Sri Lankan troops stationed in the East were lectured on social media last month, where they were advised not to post “statements propagating hatred” online. According to a military website, troops were lectured on “maintaining their privacy in popular…
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has emarked approximately $2.8 billion wort hof loans over the next two years in a bid to assist Sri Lanka in meeting its key development goals, reports Sri Lanka. The ADB said that it looked to contribute to job creati…
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Cabinet reshuffle In this handout photograph taken and released by the Sri Lankan Presidents Office on May 1, 2018, Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena (R) swears in former justice minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe (L) into cabinet with the higher ed…
One of Sri Lanka’s greatest stories of recent times– a story that may never be told again—comes to a sublime end today when a grateful nation and the government give a state funeral with full honours at Independence Square to Dr. Lester James Peries, a genius widely acclaimed as the Father of Sri …
COLOMBO (News 1st) – Following today’s (May 1) cabinet reshuffle, a number of politicians both from the Government and the opposition expressed their views to the media. Minister Sajith Premadasa said the appointments were made following the decisions taken by the President and the Prime …
Thousands of workers on Tuesday defied an order of the Sri Lankan Government postponing May Day events, by rallying in Colombo’s Fort area to mark the International Workers’ Day. Earlier, the Cabinet decided to defer workers’ day events to May 7, citing an overlap with the Buddhist festival of Vesak …
Sri Lanka’s SportsMinistryhad informed the board that the procedure followed in appointing the election commission was invalid. “The SportsMinistryhad informed us that the composition of the committee to oversee the elections needs to be formed only after an SGM and we will go ahead as we have …
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) selectors are reportedly upset with pacer Lasith Malinga for apparently wasting his time as bowling mentor of Indian Premier League (IPL) side Mumbai Indians and issued the 34-year-old an ultimatum to return home to play domesti…
Headquartered in Singapore, ThreadSol, a technology leader in material management solutions for the clothing industry, has announced the launch of its flagship product IntelloCut, Version 2.0, to boost the top-line growth of the Sri Lankan clothing ind…