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A foreign company that has secured the exclusive right to process applications for Sri Lankan visas stands to earn at least 12.76 billion rupees ($42.5 million) for the same service that a local company had offered virtually free. Chaos broke out at the Bandaranaike International Airport on May Day when VFS Global set up an […]
- VFS Global responds (Category: Breaking News)
- BIA thrown into turmoil as foreign firm handles on-arrival visa counter (Category: Breaking News)
- VFS Global issues clarification on Sri Lanka E-Visa system (Category: Breaking News)
- Visa controversy: SJB alleges Tiran Alles misled Parliament (Category: Breaking News)
by Rex Clementine Excitement among cricket enthusiasts is high with the T-20 World Cup less than a month away. After years of disappointing performances and underachievement, the team’s fortunes are back on track thanks to meticulous planning. A semi-final finish in the 20-team competition will be highly appreciated. The national selection panel under Upul Tharanga […]
- Sri Lanka leave for World Cup Qualifiers (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka team departs for ICC T20 World Cup (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka cricket team apologises over poor World Cup performance (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka dominates at World Youth Scrabble Championship 2023 (Category: Breaking News)
Kahawatte Plantations PLC, a member of the Merrill J. Fernando group, has emerged as the country’s biggest cinnamon grower with 830 acres (336.05 ha.) of the spice, unique to this country, already established in several estates within its portfolio. Ekerella, a Kahawatte plantation boasts the largest contiguous cinnamon plantation (90 ha.) in the country, Dilhan, […]
- Ali Nena Mansala, a significant milestone in promoting conservation awareness (Category: Breaking News)
- Reducing Trade Deficit (Category: Breaking News)
- Death of Merril J. Fernando (Category: Breaking News)
- The story of the Ceylon spice: harvesting ‘true cinnamon’ (Category: Breaking News)
Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa met with Japanese Foreign Minister Y #333;ko Kamikawa this afternoon for a bilateral discussion on Sri Lanka s current situation.
Japan Foreign Minister, Ms. Yōko Kamikawa, called on President Ranil Wickremesinghe this afternoon (4) at the Presidential Secretariat. Foreign Minister Kamikawa praised the President’s efforts to overcome the economic crisis, as well as pursuing an ambitious economic reforms agenda. During the discussions with President Wickremesinghe, Minister Yōko Kamikawa, stated her Government’s intention to ...
- Japanese Foreign Minister to visit Sri Lanka this week (Category: Breaking News)
- Sajith discusses Sri Lanka s current situation with Japanese FM (Category: Breaking News)
- Japanese Foreign Minister to visit Sri Lanka next week (Category: Breaking News)
- Japanese Foreign Minister calls on President Ranil, discuss future investment projects (Category: Breaking News)
Japanese Foreign Minister Kamikawa Yoko said Japan is quite confident on Sri Lanka's economic recovery as the country has made a satisfactory initial recovery after facing a severe economic downturn.
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- V. Anandasangaree: The LTTE Vilified Him, But History Has Vindicated Him (Category: Breaking News)
- Dr. S. Sivakumaran – An Exemplar (Category: Breaking News)
- A Typology Of Sri Lanka’s Presidential Candidates (Category: Breaking News)
- Amirthalingam & SWRD Unleashed The Same Venom & Earned The Same Results: Two Sides Of The Same C... (Category: Breaking News)
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- From Torrington to Independence Square (Category: Business)
- Free Medical Camp At Torrington Mahal Nivasa By Apeksha Foundation (Category: Breaking News)
- Fire in Torrington Avenue (Category: Breaking News)
- An Incident At Independence Square (Category: Breaking News)
Reuters says Sri Lanka and Japan have agreed to collaborate on reviving stalled bilateral projects, including a $1.5 billion Japanese-funded light railway.The post Sri Lanka, Japan agree to resume stalled projects including light rail appeared first on Sri Lanka News | Breaking News & Top Stories in Sri Lanka | ONLANKA.
- Japan wants Sri Lanka to repay due for LRT cancellation to resume stalled projects (Category: Breaking News)
- Japanese giant Mitsubishi Corporation to wind up operations in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Japan to support Sri Lanka’s debt restructuring negotiations (Category: Breaking News)
- Japan and Sri Lanka in talks to resume stalled JICA projects (Category: Breaking News)
Japan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yoko Kamikawa, met with Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe today (May 4) at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo.The post Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa Holds Talks with Sri Lankan President appeared first on Sri Lanka News | Breaking News & Top Stories in Sri Lanka | ONLANKA.
