Development CONSTRUCTION OF US$ 250 MN PLANT PROCEEDING RAPIDLY
MINISTER MALIK SAMARAWICKRAMA VISITS BOI RIGID TyRE FACTORY Minister of Development Strategies and International Trade Malik Samarawickrama visited the Rigid…
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Business Commercial Bank opens micro-finance company in Myanmar
Two years after opening its representative office in Yangon The Commercial Bank of Ceylon has opened a microfinance company as its second subsidiary in…
Crime Gunathilaka suspended by SLC from all forms of international cricket
Sri Lanka batsman Danushka Gunathilaka has been suspended from all forms of international cricket by SLC for breaching the 'Player Code of Conduct', pending…
Sports Spinners put Sri Lanka in sight of 2-0 series win
South Africa 139 for 5 (de Bruyn 45*, Bavuma 14*) and 124 trail Sri Lanka 338 and 275 for 5 dec (Karunaratne 85, Maharaj 3-154) by 351 runs South Africa…
General Port of Colombo transshipment volumes increase by 19.8 %
Establishing a record in transshipment operations, the Port of Colombo has witnessed the highest growth of 19.8% in transshipment container throughput for the…
Politics ENVIRONMENT SECRETARY MEETS PRESIDENT OF THE GLOBAL GREEN GROWTH INSTITUTE
Secretary, Ministry of Mahaweli Development and Environment of Sri Lanka Anura Dissanayake called on Dr. Ban Ki-moon, President of the Assembly and Chair of…
Politics PRESIDENT TO COMMENCE WATER FILLING OF KALU GANGA-MORAGAHAKANDA TODAY
Sri Lanka, primarily an agricultural nation, marks a significant milestone today (July 23) when the waters of the last but largest reservoir of multipurpose…
Business Sri Lanka to cut costs to trade with information portal
Sri Lanka launched a trade information website Friday bringing together up-to-date information on regulations and procedures relating to exports and imports…
Business Failure to renegotiate causes huge losses
ACE power dispute: The Ceylon Electricity Board Engineers Union (CEBEU) had asked its members to be wary of making payments, amounting to Rs. 840 million, to…
Politics Austin named envoy to India
Former Secretary to President Maithripala Sirisena and distinguished civil servant Austin Fernando has been designated as Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner to…
Business PM encourages entrepreneurs in North with tax concessions to uplift local economy
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday said the Government has offered tax relief for 300% of the income from capital investment to entrepreneurs who…
Business Sri Lanka's Keells Foods net grows 34-pct in June, revenues up
Sri Lanka's Keells Food Products said profits grew 34 percent from a year earlier to 56.3 million rupees in the June 2018 quarter on expanding sales of…
Law ICC verdict a slur on the image of the country
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has finally delivered its verdict on the ball tampering and transgression of the spirit of cricket incidents that took…
Politics MR violated country’s sovereignty by accepting bribe from China: Kabir
Minister of Highways Kabir Hashim yesterday charged that former President Mahinda Rajapaksa had not only accepted a bribe from China Harbour Engineering…
Business Govt. launches landmark five-year National Export Strategy
SL eyes $ 28 b export revenue by 2022 PM says NES catalyst to link to global value chains, increase exports and create jobs Officials to meet exporters every…
Politics Dayasiri warns of constitutional coup to oust President
Former Minister and UPFA MP Dayasiri Jayasekera yesterday informed parliament that a plot was being hatched to remove the President through constitutional…
Development SL lost economic independence due to corrupt development projects: JVP
The JVP in Parliament yesterday said that the country had no economic independence as a direct result of the unfeasible large-scale development projects…
Business NDB secures loan up to $75 m with Commerzbank Germany
National Development Bank (NDB) has successfully negotiated a loan up to $75 million, from Commerzbank Aktikengsellschaft Germany recently. Dubai-based Alpen…
Sports Hansika gets Asian Games boost
Sri Lanka’s boxing ambitions at next month’s Asian Games, received another shot in the arm, with Keshani Hansika winning a bronze medal in the lightweight…
Politics CPC loses Rs. 5.4 b from kerosene sales
The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) incurred a loss of Rs. 5.4 billion from the sale of kerosene oil in 2017, the Government told Parliament yesterday, but…
Business Virtusa’s Kris Canekeratne selected as EY Entrepreneur of The Year® 2018 award winner in New England regional finals
SOUTHBOROUGH, MA – Virtusa Corporation (NASDAQ GS:VRTU), a global provider of digital strategy, digital engineering, and IT outsourcing services that…
Sports Uncertain future for Galle International Cricket Stadium
The future of Galle International Cricket Stadium as an international venue is in danger. The stadium which is one of Sri Lanka’s luckiest venues faces the…
General Feeding alcohol to toddler: Father says it was water in the bottle
The father of the baby, who was seen in a social media video, feeding it with a beer bottle, told court yesterday that it was water that was in the bottle and…
Politics No downsizing of Army - PM
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday (18), told Parliament that Army Commander Lieutenant General, Mahesh Senanayake was willing to meet Opposition…