Sri Lanka is bursting with beauty, vibrancy, culture, history and personality. The breathtakingly beautiful island formerly known as Ceylon is surrounded by exotic wildlife, untouched palm-fringed beaches, lush mountains, waterfalls definitely worth ch…
Enthusiasts attending Jaffna’s first ever pigeon race say it is a great way to unwind and feel at one with nature. by Bernard Smith. 01 May 2018 10:41 GMT. Pigeon racing has become popular in the tropical island of Sri Lanka. Many locals say they think it is a great way to unwind and feel at one with …
Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Information Technology, Telecoms and Power & Energy sectors led shares higher. At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share added 0.04%. The best performers of t…
First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Serbia, Ivica Dacic is to visit India, Nepal and Sri Lanka from May 2 to 8, the B92 News station reported on Monday. The Serbian Foreign Ministry has said in a statement that PM Dacic would be meeting…
We’ve been to a number of Google IO Extended Sri Lanka programmes over the years and they’ve all been quite eventful. For 2018, once again, Dialog Axiata, in collaboration with GDG Sri Lanka and Ideamart will be hosting the Google IO Extended Sri Lanka 2018 conference. The event will be held at …
ECONOMYNEXT – Dinesh Weerakkody, former chairman of Commercial Bank of Ceylon, has been appointed chairman of Sri Lanka’s Hatton National Bank, a stock exchange filing said.. Weerakkody joined HNB’s board last year as a non-independent, non-executive director. He has now been …
ECONOMYNEXT – Fitch Ratings said it affirmed Sri Lanka’s consumer durables retailer Singer’s ‘A-(lka)’ credit rating on improving leverage and sales volumes. Singer, a unit of the listed Hayleys Group, last traded at 39.60 rupees. “We believe the demand for consumer durables will recover in the …
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s President Maithripala Sirisena has appointed new ministers in cabinet re-shuffle, following the defeat of a no-confidence vote against Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and a drubbing at a local government poll. President Sirisena had promised a more ‘scientific’ …
The new cabinet appointment is being made and sworn in. – A section only. Given below the latest: Vijith Vijayamuni Zoysaa appointed as Minister of Fisheries, Aquatic Resources Development and Rural Economy. D.M. Swaminathan appointed as Minister of Re…
May 01, 2018 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s new Cabinet of Ministers was sworn in before President Maithripala Sirisena at the Presidential Secretariat a short while ago. Following are the Ministers and their portfolios: LIVE UPDATE. Lakshman Kiriella – Minister of Public Enterprise and Kandy Development.