Category: Local News

Bangladesh’s Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed has said the government will sign Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Sri Lanka to boost bilateral trade and commerce.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on an invitation of the Government of Australia will leave for Australia today for a four-day official visit.

The President further added that he took measures to interdict several state officers of the Geological Surveys and Mines Bureau (GSMB) for allegedly failing to perform their duties.

After claiming South China Sea to be its own sea, telling America to stay off its islands, China is reaching for the Indian Ocean, telling India to stay off its own colony, Sri Lanka.

Speculation is rife in Colombo’s corporate circles about a plan to restructure SriLankan Airlines and Mihin Lanka as a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) venture featuring the Texas Pacific Group (TPG) of America as the private collaborator.

The Chief Minister of the Tamil-majority Northern Province of Sri Lanka, C.V.Wigneswaran, has admitted that “some unfortunate incidents” of the past had inflicted wounds on the Muslims which are yet to heal.

COLOMBO – The Sri Lanka government will undertake a tourism promotion drive in Fujian province of China next week to attract more and more Chinese tourists, a Sri Lankan Minister said on Friday.

Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake yesterday in Parliament complained of leaking inside information of the Central Bank to the media.

BERAGAMA, Sri Lanka: These days, Vimalabudhi Thero, head monk at the Beragama village Buddhist temple, is consumed more by worldly concerns than matters of the soul.

The government yesterday said the Sri Lanka Medical Council (SLMC) has no option other than accepting SAITM as a fully qualified private medical college now that the Court of Appeal has given a clear ruling in favour of it.

The gazette notification containing the controlled prices of rice has been published by the government.

Action will be taken against individuals responsible for the killings of prisoners at the Welikada prison in 2012 once the Government receives the Police report into the incident, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said.

Washington: Sri Lanka has the potential to become the next Asian Tiger, a top US official said, lauding the government’s renewed commitment towards reconciliation and unprecedented level of cooperation between the two countries.

Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) politburo member Wasantha Samarasinghe alleged yesterday that Perpetual Treasuries head Arjun Aloysius was handing out various privileges and gratifications to Ministers and certain media personnel

Former Central Bank Governor Arjuna Mahendran said a group of disgruntled Central Bank employees closely allied with a former Governor lobbied for his removal

India misinterpreted the Rajapaksa administration’s relationship with China, but is silent on the current government’s engagement with the rising super power, Sri Lankan parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa, the eldest son of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, said.