Over 500,000 people still remain affected by the drought in 10 districts of Sri Lanka, according to a report released by the Sri Lankan Disaster Management Centre (DMC) on Thursday. The DMC said the 10 districts located in the northern, northwestern an…
COLOMBO (Reuters) – At least five people were killed in Sri Lanka on Thursday after a worker at a rubber factory fell into a tank of ammonia and co-workers and residents tried to save him, police said. The worker who fell into the ammonia tank died, al…
COLOMBO: At least five people were killed in Sri Lanka on Thursday after a worker at a rubber factory fell into a tank of ammonia and co-workers and residents tried to save him, police said. The worker who fell into the ammonia tank died, along with fo…
ECONOMYNEXT – eChannelling, an online medical appointment business that was Sri Lanka’s first listed dotcom, has extended its value added services to offer local video consultations and provide drug delivery. The company, controlled by mobile phone firm Mobitel, a unit of Sri Lanka Telecom, has …
President Sirisena speaking further said that there has been an increase in foreign investments in Sri Lanka and significant progress has been made in the tourism sector too. ‘The friendly foreign policy of the Government of Sri Lanka has made it possible to achieve victories for the motherland, the …
COLOMBO, April 19 (Xinhua) — Over 500,000 people still remain affected by the drought in 10 districts of Sri Lanka, according to the situation report issued by the Sri Lankan Disaster Management Centre (DMC) here on Thursday. The DMC said the 10 distr…
COLOMBO, April 19 (Xinhua) — The Sri Lankan government will target a revenue of 4.4 billion U.S. dollars through its tourism sector this year, Tourism Minister John Amaratunga said Thursday. Sri Lankan Tourism earned a revenue of 3.9 billion dollars i…
( April 19, 2018, Sydney, Sri Lanka Guardian) For the last three four months, Sri Lanka has not been moving forward as it should have been. The most affected are the economy and the people’s living conditions. Only consolation is that there is no overt political repression by the government despite strong …
Lord Baron Naseby, a member of the British House of Lords, noted that the true picture on Sri Lanka has not been given to Geneva and this has … Lord Baron Naseby, appreciating the development programme conducted by Sri Lanka, assured to provide his f…
The UK’s Secretary of State for International Trade Liam Fox said that Britain is ready for direct investments in Sri Lanka, while increasing the investments in the country. He further said that the necessary process in this regard will be implemented in the near future. President Maithripala Sirisena who is in …