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Photo courtesy of Daily Sabah As he watched his son’s body being placed in the crematorium, Mohammed Fahim stood outside the cemetery, weeping. “How could I watch my baby being burned,” demanded...
- Playing With Fire (Category: Breaking News)
- Playing With Fire (Category: Breaking News)
- Cremating Muslim Covid Dead Bodies; Sri Lanka Is Right – Whole World Is Wrong? (Category: Breaking News)
- Cremating Muslim Covid Dead Bodies; Sri Lanka Is Right – Whole World Is Wrong? (Category: Breaking News)
Hambantota is claimed to be an ‘emerging hub’ of various sorts – shipping, aviation, tourism, industrialisation, cultural and international sports of various kinds. An unfortunate feature appears to be that in recent years it is emerging to be an epicentre of domestic political crime. A harbinger to this regrettable development was on the eve of ...
- Hold funerals in a peaceful manner Magistrate orders (Category: Breaking News)
- Two killed in shooting at JVP rally (Category: Breaking News)
- Shooting at JVP meeting; two killed (Category: Breaking News)
- We demand Secretary to the Ministry of Defence be removed from post immediately - Mangala Samara... (Category: Breaking News)
By Faraz Shauketaly For over thirty years – most everything in Sri Lanka was blamed on the ‘war’. If you were polite it was the ‘security situation’. People late for appointments always had an excuse, ‘the checkpoints’, the Army took so long to check my ID and the Police took even longer at the next ...
- SC upholds Appeal Court ruling against Customs in Nestlé case (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka hands 37 Chinese fishermen to embassy (Category: Business)
- ‘Dubai Suddha’ arrested over sending job seekers overseas without valid licence (Category: Breaking News)
- LTTE sympathizer arrested in India (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka will have to tackle its inflation problem if it wants to attract foreign direct investments (FDI), IMF’s Deputy Managing Director (DMD) Naoyuki Shinohara told this reporter in an interview at Washington, DC on Sunday. He however said that the island’s macroeconomic outlook was looking good, with inflation coming down, coupled with the institution ...
- IMF SAYS SRI LANKAN ECONOMY IS IMPRESSIVE (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF Disburses US$ 216.6Mn Tranche (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF mission due June 4, SL to receive $400 mln balance (Category: Breaking News)
The exchange rate (ER) last week had the dubious distinction of making a steep dive to hit Rs. 130 by being depreciated by nearly Rs. 5 against the US dollar ($) in a week in interbank trading on the back of import demand, but since then has seemingly been tenuously holding on to those levels ...
- Rupee Strengthens, But Illiquid Status Worsens (Category: Breaking News)
- ER Holds At Rs. 130 (Category: Breaking News)
- Stage Set For FDI Inflows (Category: Breaking News)
- $ Strengthens To Rs. 132.40 (Category: Breaking News)
By Sulochana Ramiah Mohan Tour operators who had made reservations for inbound tourists prior to the hike in fuel and power rates will not be able to adjust their costs, and instead will have to bear the operational costs in the coming months, said sources from the tourism sector. “Local operators
A VIP entourage coupled with the police closing the “cut across” entrance to Cinnamon Grand from Galle Road when travelling towards the Galle Face direction (ie the “cut across” from Galle Road seaside to landside and then to the Hotel)-which is now usually kept opened after the terrorist war end, delayed this reporter from covering ...
- Anti-Islam film protesters disperse, Galle road reopens (Category: Breaking News)
- Water cut on 12th September (Category: Breaking News)
- Road closed for traffic from May 13 - 19 (Category: Breaking News)
- Galle road closed due to protest (Category: Breaking News)
By Lakshman Indranath Keerthisinghe - Attorney-at-Law After checking in to Chaya Blue Resort, from our balcony, we watched the glorious sight of the scarlet sun accompanied by a blanket of streaks of orange clouds setting over the distant yellowish horizon as the blue waters of the lovely Indian Ocean lapped on the golden beaches of ...
- Navy rescues a Chinese naval rating (Category: Breaking News)
- Ambassador of France visits Trincomalee District (Category: Business)
- Navy rescue distressed Myanmar fishermen (Category: Breaking News)
- Celebrating 75th Anniversary of Independence (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka has decided to keep its key policy rates unchanged despite the Bank’s expectation of further slowing down of inflation during the rest of the year. Accordingly, the Central Bank will maintain its Repurchase Rate and the Reverse Repurchase rate respectively at 7.00 per cent and 8.50 per cent, while the SRR will be at ...
