His question was how Zuckerberg managed to keep Facebook free. While the internet has gone to town with sticking the quote on any stick-able surface, those of us reading between the lines saw more. Here we explore why Facebook is in a soup these days a…
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka Telecom said broadband data will dominate revenue despite thinning margins and rising capital expenditure with the telco developing its own over-the-top (OTT) platforms for voice, audio, picture and video messaging services like…
“Iran has always have had good relations with Sri Lank in areas of trade and politics, although with tides and ebbs but it has always been in place,” said the Speaker of Iranian Parliament Ali Larijani on Wednesday upon arriving in Sri Lanka while addr…
Reduced authoritarianism and a significant widening of the space for dissent constitute the Sri Lankan government’s greatest accomplishments. In the wake of coordinated anti-Muslim violence, the Sri Lankan government announced a state of Emergency last month. Colombo also placed restrictions on …
When Fernando closed 13 years ago on Castlereagh, Sri Lanka’s government was in a cease-fire with a secessionist militia, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, and optimism was in the air. He saw an opportunity to cater to fans of his family’s burgeoning tea farms, who were flocking here from around …
ECONOMYNEXT – The United Kingdom has expressed readiness to expand foreign direct investment in Sri Lanka, President Maithripala Sirisena’s office said following … UK has promised to put new investment opportunities in Sri Lanka on the Ministry of International Trade website, the statement said.
GENEVA: Fifteen people were injured on Wednesday (Apr 18) when a coach carrying tourists from Sri Lanka crashed with two trucks on a Swiss highway, police and media said. A tourist coach carrying 40 passengers collided with two trucks near the Winterth…
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka has slapped a 15 percent tax on gold after imports surged in 2018, a finance ministry official said, as the rupee also plunged following a rate cut and bout of liquidity injections into the banking system. Sri Lanka’s gold imports which were 9,148 kilograms in 2016 had risen to …
Sri Lanka/SOUTH ASIA- P147827- LK Water Supply and Sanitation Improvement Project – Procurement Plan (English)
The Indian Men’s National Team has been grouped with South Asian neighbours the Maldives and Sri Lanka in Group B during the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Suzuki Cup 2018 Bangladesh today in Dhaka. The defending champions will begin their campaign against Sri Lanka on 5th …