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About 27 migrants from Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Eritrea and Pakistan were caught by Romanian s Arad police after they tried to cross the border illegally into Hungary, hiding inside two trucks loaded with textile fabrics and metal rods.
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By Saman Indrajith The Department of Immigration and Emigration said that it has received 5,401 requests for dual citizenship in the year 2021. The Department said the majority of the requests (1,621) had come from residents of Australia. About 885 individuals from the United Kingdom, 795 from the United States, and 371 from Canada had […]
Wednesday 28th December, 2022 Reports that the Election Commission will have to hold the local government elections soon have upset government politicians beyond measure; they are delivering jeremiads against what they call unnecessary state expenditure amidst an economic crisis. Claiming that the mini polls will cost the country Rs. 10 billion, they would have the […]
By Rathindra Kuruwita Political parties had to field clean, dedicated and educated candidates at elections; otherwise, the voters will reject them, says Executive Director of People’s Action for Free and Fair Elections (PAFFREL) Rohana Hettiarachchi. The PAFFREL Executive Director told The Island yesterday: “The upcoming LG elections will be a crucial election. In 2022, people […...
By Rathindra Kuruwita Sensational reports by some sectors about the spread of drugs among schoolchildren is likely to be politically motivated, Chairman of the National Authority on Tobacco and Alcohol Dr. Samadhi Rajapaksa, told journalists in Colombo on Monday. Rajapaksa said that only 9.1 percent of Sri Lankans now smoked. The number consuming betel had […]
By Ifham Nizam The human-elephant conflict has left 132 humans and 412 elephants dead so far this year. About 405 elephants died in 2019. Biodiversity Conservation and Research Circle, Convener Supun Lahiru Prakash told The Island that there was no hope for a sustainable solution, even next year. Prakash also dismissed claims made by Agriculture, […]
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The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), with funding through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), will distribute 36,000 metric tonnes of Triple Super Phosphate (TSP) fertilizer to all paddy farmers in Sri Lanka through the Ministry of Agriculture.
The agreement on exemption of visa requirements for holders of diplomatic and officials passports between Sri Lanka and Cambodia has come into effect from December 24, 2022.
Thilini Priyamali, who was in remand custody over financial fraud, was released from prison today (December 27) after fulfilling her bail conditions, Prisons Commissioner General and Spokesman Chandana Ekanayake said.The post Thilini Priyamali released from prison appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
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President Ranil Wickremesinghe today (Dec 27) made changes to the posts of two ministerial secretaries.
Minister of Tourism Harin Fernando states that 701,331 tourists visited Sri Lanka between January 2022 and December 26, 2022.
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), with funding through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), will distribute 36,000 metric tonnes of Triple Super Phosphate (TSP) fertilizer to all paddy farmers in Sri Lanka through the Ministry of Agriculture. The amount of TSP provided per farmer will be determined based […]
Cambodia and Sri Lanka have exempted visas for Diplomatic and Official passport holders, the Foreign Ministry said today. The agreement on exemption of visa requirements for holders of the Diplomatic and Official passports between Sri Lanka and Cambodia was signed on 10 May 2022. The agreement had been signed at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and […]
Sri Lanka was ranked 7th among the 10 countries with the highest food price inflation in the world, the latest World Bank assessment said.The post Sri Lanka still among 10 countries with highest food price inflation appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
When Sri Lanka slid into its worst economic crisis in seven decades leading to deadly riots and alarming shortages of fuel, food and medicines earlier this year, its giant northern neighbour stepped into the breach.The post India makes inroads into Sri Lanka under China’s long shadow appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
Three shipments of coal are scheduled to arrive in Sri Lanka on January 05, 09 and 16, Minister of Power Energy Kanchana Wijesekera says.
Sri Lanka’s most digitally–savvy bank HNB PLC recently took home the Gold Award for Best Search Engine Optimisation/Search Engine Marketing and the Silver for the Best Use of Experiential Digital Marketing at the SLIM DIGIs 2.2 Awards. Hosted by the Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing (SLIM), the awards recognise the most innovative, impactful and unique […]
India, the world’s third-largest producer of renewable energies, will look to project its soft power through its green initiatives during G20 Presidency, writes Olivier Guillard for French publication, Asialyst. “On December 1, India, for the first time in its history, took over the presidency of the G20. Through its green initiatives, the world’s third largest […]
Iconic Galaxy recently started handing over their luxury apartments to customers following the project completion in October 2022, with JLL, Sri Lanka’s premiere real estate property management company, inaugurating their office with a ceremony. JLL helps buy, build, occupy, manage and invest in a variety of assets including industrial, commercial, retail, residential and hotel real […]
The year gone by has proven to be an inflection point for Digital India. The family of digital public goods created on open-source programming is gearing up for global scale. Apart from the introduction of the Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) and the digital rupee, the government has set the stage for bringing stability […]
The fuel consumption in Sri Lanka has plunged by 50 percent in the last months of 2022, compared to the first few months of the year, the state-owned fuel distributor Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) said on Monday.The post Fuel consumption in Sri Lanka drops 50% in December appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
Sri Lanka has deported 1,955 foreign nationals based on various charges between 2018 and 2021.The post Sri Lanka deports over 1,900 foreign nationals in four years appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
BBC quoting Chinese officials reported that China will scrap quarantine for travellers from 8 January, marking the last major shift from the country’s zero-Covid policy. After three years of closed borders, this will effectively reopen the country to those with work and study visas, or seeking to visit family. China is the last major economy […]
Requests have reportedly been made by 5,401 individuals to the Department of Immigration and Emigration for obtaining dual citizenship in the year 2021.
Pakistan captain Babar Azam broke a 16 year record as he became his country’s highest run scorer in a calendar year. He was 161 not out at the end of the first day of the two-Test series with New Zealand in Karachi to take his 2022 tally to 2,485 runs across all formats. In doing […]
The Pakistani intelligence agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), has been accused of trying to revive the now defunct Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in Tamil Nadu, an Indian media report claimed. Republic World said that Pakistan’s ISI has been trying to push the revival of the LTTE in the southern Indian state. Notably, this comes […]