- Sri Lanka’s August inflation 9.5% (Category: Breaking News)
- Policy interest rates reduced to boost economic growth (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka keeps its key policy rates unchanged as it expects inflation to slow down (Category: Breaking News)
- Current policy measures will help achieve credit and money supply growth targets – Chief Economi... (Category: Breaking News)
BRASILIA, March 7 (BERNAMA-NNN-PRENSA LATINA) -- Brazil and Sri Lanka have discussed important aspects of their bilateral links chiefly technical cooperation in agriculture, bio-fuel, and tourism.
By Abdul H. Azeez – Photos by Lalith Perera The smoky haze that seems to have taken up residence over the tarmac of the Ratmalana Airport slowly dissipates as the little nine seater I am sitting in leaves the ground. Our pilot had to keep the engine running in order to get the AC working ...
- Cessna to adorn Lankan skies (Category: Business)
- Flying Sensors (Category: Business)
- ExpoAir begins regularJaffna flights (Category: Business)
- Domestic flights to Jaffna from February 01 (Category: Breaking News)
By Lewie Diasz* Marketing’s forefathers Theodore Levitt and Phillip Kotler defined marketing in an era where baby boomers and generation X prevailed and marketing has evolved ever since and the evolution can be classified into different eras. The evolution begins from a hunter-gatherer orientation to agriculture orientation and then the early 1900s where demand exceeded ...
- Marketers confounded by mounting data: CMO Council (Category: Business)
- Driving marketing in the boardroom (Category: Business)
- Sri Lankan universities and marketing orientation (Category: Business)
By Ashwin Hemmathagama Skyline Aviation (Pvt) Ltd. Flying Training Academy was established in April 2006 by a group of entrepreneurs and professional aviators who had a passion for flying. The main aim of the company was to infuse that same passion into new recruits, and training them to become professional and world-class pilots. Following are ...
- National civil aviation policy (Category: Business)
- Expatriate pilots for SriLankan Airlines (Category: Breaking News)
- Top Aviation Trainer (Category: Breaking News)
- JKH, Brandix to take to the skies? (Category: Business)
Plans are underway to import fuel and gas directly from Oman. The agreement on the purchase of oil was reached during a meeting between the Omani President in Sri Lanka Ali Almani and Minister Susil Premajayantha. The meeting took place at the Ministry of Petroleum Industries. Attention was drawn
- Talking Tea (Category: Business)
- Stock Upturn (Category: Business)
- Joint Action (Category: Business)
- Bankers' Parley (Category: Business)
By K. Ratnayake Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse’s trip to New York and speech at the UN General Assembly last week had two main purposes: to cover up for war crimes committed during the country’s civil war and to appeal...
- Sri Lanka calls for anti-UN report rally (Category: Breaking News)
- Probe Pressure (Category: Business)
- Parallel world’s short circuit in Oxford (Category: Breaking News)
- Tamil Aussie community criticises govt. decision (Category: Breaking News)
The Government has stressed that this budget is essential for the development of the country that has been liberated. Minister Dinesh Gunawardena opening the budget debate this morning on behalf of the Government said the North and East are now being added as areas that contribute to the national economy. Sri Lanka is no longer ...
- Methodical Budget formulated to change the country - Bandula Gunawardena (Category: Breaking News)
- LLRC recommendation to be implemented - Fund allocated in the 2013 budget (Category: Breaking News)
- Police pen pushing fury (Category: Australia, Tasmania )
- Opposition promise more money for Bendigo hospital (Category: Australia, Victoria)
By Faraz Shauketaly Minister of Fisheries, Dr. Rajitha Senaratne is a colourful politician who made a name for himself with his powerful oratory and performances in public agitation platforms. He played a key role in the crossover phenomenon when a large number of UNP members crossed over and joined President Rajapaksa. Recently appointed as Minister ...
- Sri Lanka’s first canned fish factory opens today (Category: Business)
- Work progressing on the Fish Market Conplex (Category: Breaking News)
- Tuna canned fish factory to be launched (Category: Breaking News)
- Canned fish factory opens today (Category: Breaking News)
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