The US ambassador to Sri Lanka and his Indian counterpart this week publicly stepped in to halt a planned breakup of the National Unity Government headed by President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe after its heavy losses a…
Dhaka, Feb 15, 2018 (AFP) -Scoreboard of the first Twenty20 International between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka…
COLOMBO, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) — Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Friday ended days of silence, saying the unity government between the United National Party (UNP) and the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) would continue and he would continue…
COLOMBO, Feb 16 (Reuters) – Sri Lankan shares hit a one-week closing high on Friday as foreign investor purchases helped overcome negative market sentiment due to political uncertainty, dealers said. The Colombo stock index ended 0.16 percent firmer at…
Standing in sweaty silence for an hour on a precipitous sliver of muddy footpath above a waterfall may not be everybody’s idea of fun, but for a small cluster of birders anxious to see the Sri Lanka whistling thrush it is a small price to pay. Eventually, as the dark closes in, the little blue-black bird appears, …
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… ( February 16, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said that he will continue to remain as Prime Minister according to the Constitution. Speaking to journalists at Temple Trees a short while ago, he further said that th…
The international community is worried about the reform agenda in Sri Lanka, the ambassador to the European Union has said. “The reform agenda: that’s the big worry that the international community has got,” Ambassador Tung-Lai Margue said in an interview yesterday, according to dailynews.lk.
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said the coalition government will continue despite its defeat at last week’s local government polls with major reforms planned in his own party, giving more prominence to the younger generation. He blamed the ruling coalition’s defeat …
The parliamentarian revealed this speaking to media after having discussions with President Maithripala Sirisena. He also said that although the Joint Opposition would support the formation of a Sri Lanka Freedom Party led UPFA government, they would n…