Tuesday, 7th October 2014 By PK Balachandran Jaffna: While the Tamil Diaspora and indigenous Sri Lankan entrepreneurs appear to be indifferent to the dire economic needs of the war-battered, Tamil-majority Northern Prov ...
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Minister Peiris holds bilateral discussions with Australian Foreign Minister
Prof. G.L. Peiris, Minister of External Affairs, held bilateral discussions with Ms. Julie Bishop, Australian Minister of Foreign Affairs, on the sidelines of the Indian Ocean Rim Association Ministerial Meeting in Pert ...
56% of export target achieved: Rishad
Business News Wednesday, 8th October 2014 Jan-Aug exports bring Lanka closer to ’14 target Says huge $ 1 m+ spice initiatives now on Thank you exporters, WTO!: Rishad “We thank Govt. for support”: Spice Champ ...
A country without slums our goal, says President
Wednesday, 8th October 2014. Sandun A. Jayasekera Sri Lanka can claim with her head held high that it was the only country in the region that has fulfilled the goals of the Habitat Commission of the UN with a target to ...
PTA will continue – Ravinatha
Wednesday, 8th October 2014 By Lakna Paranamanna The Sri Lankan delegation yesterday informed the UN Human Rights Committee that the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) will continue to remain in force as the threat of t ...
Sri Lanka tourist arrivals up 16.8 -pct in September
Wednesday, 8th October 2014 Sri Lanka’s tourist arrivals rose 16.8 percent to 105,535 in September 2014 from a year earlier, driven by India and China, data from the state tourism promotion office showed. In the nine ...
Land around tree planted by Che to be made a park
Wednesday, 8th October 2014. A section of the Yahala Kele Rubber Estate at Moragahahena in Horana, where Che Guevara planted a mahogany tree when he visited Sri Lanka in 1959 would be named Che Park at 3.00 pm today, J ...