What’s so special about Chandika Hathurusingha?

2018-03-15   |   Uncategorized

In 2011, it seemed inevitable that Hathurusingha would be elevated to the national team, following the departure of Trevor Bayliss, but Sri Lanka’s ...

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Lankan lasses record second whitewash

2018-03-15   |   Uncategorized

ri Lankan Junior Fed Cup team registered their second clean sweep victory in the Asia/Oceania Pre-qualifiers when the beat Vietnam in a convincing fas...

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Colombo Port gets competitiveness boost.

2018-03-15   |   Uncategorized

Collaborate to compete! The terminal operators of Colombo Port yesterday made a bid to improve its efficiency by signing a landmark Memorandum of Un...

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Malabe - ‘Sri Lanka’s fastest growing residential & IT hub’

2018-03-15   |   Uncategorized

Malabe is a suburb of the greater Colombo area, in the Colombo district, Western Province of Sri Lanka. A predominantly residential area Malabe is now...

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Facebook expresses concern over Sri Lanka ban

2018-03-15   |   Uncategorized

Facebook said Wednesday it was responding to Sri Lanka's concerns over incendiary material shared on its platform and hoped internet restrictions impo...

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Japanese –Sri Lankan state leaders agree to strengthen bilateral ties

2018-03-15   |   Uncategorized

Japanese Prime minister says that he would work towards provide funds, without loans A new agreement is signed between two countries on conducting Ja...

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Govt will not ban social media – PM

2018-03-15   |   Uncategorized

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday (14) said that as the person who introduced Internet to Sri Lanka, neither he nor his Government has any...

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Thakur, Pandey fashion India's emphatic win

2018-03-13   |   Uncategorized

India 153 for 4 (Pandey 42*, Karthik 39*, Dananjaya 2-19) beat Sri Lanka152 for 9 (Kusal Mendis 55, Thakur 4-27) by six wickets  Scorecard and ball...

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Lankan women in IT commit to advance diversity and inclusion in the workplace

2018-03-13   |   Uncategorized

In a bid to bring gender diversity to the forefront, a group of high-profile professionals from some of Sri Lanka's leading technology-driven companie...

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New Port City’s hidden truth spells danger for future generations

2018-03-13   |   Uncategorized

At the media briefing....

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No need to extend 'State of Emergency' after Thursday

2018-03-13   |   Uncategorized

The ten-day clamped down on last Tuesday (6) will not be extended from midnight Thursday (15) as the country has fully returned to normal after sporad...

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DIGANA VILLAGE: SHREDS OF HUMANITY AMID VIOLENT TRAGEDY

2018-03-12   |   Uncategorized

When bonds of humanity and community shone through the terror and despair during the Kandy unrest DIGANA: As news spread about unrest in Teldeniya fol...

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Eyes wide open on Chinese media invasion in Sri Lanka

2018-03-12   |   Uncategorized

While Chinese investments started to pour in from the time Mahinda Rajapaksa became President and got close to China, concerns were raised that China ...

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Stop. Enough. No more

2018-03-12   |   Uncategorized

Friday Forum is appalled by the continued violence that has been witnessed in many parts of the country, and especially in the Kandy district, in the ...

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Sri Lanka forex reserves rise to US$7.9bn in Feb 2018

2018-03-12   |   Uncategorized

Sri Lanka's forex reserves rose 244.35 million US dollars to 7,914 million US dollars in February 2018 from a month earlier, amid slower credit, thoug...

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Govt. should hold reform course: IMF

2018-03-12   |   Uncategorized

Projects SL to grow by 4.4%, inflation to hit 5% by 2018-end, food prices to stabilise Warns economy vulnerable to shocks, reform momentum e...

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Sri Lanka shines at ITB despite Kandy crisis

2018-03-12   |   Uncategorized

Destination Sri Lanka was a hot favourite at the world’s leading travel and trade show ITB, which opened in Berlin, Germany last week. The event is...

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Multi-communal dialogue among Sri Lankan expats in Saudi to promote harmony

2018-03-12   |   Uncategorized

Riyadh: Following the recent violence against Muslims in Sri Lanka, Sri Lankan Ambassador in Saudi Arabia, Azmi Thassim, said that a multi-communal di...

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Normalcy returns to Kandy

2018-03-11   |   Uncategorized

Public life in Kandy which had been disrupted over the past couple of days due to ethnic tensions is now returning to normalcy. Businesses which had ...

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Am I the biggest rogue in this country?

2018-03-11   |   Uncategorized

Former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa in an interview with Ceylon Today said he takes pride in saying that he did everything possible to defeat ...

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Rise above differences

2018-03-11   |   Uncategorized

My dear Sri Lankan, It is with a sense of sadness that I am writing to you this week following the events in Kandy that has cost two lives already. Wh...

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Canada deeply concerned by violence in SL

2018-03-09   |   Uncategorized

The Canadian government said it was deeply concerned by the recent inter-communal violence in Sri Lanka and urged all sides to engage in inclusive dia...

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Sri Lankans

2018-03-09   |   Uncategorized

An organisation by the name Citizens Against Racism today staged a peaceful protest outside the Fort Railway station in Colombo against the incident...

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UN condemns incidents of communal violence in Sri Lanka

2018-03-08   |   Uncategorized

The United Nations in Sri Lanka today expressed concern about the recent incidents of communal violence in the country and condemned the acts in the s...

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A boom from the past

2018-03-07   |   Uncategorized

Somasiri Devendra with a replica of a cannon Picture from the past: Cannon being unloaded at the Trincomalee harbour...

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