Apr 18, London: An innovative way for small states to obtain easier access to international trade finance has been launched at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in London. In order to help Small States get access to global markets, India, Sr…
Apr 18, New York: The government of Sri Lanka has decided to establish diplomatic relations with the Commonwealth nation Dominica. Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations Dr. Amrith Rohan Perera and the Permanent Repr…
Apr 18, 2018 (LBO) – Minister of Finance Mangala Samaraweera says it is important for the Sri Lankan financial system to have robust access and engagement with the global financial architecture. The challenge for countries like Sri Lanka is how to ensu…
Sri Lanka and Bangladesh have built very high quality primary healthcare systems, staffed primarily by women healthcare workers, co-founder of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates said. He expressed these views while speaking at the joint foru…
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Three Acre Farms, a breeder farm and poultry processing firm said exports of parent stocks rose in 2017, while domestic demand fell as inflation and taxes rose after a currency collapse killing demand for eggs and meat amid a drought. Sri Lanka being a country without …
ECONOMYNEXT – Fears that Hambantota port in Sri Lanka will be used as a military base in the future is only speculation, a Chinese finance ministry officials said, also rejecting charges that China is that poor countries in debt by its One Belt One Roa…
The eight-year-old Hambantota port — with almost no container traffic and trampled fences that elephants traverse with ease — has become a prime example of what can go wrong for countries involved in President Xi Jinping’s “Belt and Road” trade and infrastructure initiative. Sri Lanka borrowed heavily …
The latest creation from Sri Lankan resort group Resplendent Ceylon, which operates a handful of luxury resorts across the country, the lodge is ideally located “where the Indian Ocean meets the jungle”—specifically, right next to Yala National Park, r…
Apr 18, 2018 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Tourist Police is actively involved in the investigation and is assisting the Weligama police by facilitating contact with the victims in an incident where a group of tourists were sexually harassed and assaulted a few days ago. “Some of them have left the island. The police …
Muttiah Muralitharan is a soft-spoken man, not one to get agitated easily. It was a rare sight to see him lose his cool when asked about Sri Lankan cricket’s downfall. In a conversation with ET, the Sri Lankan legend talks about what is wrong with Sri Lankan cricket, why wrist spinners offer better dividends …