At yesterday’s Cabinet meeting, President Maithripala Sirisena is reported to have rebuffed the Cabinet Committee on Economic Management (CCEM) headed by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and stressed the need for centralized decision-making on economic matters. The CCEM takes …
We are travelling to Sri Lanka in Easter 2019 as a family of four, 2 teenagers. We have thought about doing one of the following itineraries over 10 nights in Sri Lanka then 4 nights in the Maldives. Itinerary 1: Fly to Colomb Kandy 2…
The idea of good governance in Sri Lanka seems to be – to make lot of good promises and thereafter to ignore all of them. This is not only an internal policy, but this seems also to be our international policy particularly with regard to the United Nat…
Answer 1 of 3: Will it ever be brought up at the airport’s passport control? Is it mandatory to have it and could one face entry issues if travelling for tourism and lacking it?
Since the February 10 local elections, national attention has been focused on a political crisis after the United National Party (UNP) and the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP)—the two major partners in the consensus or coalition government – suffered a m…
At least five people were wounded and several shops and a mosque damaged in a clash between majority Sinhalese Buddhists and minority Muslims in eastern Sri Lanka, police said on Tuesday. Renewed tension has been growing between the two communities sin…
COLOMBO (Reuters) – At least five people were wounded and several shops and a mosque damaged in a clash between majority Sinhalese Buddhists and minority Muslims in eastern Sri Lanka, police said yesterday. Renewed tension has been growing between the …
Sri Lanka’s limited-overs captain Angelo Mathews has been ruled out of next month’s tri-nation Twenty20 tournament after failing to recover from a hamstring injury, the country’s cricket board said on Monday. The hosts will be led by Dinesh Chandimal in the series starting on 6 March at Colombo’s R …
Bangladesh lost a tri-nation tournament at home last month despite a strong start, before losing a series-deciding Test match against Sri Lanka inside three days. Walsh, who has been working with Bangladesh’s bowlers since 2016, said the side lacked consistency, not talent. “If we can get consistent, …
Months after Sri Lanka’s Central Bank vowed action on mounting household debt in the war-affected north, thousands gathered in Jaffna on Tuesday, protesting against the government’s inaction. ‘Our home and country are indebted, what is the solution?; ‘Stop loans, give employment’ and ‘Strengthen …