President Maithripala Sirisena reached London this morning (April 16) to attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) 2018. He was received by the Commonwealth officials and Sri Lanka High Commission staff. A Sri Lakan child offered beet…
Apr 16, Colombo: The Sri Lankan government has received approval from the cabinet of ministers to award the contract for issuing Vehicle Emission Test Certificates to three local firms, a statement on most recent cabinet decisions said. The three local…
Apr 16, Colombo: Sri Lanka Police have arrested an Indian national, who has arrived on a tourist visa and conducting a business illegally. The suspect has been arrested on Saturday (14) at Rajamalwatta Junction in Modara Police division while engaging …
( April 16, 2018, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) You may be probably aware that Sri Lanka, being a member of the WTO is required to implement the Article VII (Customs Valuation) of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 that compels all member nations to apply the ‘transaction value’ …
Apr 16, 2018 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s President Maithripala Sirisena left for the United Kingdom, Sunday to attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) to be held in London. The President will attend a series of meetings will be held until April 20 and he is expected to meet British …
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Nations Trust Bank said its 3.5 billion Basel-III-compliant debenture issue was oversubscribed on opening day last Wednesday (11). Sri Lanka Telecom and finance company People’s Leasing and Finance Plc which also opened debenture issues Wednesday, closed the …
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s official forex reserves dropped 613 million US dollars to 7.309 million dollars in March 2018 from a month earlier, official data showed. Sri Lanka’s official forex reserves are made up of both central bank’s own reserves collected by mopping up excess liquidity and finance …
One day, China will turn Pakistan into its own “semi-colony,” as it did recently with Sri Lanka. China has been nice to Pakistan, on the surface that is. It has been building the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), which will connect Western China…
The children of the Alle-Kiski Valley’s Sri Lankan community knelt before their parents to ask forgiveness for the past year’s transgressions on Sunday, followed by messages of love and the sharing of a single betel leaf. Parents turned to one another to do the same. The ritual is part of Aluth Avurudda, …
The Sri Lankan military held yet another show at it’s military base in Jaffna last week, despite calls for the army to vacate the privately-owned land on which the camp occupies. The army decided to hold a bodybuilding competition at the Security Force Headquarters in Palaly, the site of a massive High …