Colombo (News1st) – Foreign Media has begun to report on the current status of the Sri Lankan rupee. One report published by Nikkei Asian Review says Sri Lanka which has loaded up on Chinese-funded infrastructure, is sinking deeper into a debt trap as …
A network of regional refugee support groups in Australia are to hold a peaceful gathering in Hargreaves Mall in Bendigo, Australia on Tuesday to show their support for a Sri Lankan family facing deportation. RAR Bendigo chairperson Chris Cummins said …
Drew Zimmerman – dzimmerman@shawmedia.com Kenya Calin (left), a sixth-grader at Clinton Rosette Middle School, throws a ball to Sahan Nonis, an athlete and coach from Sri Lanka. Nonis was one of the 25 students visiting NIU this week through an interna…
(Repeats earlier story, no change in text). COLOMBO, April 27 (Reuters) – The Sri Lankan rupee hit a record closing low on Friday, weakening for five out of six sessions, as dollar demand from importers and banks surpassed selling of the greenback by e…
(Repeats earlier story, no change in text). COLOMBO, April 27 (Reuters) – Sri Lankan shares ended slightly firmer on Friday with block deals in blue chips pushing up the day’s turnover to a more than three-week high, although political uncertainty dampened investor appetite for risk assets, stockbrokers …
COLOMBO: Sri Lankan shares ended slightly firmer on Friday with block deals in blue chips pushing up the day’s turnover to a more than three-week high, although political uncertainty dampened investor appetite for risk assets, stockbrokers said. The market has been waiting for signs of political …
Etisalat and CK Hutchison are merging their operations in Sri Lanka to improve their services in the market. The two operators are respectively the third and fourth largest operators in Sri Lanka, with market shares of 13% and 10%. Dialog Axiata leads …
A BRITISH tourist who was raped by an electrician at a luxury hotel in Sri Lanka and contracted an STD will not receive a penny in compensation. The Glasgow woman was on holiday with her husband at Sri Lanka’s Club Bentota Hotel when she was attacked by the uniformed hotel employee.
Sullia: Tea and rubber estate workers, who were originally from India and shipped back home from Sri Lanka as part of the Sirimavo-Shastri pact of 1964, are re-grouping in Sullia and Puttur constituencies of Dakshina Kannada district to try press their…
COLOMBO, April 25 (Xinhua) — Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Wednesday instructed the country’s Public Utilities Commission to take measures for the implementation of the long-term power generation plan, a statement from his office said on Wednesday. The statement said the president …