The United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) has proposed the name of Transport Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva as the new Prime Minister, a Minister said yesterday. Sports Minister Dayasiri Jayasekara told Daily Mirror that the UPFA had decided to put forward Mr. de Silva’s name for the PM post in …
18, authorities in Sri Lanka destroyed $108 million worth of cocaine seized from a single shipment in the port of Colombo, which is a growing hub for international drug trafficking. While Sri Lanka does not appear to be a final destination for many of …
The 70th Independence Day of Sri Lanka was celebrated by the Representative Office of Sri Lanka in Palestine on February 4 at Grand Park Hotel in Ramallah. Representative M. Fawzan Anver presided over the function. Palestinian Minister of Justice Abu D…
Sri Lanka national teams, over the past four decades, had the services of at least a couple of Observer Schoolboy Cricketer main award winners.
Hanwella, Sri Lanka. The Claretian Missionaries of the Dependent Delegation of Sri Lanka had their Annual Retreat from the 4th to the 9th of February at Eymard Retreat House, Hanwella. Fr.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – A building collapsed in a busy part of Sri Lanka’s capital on Wednesday, killing at least seven people, police said. Police spokesman Ruwan Gunasekara said firefighters and police were searching for people who might be trapped under the rubble. Police were unable to say how …
My wife and I are both in our late 60s and are planning to spend 3 months (Dec, Jan & Feb), in Sri Lanka and was wondering if anyone could suggest an itinerary which end up with us staying on a nice beach for last month (Feb) – We both like…
Colombo, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 15th Feb, 2018 ):The roof of a tea storage facility collapsed Wednesday in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo, killing seven workers and wounding two others, police said. Military personnel were rushed to the pri…
Bitterness between the United National Party (UNP) and the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) that raged in the run up to the local authorities’ elections has now taken a turn for the worse in the aftermath of the shocking electoral defeat at last Saturday’s polls. The electoral defeat, a blow to the national …
Ceylon Tea samples from Dimbula, Nuwara Eliya, Kandy, Uva, Uda Pussellawa, Ruhuna and Sabaragamuwa regions, were displayed and free Ceylon Tea samples, provided by the Sri Lanka Tea Board were distributed among participants, numbering 2000 persons, dur…