This 5 per cent WHT on interest income is being enforced for the first time on foreign remittances which applies to export earnings and money sent home by Sri Lankan migrant workers, the last named being the subject of conversation by Kussi Amma Sera a…
We had no reference points as the challenges and constraints in Sri Lanka were very different, we couldn’t follow any other fashion week as their formats wouldn’t fit. We created the format that could work for us in this environment. That is what we see today. And this format is now widely used in the …
For the fifth year running HSBC Colombo Fashion Week brought together art and fashion. This year’s Art Connect, took place on March 19 and 20 at the old colonial Laksala building at York Street in Colombo 1. Under the theme “Co-liberate” Art Connect featured six Sri Lankan artists – Mahen Perera, …
Sri Lanka Women suffered their third consecutive defeat at the hands of Pakistan Women cricketers when they conceded a huge 108-run defeat in their last ICC Women’s Championship match played at the Dambulla International Cricket Stadium yesterday. Batting first, Pakistan scored 215 for the loss of …
Malaysia’s first Energy Efficient Vehicle (EEV) ‘Perodua Bezza’ has become one of the best-selling brand new sedans in Sri Lanka in a short period of time, a media release issued by United Enterprises Ltd (UEL), a fully-owned subsidiary of United Motors Lanka PLC, revealed. This was due to its all …
“The economic elephant in the room is the situation of the country and it should not deviate from the present consolidation process despite any political challenges for progress and growth,” Central Bank (CB) Governor Dr. Indrajit Coomaraswamy said in …
These last couple of weeks in Sri Lanka have been exciting, comic and sad. Mob rule in the guise of ethno-religious differences and confrontation has brought shame and disgrace to a country trying to keep western rottweilers from chewing up Sri Lanka’s misled and misleading politicians who were …
Those on the international board have at various points in time been personally involved in the efforts in Sri Lanka. Current president of SOS Children’s Village International, Siddarth Kaul, oversaw the relief programmes in India and Sri Lanka after the 2004 tsunami, where over 7000 homes were built on …
The Rotaract District 3220 Sri Lanka and Maldives will mark World Down Syndrome Day for 2018. … The open forum conducted together with the Ministry of Education and the Sri Lanka association for Child Development will be a discussion on opportunities…
( March 25, 2018, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) One fascinating dimension of the current political developments in Sri Lanka is the maturing power struggle between three groups of the Sinhalese political class. They are led by three prominent political …