ECONOMYNEXT – The joint venture assembly plant to be set up by Indian automaker Mahindra and Mahindra Limited (M&M) with Sri Lanka’s Ideal Motors will most likely make a small passenger car for the rural mark, officials said. Total investment in the project will be around Rs2.5 – 3 billion, said …
After repeated delays in the past years, Sri Lanka will finally roll out the first phase of a multi-year, US$45 million campaign later this month. Managing director of the state-run Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau (SLTPB), Sutheash Balasubramaniam, …
The 2018 International Mine Action Day is a special day for Sri Lanka, which acceded to the Mine Ban Treaty (MBT) known as the Ottawa Treaty on 13th December 2017. This will be the first International Mine Action Day that Sri Lanka celebrates as a Stat…
Sri Lankan lawmakers will today consider a motion of no confidence against Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe. The motion has been tabled by the “Joint Opposition”, led by former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, and charges the PM with economic mismanagem…
Sri Lanka is a gorgeous place. Aptly nicknamed “The Pearl of the Orient,” the island country has white sand beaches, vibrant coral reefs, palm trees galore, and waves. In fact, it has a lot of waves. There are various surf maps for the country online, …
Apr 03, Colombo: Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) Leader Minister Rauff Hakeem said today that his party has decided to vote against the no-confidence motion moved by the Joint opposition against Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe. Minister Hakeem sai…
“We found that persons living in households with poorer assets and in communities with heightened deprivations, alcohol use, and inadequate social support in rural Sri Lanka are at the highest risk of committing lifetime suicide attempts,” Shaluka Jaya…
The Sri Lankan government has announced their plans to establish a light rail transit system (LRT) in Colombo, that will be operational by 2025. This project is expected to increase the transport system’s efficiency and effectiveness in the Colombo Megapolis area. MENAFN reported how Dimantha De …
She was built at William Denny and Brothers’ Leven Yard in Dumbarton in 1925. Authorities in Sri Lanka have decided to move the wreck to create more space in the harbour, Fox News reports. After a five-month operation, the huge 138m hull was raised by Sri Lanka’s navy. As part of the mammoth …
COLOMBO — Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe faces a no- confidence motion on Wednesday that could go down to the wire and lead … in the party to vote in favor of the no-confidence motion,” said Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena, a minister of Sirisena’s Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP).