Business National Export Strategy for Cabinet nod soon - Malwatte
Export target for 2018 scaled up to US$ 17.8 bn Measures to increase exports by 15% annually Sri Lanka’s exports in 2017 has grown by 15% to US$15.4 billion…
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Politics Govt.’s net borrowings equal to foreign reserves: Cabraal
Former Central Bank Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal yesterday charged that the net borrowings by the present government almost equal the country’s current…
Crime Attempts to smuggle out US$ 208,000: Finance Ministry keeps file
The Finance Ministry has retained the Customs file containing evidence on the November arrest of Jaya Sudhir Jayaram, a Malaysian businessman, who was…
Education Some primary schools to close
The Southern Province Ministry of Education yesterday (21), said it had decided to close primary schools and primary sections in six education zones of the…
Crime Immigration officers threaten work-to-rule repeat if demands unresolved.
Immigration officers warned they are prepared to resume their work-to-rule campaign next week, if the Government fails to follow through on its guarantee to…
Politics Lord Naseby meets Sri Lankan Diaspora at House of Lords
One of the 1st events representing Sri Lankan Diaspora at the House of Lords Last week, the UK Parliament paid tribute to the Sri Lankan community living in…
Weather Rain havoc claims more lives
Death toll six Over 1,000 displaced more than 22,000 affected Showers to continue Unrelenting rains continue to wreak havoc in 12 districts around the country,…
Business Hackers transfer US$13 mn from businessmen via emails: CERT
The Computer Emergency Readiness Team | Co-ordination Centre (CERT|CC) said yesterday they had received complaints about fraudsters hacking into email accounts…
Technology Tourism Ministry website hacked by Tamil Eelam Cyber Force
The Sinhalese version of the official website of the Ministry of Tourism Development and Christian Religious Affairs and the website of the Democratic…
Business Business confidence falls to a 70-month low
The latest edition of business magazine LMD reports a decline of 19 basis points in the LMD-Nielsen Business Confidence Index (BCI). It fell to 98 in April, a…
General SLNS Sagara returns home on completion of successful naval exercise
Sri Lanka Naval Ship Sagara which left the island for Indonesia on last 24th April to attend Komodo-2018 Naval exercise and International Fleet Review, on…
Weather Necessary information provided to Interpol for Udayanga’s extradition.
Sri Lanka has presented a strong case to Interpol as regards its efforts to have former Sri Lanka Ambassador to Russia and Ukraine extradited in connection…
Technology Tamils to remember the dead in Mullivaikkal
Northern Province Chief Minister C.V. Wigneswaran urges them to unite on the ‘tragic’ Remembrance Day N orthern Province Chief Minister C.V. Wigneswaran…
Technology Spread of influenza will be contained
The Health Department of the Southern Province yesterday (17) said, that action was being taken to bring the present influenza crisis under control. Southern…
Weather Sri Lankan Johann Peries close to reaching summit of Mount Everest
Johann Peries, Sri Lanka’s famed mountain climber and adventurer, is set to make his ascent to the peak of Mount Everest in a few days. If the weather clears,…
Politics Lord Buddha’s Holy Relics returned back to Pakistan
The most sacred relics of Lord Buddha from Taxila were taken back to Pakistan today after conclusion of a three-week long exposition at various locations in…
Sports Tim McCaskil imparts knowledge on reducing injuries to Sri Lankans
Not many had heard about Tim McCaskil when Sri Lanka's Head Coach Chandika Haturusingha put in a paper to Sri Lanka Cricket asking the board to hire the…
Technology Govt. partners Microsoft on digital transformation initiative
Sri Lanka’s plans to boost economic growth, which place digital transformation and connectivity high on the agenda to usher a new era of optimism, was sealed…
Politics JO ready to accept group of 16, no special status
The Joint Opposition (JO)/Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) expect 16 SLFP members of parliament who crossed over to the Opposition on May 8 to join the…
Politics Government to remain neutral on commemoration activities in North for 18 May
The Government yesterday (16 May) said that it would remain impartial with regard to the planned commemoration activities by the Northern Provincial Council…
Business Scam causes Rs. 10 m loss at CPSTL, Arjuna to probe
An alleged scam has caused a loss of Rs. 10 million at the Ceylon Petroleum Storage Terminal (CPSTL) on the day fuel prices were hiked, prompting Minister…
Politics Iran agrees to build refinery for Lanka
Iran has agreed to build a new oil refinery for Sri Lanka in addition to upgrading its ageing 50,000 barrel per day (bpd) state-owned refinery, Sri Lankan…
Law CEB denies charges of ashes spreading to Sri Maha Bodhi
Ceylon Electricity Board engineers and Norochcholai Power Plant officials refuted claims that toxic acids evaporating from the power plant posed a threat to…
Business Singer revenue in 1Q up 13% to Rs. 13.6 b despite challenging environment
Singer (Sri Lanka) Plc yesterday announced a 13% increase in revenue to Rs. 13.6 billion in the first quarter of 2018 in spite of challenging business…