mark the 70th anniversary of Sri Lanka’s independence.
Special Task Force say that underworld figure Dadallage Manju was killed during an exchange of fire with a team of STF in Wattala. The STF team had gone to Heikitta, Wattala for a drug raid and it had led to an exchange of fire. The STF said that a gro…
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s tea export earnings rose sharply in January 2018 from a year ago, as the crop also recovered, with the free on board price near record highs but packeted shipments fell, brokers said. Tea exports in January 2018 rose 4% to 21 million kilos from last year with Turkey and …
(February 23, 2018, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) The COPE Report of 2005 as per relevant Pages attached discloses that Mercantile Credit Ltd., had owed the Central Bank Rs. 4,700 Mn., in December 2004, which today would amount to over Rs. 9,000 Mn. Thi…
Colombo – IOM, the UN Migration Agency, and the Sri Lankan Secretariat for Coordinating the Reconciliation Mechanism (SCRM), are today hosting a two-day (22-23/2) international conference on reparations for conflict victims in Colombo, Sri Lanka. This …
Drug kingpin Dadallage Manju alias D. Manju was killed during a shoot out with the Police Special Task Force (STF) personnel in Wattala a short while ago, the Police said. The victim had opened fire at the STF officers when they searched suspicious veh…