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Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop to visit Sri Lanka
The Minister for Foreign Affairs of Australia Julie Bishop will undertake an official visit to Sri Lanka from 19-20 July 2017. Foreign Minister Julie Bishop will meet Foreign Minister Ravi Karunanayake on Wednesday 19 July 2017 evening for bilateral talks at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, that would be followed by Statements to the Media. […]
Sri Lanka and Bangladesh envisage JVs in various fields
By P.K. Balachandran Sri Lanka and Bangladesh are envisaging the setting up of Joint Ventures between the private and public sector entities of the two countries in a wide variety of fields including apparels and pharmaceuticals according to a joint statement issued by the two countries at the end of the three day visit of […]
Singapore Foreign Minister Dr. Vivian Balakrishnan to visit Sri Lanka
The Minister for Foreign Affairs of Singapore Dr. Vivian Balakrishnan will undertake an official visit to Sri Lanka from 17-21 July 2017. Minister Balakrishnan is expected to call on President Maithripala Sirisena, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and Leader of the Opposition R. Sampanthan during his visit. The Foreign Minister will meet Foreign Affairs Minister Ravi […]
Hayleys Advantis to expand Maldives operations with two landing craft
Press Release: Hayleys Advantis has further solidified its position in the Maldives with the addition of two new landing craft that will further expand the range of services offered by their subsidiary, Total Transport Solutions Maldives (Pvt) Limited (TTS). These landing craft will allow TTS to actively participate in discharging cargo midstream and make deliveries […]
“Midnight Badaginnata” Night Kade by Waters Edge
“Night Kade” by Waters Edge is the latest addition to the waterfront hotel’s truly international food offering. This one is purely for the satisfaction of those who crave Sri Lankan street food at the wee hours of the morning. Open from 12midnight to 5am Friday and Saturday and till 4am on all other days, the […]
Torture in Sri Lanka among “worst in the world,” says UN Special Rapporteur
By P.K. Balachandran Torture of persons in custody under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) in Sri Lanka is on an “industrial scale” and is “among the worst in the world”, the UN Special Rapporteur on torture and counter-terrorism, Ben Emmerson said here on Friday. Briefing the media here after a four-day tour of Sri […]
Sri Lanka secures immediate rice stock from Pakistan, Myanmar
The four man Lankan team of officials that flew to Pakistan and Myanmar to select rice tranche, has returned to Colombo today July 14 morning-and reports tale of a government to government level success. No less than 55000 MT rice has been made available to Sri Lanka immediately by both Pakistan and Myanmar. Minister of […]
Achieving UNHRC resolution goals ground to a virtual halt: Special Rapporteur
Human rights and counter-terrorism: UN Special Rapporteur Ben Emmerson on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism concludes visit to Sri Lanka Preliminary findings of the visit to Sri Lanka The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism, […]
ACCA Global President visits CA Sri Lanka
Global President of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) Mr. Brian McEnery paid a courtesy call at the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka recently, where matters in relation to the development of the accounting profession was discussed at length. He was received by CA Sri Lanka’s Council Members Mr. Sanjaya Bandara, Mr. […]
SOM Winner of the Port City Design Idea Competition Awarded
Press Release: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), one of the world’s largest architecture, interior design, engineering and urban planning firms, who was judged the winner of the International Conceptual Urban Design Idea Competition for the Financial District and Marina of the Colombo Port City was awarded at a ceremony recently held at the Cinnamon Grand, […]
Sri Lankan Supreme Court petitioned to stop building steel houses for IDPs
By P.K.Balachandran Tamil National Alliance (TNA) MP for Jaffna District, M.A.Sumanthiran, on Thursday filed a Fundamental Rights petition in the Supreme Court to stop a government project to build 65,000 pre-fabricated steel houses for people displaced by war in the Northern and Eastern Provinces. The respondents in the case are the Minister for Resettlement and […]
RIU predicts upward shift in tourism & investment in Kalpitiya
Research Intelligence Unit (RIU) Market brief: Close-up on Kalpitiya Located in the Puttalam District on the North West coast of Sri Lanka, Kalpitiya is one of the blooming areas in terms of tourism in Sri Lanka. Having a nice breezy tropical climate has attracted both marine life and tourists from the world over. The sandy […]