The UNP also has given indications that it could go alone in the 2020 election while a number of leaders of the SLFP have asked Sirisena to join hands with Rajapaksa loyalist Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna though that seems improbable as Sirisena had broken away from Rajapaksa’s ranks (he was a …
Sri Lanka Women had been whitewashed in the One-Day International series (ODIs) and also lost the first Twenty20 International (T20I). The only option left for them was to up their game and keep the three-match series alive and they did just that with …
Christell Clinic, Sri Lanka’s most advanced cosmetic skin care centre, is on the fast-track to completing 1,000 platelet-rich plasma (PRP) therapies since it first began offering treatments in 2014. PRP therapy which utilizes patients’ own blood, is an avant-garde procedure used to regrowhair, repair …
A fantastic bowling performance set up Sri Lanka’s series-levelling seven-wicket win over Pakistan in the second of their three Twenty20 Internationals at Colombo’s Nondescripts Cricket Club on Friday 30 March. After opting for first strike, Pakistan were blown away by Shashikala Siriwardene, who …
Mar 30, Colombo: The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) said it has decided to continue the service of exchange of willfully mutilated, altered and defaced currency notes from CBSL until further notice. The Bank said decision was taken considering the im…
Colombo: Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has reduced the responsibilities of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as a power struggle worsened within their uneasy coalition. Sirisena took away the central bank, the policy-making National Opera…
Mar 30, Colombo: An Italian national has drowned on Thursday afternoon while bathing in the sea near the Bella Nilaweli Beach Hotel in Eastern Sri Lanka, a police report said. Police said the deceased, a 71-year-old Italian national was bathing in the …
Sri Lanka’s small car registrations continued its strong momentum in February although the total vehicle registrations slightly slipped from its January high, perhaps due to less number of days, according to registration data tracked by Colombo-based stock brokerage, JB Securities. Motorcar registrations …
Mar 30, 2018 (LBO) – The reauthorized US GSP shall become active for Lankan exporters from this April, according to Sri Lanka’s Minister of Industry and Commerce. US has been the leading buyer of Lankan exports over the years and it continued its lead even last year. Sri Lankan exports to United …
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s banking regulator is willing to be flexible and consider changing term limits for directors of financial institutions, a forum on the banking sector was told. The 70 year limit came from the Companies Act, she said. Sanjiva Senanayake, Non-Executive Director of Sampath …