The scent of flowers wafted around the auditorium of Trace Expert City on April 25 as the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands celebrated the floriculture industries of Sri Lanka and the Netherlands with ‘Sri Lanka – the Netherlands: Old Friends – new trends’. The event saw a floral competition, …
Lord Buddha’s most revered relics, from Sarnath, were brought to Sri Lanka yesterday for public exposition on the occasion of Vesak. The relics, carried by the General Secretary of the Maha Bodhi Society of India, Ven. P. Seewali Thera were received by India’s High Commissioner Taranjit Singh …
Hutch Sri Lanka, which overcome a near 3-month hurdle to clear its 4G equipment from the Colombo Port, is merging with Etisalat, according to an official announcement on Thursday. It said Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison and UAE-based Etisalat have agreed …
NEGOMBO – An attack similar to what transpired in Mirissa on tourists by a group of drunk Sri Lankans could happen anywhere else in the country – with … and sexually attacked at a Surf Bar on April 8 that was subsequently closed on the orders of the …
Sri Lanka’s fifth league match will be against defending champions Australia at The Oval on 15 June, before they meet hosts England at Headingley on 21 June. Durham will host Sri Lanka for their seventh and eighth league matches which will be held on 28 June and 1 July against South Africa and the …
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s investigation into the controversial MiG aircraft purchase has extended to Singapore and Australia as police listed charges against four foreigners in addition to former president Mahinda Rajapaks’a cousin Udayanga Weeratunga. Two nationals each from Singapore and …
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s central bank killed 19 billion rupees of printed money Friday selling down its Treasury bill stock to 50.53 billion rupees from 69.11 billion rupees, which analysts say will help support the rupee. The aggregate balance of the banking system dropped to 3.53 billion rupees on …
Apr 28, Colombo: The High Commissioner of Pakistan in Sri Lanka, Dr. Shahid Ahmad Hashmat says both Sri Lanka and Pakistan have potential to increase bilateral trade volume and stressed the need to carve out ways and means to exploit the available pote…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan beat Sri Lanka to finish at number three in the South Asian Under-12 Tennis Championship that concluded in Nepal on Friday. After getting beaten by Nepal 1-2 in the semi-final on Thursday, Pakistan brushed aside Sri Lanka 2-0 to fin…
Authorities say Japan has rejected a stock of tea exported by Sri Lanka citing that the stock contained chemical substances more than what has … The Chairman of Sri Lanka Tea Board Lusil Wijewardene said now the tea planters are using MCPA as a weed …