Thursday, 20th November 2014 Lahore: Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Pakistan Air Chief Marshal (Retd.) Jayalath Weerakkody has called for full exploitation of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Pakistan and Sri Lan ...
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CICT attracts first-ever 16,000+ TEU ship to Port of Colombo
Thursday, 20th November 2014 The Port of Colombo delivered on its promise of establishing Colombo as the regional maritime hub when the brand new 16,000+ TEU ship MV MSC New York berthed at Colombo International Contain ...
SL among the top ten generous countries
Thursday, 20th November 2014 Theravada Buddhism in countries like Myanmar and Sri Lanka had influenced and encouraged charity among its people. Nine out of ten people in Myanmar follow Theravada Buddhism.The Sangha are ...
Presidential pardon for Indian fishermen
Thursday, 20th November 2014 Chaminda Perera The five Indian fishermen sentenced to death in Sri Lanka on drug smuggling charges, were freed yesterday, after they were pardoned by President Mahinda Rajapaksa. President ...
More than 5,000 foreign students in SL universities – SB
Thursday, 20th November 2014 by Dasun Edirisinghe More than 5,000 foreign students were studying in Sri Lanka at present at the state universities and degree awarding institutions, Higher Education Minister S. B. Dissan ...
Sri Lanka’s famous Galle Face Hotel doorman dies
Tuesday, 18th November 2014 By Charles Haviland BBC News Kottarappu Chattu Kuttan was a Colombo institution A doorman who worked for 72 years at the most famous hotel in the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo, has di ...
Sri Lanka to support bank for South Asian region
Friday, 14th November 2014 COLOMBO, Nov. 13 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lanka will support establishing a bank among South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) countries to help finance infrastructure developme ...
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