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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