Tuesday, 28th October 2014 Reuters: Bangladesh will export 50,000 tons of rice to Sri Lanka for the first time under a government-to-government deal at $450 a ton including cost, freight and insurance, Food Minister Mo ...
Daily Archives: October 28, 2014
NPC squandered allocations on luxuries
Tuesday, 28th October 2014 Nushka Nafeel The Northern Provincial Council which completed one year since its establishment on October 24 had spent less than 25 percent of the allocations made to it by the Centra ...
Port city to undergo marina study
Tuesday, 28th October 2014 Colombo port city will undergo a multidisciplinary marina study by Atkins, one of the world's leading design, engineering and project management consultancies. Atkins has been appointed ...
Qatar Fund arrives with US$ 100 mn
Tuesday, 28th October 2014 The second largest sovereign investment giant in the Gulf region said it is scouting Sri Lanka for implementation ready projects and is vying for Sri Lanka’s surging Stock Market. “In Sri Lan ...
Commonwealth Secretary-General calls on President
Tuesday, 28th October 2014 Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma called on President Mahinda Rajapaksa at Temple Trees yesterday to brief the current Commonwealth Chair-in-Office on the ongoing work and progre ...
Governor challenges contents of CM’s letter
Tuesday, 28th October 2014 Chamikara Weerasinghe Northern Province Chief Minister C.V. Vigneshwaran in a letter circulated by him to the international media and ambassadors of foreign countries, which subsequently rea ...
Sri Lanka allays India’s concerns over its ties with China
Tuesday, 28th October 2014 NEW DELHI (Oct 27): Amid reports of increase in its military ties with China, Sri Lanka today sought to allay India’s concerns, insisting that it will do nothing to compromise the security of ...