Mar 19, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s new tax system, which will be effective from 1st of April would create a level playing field for everyone to do business promoting the business climate, Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera said. A public awareness seminar on the new Inland Revenue Act that will be …
Mar 19, Washington, DC: The United States International Trade Commission (USITC) has decided to terminate the Antidumping and Countervailing Duty investigations on imports of rubber bands from Sri Lanka. U.S. Department of Commerce Initiated Antidumpin…
Violence against Muslims, who constitute 10 per cent of Sri Lanka’s population is emerging as a pattern. The renewed violence also marks the resurgence of militant Buddhist group Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) that first appeared during 2012-14 with support from the Mahinda Rajapaksa government after the …
Dhaka, Mar 19 (UNB)– Bangladesh Cricket team returned home from Sri Lanka on Monday after losing to India by four wickets in the last-ball thriller in the final of the Nidahas Trophy tri-nation T20I cricket at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo Sunday …
Mar 19, Colombo: Malaysian police in Sibu have rescued two Sri Lankan engineers last Saturday after they were allegedly tricked into forced labor by an employment agency. Madusanka Perera Edirisinghe and Dushan Kavinda De Silva, both 21, were promised …
With no wins in the ICC Women’s Championship yet, Sri Lanka will be desperate to rake in some crucial points when they take on Pakistan in the three-match One-Day International series starting on Tuesday (March 20). Sri Lanka have played three matches so far, against Windies, and lost the series …
Dinesh Karthik on Sunday hogged all the limelight as the wicket-keeper batsman hit a last-ball six to power India to a four-wicket win over Bangladesh in a nerve-wracking Nidahas Trophy final at R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. The Nidahas Trophy T20 t…
Women in Sri Lanka routinely experience sexual harassment in the workplace. Some have been denied promotions, been paid less than their male peers, and sexually harassed at work We have a strict ‘no jerks’ policy at the company where I work. It means we just don’t have room for people who bully …
The government in Sri Lanka has lifted a nationwide state of emergency imposed following clashes between majority Buddhists and minority Muslims. Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena said he made the decision after assessing the security situation…
COLOMBO, March 19 (Reuters) – The Sri Lankan rupee touched an all-time low on Monday on dollar demand from importers, but selling of the U.S. … The International Monetary Fund said on March 9 that Sri Lanka’s economy remains vulnerable to adverse shocks due to its large public debt and low …