DOHA: Sri Lankan Embassy in Qatar in association with Sri Lanka Coordinating Committee organised a Cultural Programme on February 16 to mark Sri Lanka’s 70th Anniversary of Independence. At this event, on behalf of the Sri Lankan Government, ASP Liyanage, Sri Lankan Ambassador to Qatar …
The Sri Lankan Embassy in Brasilia, Brazil, commemorated the 70th Anniversary of Independence recently, at the Embassy premises with the participation of the Sri Lankan community and well-wishers. The event commenced with the hoisting of the national f…
Answer 1 of 3: Hello everyone, Two of us are due to fly out in a couple of weeks, I looked at our e-tickets and noticed it said we had 40kg hold and 7kg hand, we are only flying economy? We know usually it’s 30kg for economy and 40kg for business, has anyone…
Sri Lanka is in the throes of a political crisis after the two main parties in the ruling coalition suffered a dramatic defeat in the recent local government elections. Fissures between the Sri Lanka Freedom Party, led by President Maithripala Sirisena…
It was made in Sri Lanka in the middle of the 16th century — much the Medieval period to which the great savant, Coomaraswamy, refers in the excerpt above taken from one of his countless writings — for the prince of Kotte in that island kingdom. This i…
After almost four decades a Sri Lankan feature length Tamil language film, ‘Komaali Kings’ made with an all Sri Lankan cast and crew will hit the screens nationwide in over fifty cinemas – including those in the North, East and the Hill Country region from February 23. An important milestone in the rebirth …
The US ambassador to Sri Lanka and his Indian counterpart this week publicly stepped in to halt a planned breakup of the National Unity Government headed by President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe after its heavy losses a…
COLOMBO, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) — Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Friday ended days of silence, saying the unity government between the United National Party (UNP) and the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) would continue and he would continue…
COLOMBO, Feb 16 (Reuters) – Sri Lankan shares hit a one-week closing high on Friday as foreign investor purchases helped overcome negative market sentiment due to political uncertainty, dealers said. The Colombo stock index ended 0.16 percent firmer at…
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – A building collapsed in a busy part of Sri Lanka’s capital on Wednesday, killing at least seven people, police said. Police spokesman Ruwan Gunasekara said firefighters and police were searching for people who might be trapped under the rubble. Police were unable to say how …