(Adds arrest, quote, changes dateline). By Dinuka Liyanawatte. HORANA, Sri Lanka, April 19 (Reuters) – At least five people were killed in Sri Lanka on Thursday when a worker at a rubber factory fell into a tank of ammonia and a colleague and local res…
HORANA, Sri Lanka (Reuters) – At least five people were killed in Sri Lanka on Thursday when a worker at a rubber factory fell into a tank of ammonia and a colleague and local residents died trying to save him, police said. Residents told media the res…
A group of LTTE supporters staged a protest outside the Commonwealth Summit premises in London today against President Maithripala Sirisena. Carrying placards and LTTE flags, the protesters demanded President Sirisena to go back to Sri Lanka. Some of t…
Apr 19, Rome: The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has recognized the Sri Lankan agrarian system, the "Ellanga Gammana" or Cascaded Tank-Village system in the Dry Zone as a Globally Important Agricultural Heritage…
Apr 19, Colombo: At least five people were killed in Sri Lanka on Thursday after a worker at a rubber factory in Ballapitiya, Horana fell into a tank of ammonia and co-workers and residents tried to save him, police said. Around 15 people who tried to …
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Three Israelis have been attacked with sticks by locals in Midigama, a surfers’ town in Sri Lanka. An Israeli woman who was surfing accidentally hit a local surfer and injured his hand. The man demanded compensation to cover his medical bills. According to reports in local media, the injured local got …
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s 24-carat gold price had risen to 62,000 rupees for an 8.00 gram sovereign after a 15 percent tax hike by the government, jewellers in Colombo said. Before the New Year, gold was trading around 53,000 to 54,000 rupees for 8.00 grams. Jewellery grade 22 carat gold was …
I have labeled Sri Lanka as a “failed case of reconciliation” in some of my previous writings. In the immediate aftermath of the end of the war, the Tamil and Sinhala communities were drifting away from one another and stood polarized. The Sri Lankan government’s policy of consolidating national …
Asia’s syndicated loan market is offering razor-sharp funding to sovereign borrowers, and that is not just limited to the more developed countries in the market. Pakistan and Sri Lanka are returning to the market with $1.45bn of loans between them, and both look set to cut their pricing significantly.