Police spokesman Ruwan Gunasekara says firefighters and police are searching for people who may be trapped under the rubble. He said the building, which collapsed Wednesday in Colombo’s Grandpass district, had been used as a storehouse for spices. The cause of the collapse is being …
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 …
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — 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 …
The High Commission of Sri Lanka in London commemorated the 70th Anniversary of Independence with the participation of more than 250 Sri Lankans representing all communities of Sri Lanka on February 04, 2018 at the High Commission premises.
The SLPP, formed in 2016 after Rajapaksa effectively split from the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), won 225 of 340 local council seats across the country. Sri Lanka’s main ruling parties – the United National Party (UNP) and the SLFP – contested the elections separately and won 41 and 11 seats, …
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COLOMBO, Feb 12 (Reuters) – The Sri Lankan rupee ended down on Monday after hitting a record low during the day as foreign investors sold government securities following local election defeats at the weekend for ruling coalition parties. President Maithripala Sirisena’s centre-left Sri Lanka Freedom …
Feb 12, 2018 (LBO) – Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera says they will join hands with all democratic political forces to ensure that Sri Lanka never again returns to rule by the sword. Releasing a statement, Minister Samaraweera said the message fro…
COLOMBO, Feb 12 (Reuters) – Sri Lankan shares fell on Monday as political uncertainty after a local council poll in which the two main ruling parties were defeated dampened investor sentiment. President Maithripala Sirisena’s centre-left Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) and Prime Minister Ranil …
COLOMBO, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) — Sri Lanka’s former President Mahinda Rajapaksa and his party, the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) have won a local government election held in the island country after the party won 239 local bodies out of 340, results released by the Elections Commission …