( April 9, 2018, London, Sri Lanka Guardian) The month of April according to Geoffrey Chaucer, the English poet, “bring showers of sweetness and the melody of the first bird song”. If you are in Japan, it is Cherry blossom time. However if you are rela…
( April 9, 2018, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) Sports journalists who write previews about matches be it cricket, rugby or football often predict the outcome of such matches by stating that on paper side A or B should win but qualify their prediction by…
Apr 08, Colombo: As a "New Year Gift" to the people in the North, the Sri Lanka Army is releasing 650 acres of privately owned lands in the High Security Zone (HSZ) in Jaffna, the Government Information Department said. The lands including la…
Development Strategies and International Trade Minister Malik Samarawickrama has resigned from the post of United National Party (UNP) Chairman. He told Daily Mirror that he tendered his resignations as the party Chairman in order to facilitate the par…
Doha: The Sri Lankan community in Qatar will celebrate the ‘Sinhala’ and Tamil New Year 2018 (Bak Maha Ulela) at Al Sadd Sports Club on April 13 from 6:30am to 5:30pm. Sri Lankan Ambassador ASP Liyanage will be the Chief Guest. The program is being organised by the Embassy of Sri Lanka in …
Joshua Greeff, an u/15 cricketer from Penryn College, will soon be jetting off to Sri Lanka to participate in the Shaun Pollock Invitation Cricket Tour. The team, comprising only u/15 players, will visit four Sri Lankan provinces and play a total of si…
Apr 08, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) has taken measures to carry out special raids to nab errant traders throughout the country during the upcoming New Year festive season, CAA Chairman Hasitha Tillekeratne said. The Chairman said that the Consumer Affairs Authority has …
( April 7, 2018, Washington DC, Sri Lanka Guardian) The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and the Organization for Economic Co-opertaion and Development (OECD)’s recent report claims that free trade zones may be facilitating illegal activities, such as trade in counterfeit and pirated …
( April 8, 2018, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) The consequential lull of the recent presidential and parliamentary elections may have been the cause of the lapse of my attention to Sri Lanka affairs for the past two years. The raging debate on the no co…
Apr 08, Colombo: Foreign direct investments are currently being received for village level agricultural products program implemented under the Grama Shakthi People’s Movement. President’s Media Division said that a group of Swedish and Indian investors have shown interest to provide their …