Sri Lanka was disqualified in the final of the Men’s 4x100m Freestyle Swimming event at the Commonwealth Games 2018 today (6). Competing in Lane 8, Sri Lanka however managed to clock 3:23.44 but were later disqualified due to a false start. Earlier the Sri Lankan swimmers clocked 3:22.84 in the …
Visa, the global leader in digital payments technology, today completed 30 years of operations in Sri Lanka since commencing operations in 1988. Continuing its pioneering efforts to build awareness for digital payments in Sri Lanka, Visa celebrated the…
Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan has collaborated with Sri Lankan Ministry of Higher Education and Highways to offer the Government of Sri Lanka Presidential Scholarship Program for the undergraduate session of 2017 – 2018. Qualified stude…
Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Healthcare, Telecoms and Trading sectors led shares lower. At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share lost 0.30%. The best performers of the session on the CSE All-…
ECONOMYNEXT – Asian Development Bank (ADB) has proposed an economic corridor to help correct regional imbalances in Sri Lanka, linking Colombo on the west coast with Trincomalee in the east, covering 10 districts and half the total population. The econ…
Sanjay Jadhav, vice president, head of international operations – AFS (South Asia), Mahindra and Mahindra, said: “Sri Lanka is one of Mahindra’s top three export markets and the announcement with Ideal Motors builds the foundation for newer opportunities for both of us in the island nation. We have a …
Australia easily beat Sri Lanka 3-0 in the Men’s Team Table Tennis Round of 16 match at the Commonwealth Games 2018 today (6). In the first tie, Australian Heming Hu beat Rohan Sirisena in straight sets 3-0 — 13-11, 11-2 and 11-5. Sri Lanka sensed of a bounce-back when Udaya Ranasinghe won …
The 34-year-old will join the county in June and train ahead of South Africa’s tour of Sri Lanka, which starts in July. The plan is that he will return as the county’s overseas player for the final weeks of the season. During the training stint in June, Steyn will fill in for compatriot Hashim Amla, who will be with …
As was only to be anticipated, a section of the twitterati in Sri Lanka have claimed that Indian High Commissioner Taranjit Singh Sandhu and US Ambassador Atul Keshap had talked to TNA leaders, R Sampanthan and M A Sumanthiran, for the three-party comb…
ECONOMYNEXT – Fitch Ratings said an ‘A+(lka)’ rating of Sri Lanka’s Melsta Regal Finance has been revised to ‘evolving’ from ‘negative’ after Fairfax Financial Holdings of Cananda said it was taking over the firm. “The Rating Watch Evolving reflects the uncertainty of the announced acquisition’s …