- Japanese FM Yoko Kamikawa arrives in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- My Government intends to resume stalled Japanese investment initiatives – Foreign Minister of Ja... (Category: Breaking News)
- Japanese FM Kamikawa due here (Category: Breaking News)
- Japanese Foreign Minister on two-day visit to Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Sabry conveyed Sri Lanka s deep appreciation for the solidarity and assistance Japan has extended in the past years when the country was going through the unprecedented economic crisis.
The Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Yoko Kamikawa conveyed Japan s intension to further support Sri Lanka s development by swiftly resuming existing Yen loan projects once the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on debt restructuring is signed
The Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yoko Kamikawa has arrived in Sri Lanka on an official visit to discuss Sri Lanka s debt and economic restructuring process.
Forty-four Sri Lankans who were in different prisons across the United Arab Emirates have been pardoned by a Royal order. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates has formally conveyed to the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Abu Dhabi that these Sri Lankan prisoners received pardon by the Royal order on the […]
- Student registration portal established for Sri Lankan students in Australia (Category: Breaking News)
- Forty Four Sri Lankans in UAE pardoned (Category: Breaking News)
- Australia says most Sri Lankan expatriates well educated (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka to further strengthen presence in China (Category: Breaking News)
Forty-four Sri Lankans, who were in different prisons across the United Arab Emirates, have been pardoned by a Royal order.The post Royal Pardon for Forty-Four Sri Lankans in UAE appeared first on Sri Lanka News | Breaking News & Top Stories in Sri Lanka | ONLANKA.
- Royal pardon for 44 Sri Lankan prisoners in UAE (Category: Breaking News)
- Forty-four Sri Lankans in different jails across UAE pardoned by Royal order (Category: Breaking News)
- 44 Sri Lankans in prisons in UAE pardoned on National Day (Category: Breaking News)
- Forty Four Sri Lankans in UAE pardoned (Category: Breaking News)
by Dr B.J.C.Perera Specialist Consultant Paediatrician and Honorary Senior Fellow, Postgraduate Institute of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. John Fitzgerald Kennedy or JFK was the 35th President of the United States of America. He served as President from 20th January 1961, until his assassination on 22nd November 1963. Though his presidency lasted only a […]
- Six Seconds In Dallas: The Assignation Of President Kennedy (Category: Breaking News)
- Disinformation On Every Front (Category: Breaking News)
- Crocs relocated before kovil festival (Category: Breaking News)
- Tanks run dry due to sand mining! (Category: Breaking News)
By Rathindra Kuruwita A tense situation prevailed at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) on Wednesday night, with visitors having to wait in queues for hours to obtain arrival visas because a foreign-owned company had been tasked with handling the on-arrival visa counter. The Sri Lankan government introduced the on arrival visa facility in 2012 and […]
- VFS Global issues clarification on Sri Lanka E-Visa system (Category: Breaking News)
- Visa controversy: SJB alleges Tiran Alles misled Parliament (Category: Breaking News)
- Visa scandal exposed after airport chaos (Category: Breaking News)
- VFS Global responds (Category: Breaking News)
The Committee on Public Finance (CoPF) has approved, subject to conditions, the Recovery of Loans by Banks (Special Provisions) (Amendment) Bill which was amended to facilitate legal provisions for the suspension of Parate Law until December 15 2024. Accordingly, the banks’ practice of acquiring properties of whose loans are yet to be paid off will […]
- Bill related suspension of Parate Law passed in parliament (Category: Breaking News)
- CoPF conditionally approves bill to suspend parate law until Dec 15 (Category: Breaking News)
- Draft Bill facilitating Parate Law suspension to be gazetted (Category: Breaking News)
- House to debate temporary suspending of Parate Law on 07 May (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka says it is committed towards the safety and security of migrant workers in Singapore. The High Commission of Sri Lanka in Singapore organized an outreach programme for Sri Lankan female migrant workers at Caritas Village, the Foreign Ministry said on Thursday. The main objectives of the event were to empower the Sri Lankan […]
- Singapore offers assistance to upgrade immigration system in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Russia and Sri Lanka discuss issue related to Sri Lankans in Ukraine war (Category: Breaking News)
- President invites King Charles III to visit Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Amnesty chief notes complacency in delivering justice in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
Iranian Agriculture Minister Mohammad-Ali Nikbakht has stressed the need to further expand cooperation with Sri Lanka in trade and agriculture. Last year, Iran imported over $70 million of products, especially tea and coconut, from Sri Lanka, Nikbakht has pointed out, IRNA wrote. Importing tea from Sri Lanka, through a barter mechanism, is a proper step, […]
- Tight security during Iranian President’s visit to Colombo (Category: Breaking News)
- Iran’s President to visit Sri Lanka and launch several water projects (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka saddened over the death or Iran’s President, FM (Category: Breaking News)
- Iran’s President offers to contribute to Sri Lanka’s progress (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka s gross official reserves (GOR) stood at USD 5 billion by the end of March 2024, recording a notable increase compared to USD 4.4 billion at the end of 2023.
