COLOMBO, March 21 (Reuters) – The Sri Lankan rupee rose slightly on Wednesday as exporters sold dollars and remittances boosted inflows, while the gains were capped by importer demand for the U.S. currency in late trade, dealers said. The rupee which t…
One’s life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion.” Simone de Beauvoir. Only when fear and hatred is spread by extremists does serious reflection haunt a community. The teardrop-shaped island of Sri Lanka, a seeming …
MPs have urged Sri Lanka’s government to honour its commitment to create a ‘South Africa-style commission’ to handle cases related to atrocities that occurred during the country’s civil war. Sri Lanka set out its intention to create a Commission for Truth, Justice, Reconciliation and Non-Recurrence to the …
Mar 20, Geneva: The Sri Lankan government should announce a time-bound plan to carry out its pledges to the United Nations Human Rights Council since October 2015, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said today. The HRW said at the interim update on Sri Lanka at …
Shares in conglomerate John Keells Holdings Plc dropped 2.6 percent, Nestle Lanka Plc fell 0.5 percent and Sri Lanka Telecom Plc declined 2.2 percent. Foreign investors sold a net 27.8 million rupees worth of shares, but they have been net buyers of 7….
COLOMBO, March 20 (Reuters) – The Sri Lankan rupee ended slightly higher on Monday as exporters sold dollars and as foreign remittances boosted inflows, easing some pressure on the currency that hit a record low in the previous session. The rupee close…
TORONTO, March 20, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — VitalHub Corp. (the “Company” or “VitalHub”) (TSXV:VHI) is pleased to announce subsidiary company B Sharp’s Sri Lankan development arm “B Sharp Lanka” is in the process of renaming itself “VitalHub (Pvt) Ltd.” This change in name reflects a shift …
Deshapriya urged the Muslims to assimilate themselves into a Sri Lankan nation and reminded the Sinhalese that there is no unmixed community in the country or in the world.
Violence against Muslims, who constitute 10 per cent of Sri Lanka’s population is emerging as a pattern. The renewed violence also marks the resurgence of militant Buddhist group Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) that first appeared during 2012-14 with support from the Mahinda Rajapaksa government after the …
Mar 19, Colombo: Malaysian police in Sibu have rescued two Sri Lankan engineers last Saturday after they were allegedly tricked into forced labor by an employment agency. Madusanka Perera Edirisinghe and Dushan Kavinda De Silva, both 21, were promised …