Monday , 13th October 2014 The Hong Kong-based luxury hotel developer, Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts is to invest on a residential apartment complex in Sri Lanka, and the land transfer towards it is expected to take pla ...
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SRI LANKA: ASIA’S FASTEST GROWING ECONOMY
Monday, 13th October 2014 Lakshman I.Keerthisinghe LLB, LLM.MPhil, Attorney-at-Law “Singapore is showing signs that its extraordinary growth of recent years may be reaching an end as it reaches its 50th birthday. Sri L ...
Sri Lanka welcomes 100,000th Chinese tourist
Monday, 13th October 2014 The 100,000th Chinese tourist to visit Sri Lanka in 2014 was welcomed at the Bandaranaike International Airport in Katunayake on Saturday by Sri Lanka Tourism Chairman Bashwara Gunaratne. ...
PRESIDENT FOR ONE AND ALL
Speech in Kilinochchi Monday, 13th October 2014 The people of the North, South, East and the West are all equal in my eyes and I am the President of all of them, said President Mahinda Rajapaksa . “I am the President n ...
Reflections on child rights in Sri Lanka, during the past 25 years
Sunday, 12th October 2014 By Dr. Hiranthi Wijemanne View(s): The origin of rights based services for Sri Lankan children began soon after independence. It started when the post-independence political leadership at that ...
Colombo linked to Jaffna by steel after 24 years
Sunday, 12th October 2014 By S, Rubatheesan Yal Devi resumes her journey stalled in 1990 View(s): After 24 years ‘Yal Devi’ is all set to begin its journey to Jaffna from Colombo with pride, linking the North and the S ...
Minister Peiris calls on President–elect of Indonesia
Prof. G.L. Peiris, Minister of External Affairs, called on Mr. Joko Widodo, President-elect of Indonesia, who will be inaugurated as Indonesia’s Head of State on 20th October. Minister Peiris conveyed to President-elect Widodo, the warm felicitations and good wishes of President Mahinda Rajapaksa for a happy and successful tenure of the new Presidency.