IOM also built a community hall and clean water supply infrastructure in the village as part of its USAID-funded Sri Lanka Adverse Southwest Monsoon Response Project.
Apr 132018
Apr 132018
President Maithripala Sirisena has temporarily suspended the Sri Lankan Parliament, an official statement said, giving no reason for the move. Issuing what government sources called an “extraordinary” gazette notification late on Thursday, he announced…
Apr 132018
ECONOMYNEXT – Sotheby’s International Realty, a premium property advisory firm said it is starting an office in Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo, as upmarket real estate projects come up in the island. Realpro Realty Solutions Private Limited, Sotheby’s International Realty Affiliates’ franchise partner in …
Apr 132018
Apr 13, Colombo: China Communication Construction Company (CCCC) will invest US$800 million to build an underground road network to Sri Lanka’s $1.4bn Port City, Minister of Megapolis and Western Development, Patali Champika Ranawaka has said. The plan is aimed at alleviating traffic …
Apr 132018
It’s been a wet few days for Colombo, today (April 13) being no exception. Today the rainfall kept at a constant drizzle for most of Colombo and within the next eight hours, there could be showers and thundershowers for the following provinces;. Western; Sabaragamuwa; Central; Southern; Uva; North …
Apr 132018
Mrs Rajatheepan, 29, and her husband Sivarajah, came to Britain from their native Sri Lanka as refugees in 2008. Aged just 21 when she gave birth to her baby on July 16, 2009, she spoke onlyTamil fluently and had ‘a minimal command of English’. Naturally timid and inexperienced, she tended to …
Apr 132018
Meanwhile, preparations have been made, to entertain television viewers across the country, by Hiru TV, the premier Sri Lankan entertainment channel that is in the forefront of creating novel and exciting experiences for viewers, with the special programme ‘Surya Sinhale Hiruth Ekka Thun Helaye …
Apr 132018
Apr 13, Colombo: The Sri Lankan government today clarified that the prorogation of parliament by the President has no negative impact on its functioning and operation. President Maithripala Sirisena yesterday in an Extraordinary gazette notification pr…
Apr 132018
Ambassador A.L.A. Azeez presented his Credentials to Michael Møller, the Director-General of the United Nations Office in Geneva, accrediting him as the Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations in Geneva. Welcoming the new Permanent …
Apr 132018
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena suspended Parliament until May 8, days after Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe survived a vote of no confidence, Reuters reported April 13. Opponents of Wickremesinghe sponsored the vote, accusing him of fail…