Tuesday 25th November 2014 China and Sri Lanka should join hands and open the "Silk Route" again, Prime Minister D. M. Jayaratne said. The Premier said so when Former Vice Premier of the Peoples Republic of China and ...
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Application for postal voting opens for presidential polls
Tuesday 25th November 2014 Applications for postal votes for the upcoming Presidential Election commenced on Sunday, Elections Department sources said. Additional Elections Commissioner U. Amaradasa said applications w ...
President due to leave for SAARC Summit today
Tuesday 25th November 2014 President Mahinda Rajapaksa is due to leave for Kathmandu, Nepal today to attend the 18th South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Summit scheduled for November 26 and 27. The ...
Mihin Lanka Now Flies to Another SAARC Destination – Lahore
Saturday, 22nd November 2014 Mihin Lanka, Sri Lanka’s national low-cost carrier recently expanded its operations, with an inaugural flight from Colombo, Sri Lanka to Lahore, Pakistan. Mihin Lanka’s senior manageme ...
Colombo reaches out
Friday, 21st November 2014 The release of Indian fishermen by Sri Lanka is a moment for both countries to build on Colombo’s decision to free five Indian fishermen sentenced to death in a smuggling case is a good gestur ...
Rajapaksa pardon will improve ties
Friday, 21st November 2014 This may be a good moment for India and Sri Lanka to clinch negotiations on the question of fishing rights for Indian fishermen from Tamil Nadu in the Palk Straits Sri Lanka President Mahinda ...
Colombo reaches out
Friday, 21st November 2014 President Rajapaksa’s grand goodwill gesture Securing the release of the five Indian fishermen, who were sentenced by a Sri Lankan court to death on charges of drug-smuggling, marks a huge dip ...