Thursday 2nd May, 2024 The police have embarked on a campaign, parallel to their war on drugs, to clear busy intersections of beggars who solicit alms near traffic lights, causing much inconvenience to motorists. Scores of beggars have already been arrested and hauled up before courts for doing so, we are told. Sri Lankans drive […]
- Galle Face beggars to be sent to Ridiyagama (Category: Breaking News)
- Automobile Association of Ceylon writes to IGP on ‘beggar menace’ (Category: Breaking News)
- BEGGAR KILLER NABBED (Category: Breaking News)
- Alleged serial killer was mentally unsound (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka s Foreign Minister Ali Sabry and Saudi Arabia s Minister of Investment Khalid Al Falih have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Investment Promotion between the two countries.
Over the last few decades China has not only become Africa’s largest trading partner, but is its biggest bilateral lender. In the last 15 years, trade between China and African nations reached $282.1 billion (in 2023). Out of these numbers, most of the exports to China were supplied by South Africa, Angola and the Democratic […]
- Debt owed by Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh to China rise to record levels: Data (Category: Breaking News)
- Chinese Buddhist diplomacy and Sri Lanka’s predicament (Category: Breaking News)
- Chinese lending in Africa laced with ambitions to secure UNGA votes amid Taiwan tensions (Category: Breaking News)
- Chinese debt trap hurdles Zambia’s progress: Report (Category: Breaking News)
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) wants Sri Lanka to work on governance issues and to also stick to the IMF supported program. Krishna Srinivasan, IMF Director of the Asia and Pacific Department noted that Sri Lankans faced a very difficult challenge when they embarked on the IMF program. “And so far, what we’ve seen is […]
- IMF does not support providing subsidies to everyone in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF confident Sri Lanka can be put on the path to prosperity (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka can be on path to prosperity if debt sustainability achieved – IMF (Category: Breaking News)
- D-day for Sri Lanka as IMF Executive Board meets to decide on EFF (Category: Breaking News)
A partnership between an Indian and a Russian firm has secured the management rights for the Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport in Hambantota. The airport, once infamous as the “world’s emptiest airport” due to minimal flight activity, is now under the purview of Shaurya Aeronautics (Pvt) Ltd of India and Airports of Regions Management Company of […]
- Strengthening Bilateral Ties and Ensuring Maritime Security: India’s Strategic Response (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka should prevent Chinese vessel from reaching Hambantota port (Category: Breaking News)
- India seeks strategic partnership with Sri Lanka in maritime surveillance system expansion (Category: Breaking News)
- The Destiny Of China’s Colony Of Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
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- A people’s university and a national crisis (Category: Breaking News)
- Role of scientists, professionals and intellectuals in guiding nation’s destiny (Category: Breaking News)
- Navigating challenges of dental education in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- CONCLUSION: MISSIONS OF A GLOBAL PROFESSOR : CONFESSIONS OF A GLOBAL GYPSY (Category: Breaking News)
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- JVP’s Popularity & Ranil’s IMF Prop (Category: Breaking News)
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- SLPP Survival Depends On Shift To Dullas, Rejecting Ranil & The Rajapaksas (Category: Breaking News)
The President briefed the Cabinet of Ministers of the progress of the discussions between the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and the Deputy Minister of Trade Indonesia with respect to the proposed Preferential Trade Agreement between the two countries. The initial discussion were held online on 03.04.2024 and 04.04.2024. The Negotiation Committee has exchanged […]
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