Mar 20, Vienna: The International Atomic Energy Agency today said the agency will continue to support Sri Lanka to achieve its development goals. The IAEA in a statement said it supports the island nation in many areas including nuclear medicine, non-d…
With their openers sent back early in the reply, Sri Lanka might have hoped their No.3 too would make a dent on the scoreline, and Chamari Athapaththu, having taken her time to settle in, was in terrific touch. Pakistan did not allow the new batters to…
Mar 20, Geneva: The Sri Lankan government should announce a time-bound plan to carry out its pledges to the United Nations Human Rights Council since October 2015, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said today. The HRW said at the interim update on Sri Lanka at …
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka is developing a National Financial Inclusion Strategy focusing on payment gateways and digital financial services, in a broader effort to improve accessibility to finance and global markets for citizens and small businesses. Sep…
The government of Sri Lanka has just lifted the nationwide emergency imposed nearly two weeks ago to stop anti-Muslim communal violence in the country. A couple of decades ago such anti-Muslim violence in Sri Lanka would have been inconceivable. Consti…
Mar 20, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s economic output as measured by Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the 4th quarter (Q4) from October-December of 2017 slowed to 3.2 percent year-on-year and the economic growth rate for the year of 2017 has been estimated as 3.1 percent. Releasing the data the …
COLOMBO: Javeria Khan’s second one-day international century was backed by a strong bowling effort as Pakistan strode to a 69-run win over Sri Lanka in the first of a three-match ODI series which contributes to the ICC Women’s Championship match. Khan marshalled the middle order and guided her …
In a press statement, the IAEA noted that IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano reviewed the cooperation between the IAEA and Sri Lanka during his visit to the country on 14 March. The IAEA says it supports the island nation in many areas including nuclea…
IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano reviewed the cooperation between the IAEA and Sri Lanka during his visit to the country on 14 March. The IAEA supports the island nation in many areas including nuclear medicine, non-destructive testing in industry an…
Mar 20, 2018 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s statistics office says economic growth rate for the year 2017 has been estimated as 3.1 percent. Agriculture, Industry, Services and Taxes less subsidies on products have contributed their share to the GDP at current price by 7.7 percent, 27.2 percent, 55.8 percent and …