Just far enough from the madding crowd to offer peace and quiet but close enough for easy access to beaches and other attractions, Soul & Surf Sri Lanka is open year-round. During the wet season’s wilder seas, surfing novices have access to sheltered beaches. The retreat’s main building has 12 …
The National Book Development Council of Sri Lanka will be re-established. Cabinet approval has been received for a proposal put forward in this regard, by Minister Akila Viraj Kariyawasam. The Ministry of Finance will provide the necessary funding. Th…
Russia has warned the US that launching air strikes in response to a suspected chemical attack in Syria, could spark a war between the two countries. Western powers are thought to be preparing for strikes, but Russia, a Syrian ally, opposes such action. Moscow’s UN Ambassador: Vassily Nebenzia …
China Communication Construction Company (CCCC) will invest $800m to build an underground road network to Sri Lanka’s $1.4bn Port City, according to a government minister. The plan is intended to ward off traffic congestion expected when the Chinese-funded Port City development, built on land …
Sri Lanka beats negative backdrop. IFR Asia 1036 – April 14, 2018 By Daniel Stanton. This content is only available to IFRAsia.com subscribers. This content is available to IFRAsia.com subscribers. Please login if you have a subscription. Alternatively…
Sri Lanka has been recording light to moderate rains with few heavy spells for the past three to four days. However, the intensity of rains increased during the last 24 to 48 hours.
ECONOMYNEXT – State-run Ceylon Electricity Board has shut down one of three coal plants in Sri Lanka’s North West coast after an environmental agency rapped it for missing environmental standards. The CEB shut down the plant on April 11 to fix malfunctioning equipment that scrubs particles and …
Colombo – USAID and IOM, the UN Migration Agency, this week handed over new transitional homes to 120 families affected by the May 2017 floods and landslides in the Rathnapura district of Sri Lanka. The homes, which were built by IOM in Dombagammana vi…
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, 13th April, 2018 (WAM) — President Maithripala Sirisena of Sri Lanka has received the credentials of Ahmad Ali Al Mualla as UAE Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Sri Lanka, during a reception held in Colombo. Ambassad…
Earlier, the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) said that the entity at which the assault occurred was not registered with them and was therefore run illegally. Making a strong statement, Minister of Tourism John Amaratunga promised stern …