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SLT-MOBITEL introduced Sri Lanka’s first ever 3D music video ‘Tharunai Thaama’ by Marians powered by SLT-MOBITEL. The launch event at PVR Cinemas, One Galle Face was present with key SLT-MOBITEL staff namely Rohan Fernando, Group Chairman of SLT and Charaka Perera, General Manager of Marketing of MOBITEL where a historic milestone was achieved for SLT-MOBITEL […]
Saddharma Keerthi Sri Thripitakacharya Ven. Dr. Diviyagaha Yassassi Nayaka Thera, Chief Incumbent of the Bauddhayatanaya at Watarappala Road, Mount Lavinia, retired Deputy Principal of Ananda College, Colombo, Former Principal of Bhikku Training College, Ratmalana, Vice President of the World Buddhist Sangha Council, has been conferred the Upadhyaya title by the Most Venerable Mahanayaka thero and...
Prof. Athula Sumathipala, the founder of the Sri Lanka Twin Registry and one of the founding members of the Institute for Research & Development in Health and Social Care, Sri Lanka has been elected to the post of Secretary General of the International Association for Twin Research for the two years 2024 – 2025, a […]
The joint winners of the Gratiaen Prize 2022 are Chiranthi Rajapakse for her short story collection Keeping Time and Other Stories and Yudhanjaya Wijeratne for his novel The Wretched and The Damned. Chiranthi Rajapakse was shortlisted for the Gratiaen Prize 2017 for her short story collection Names and Numbers and is a writer, lawyer and […]
United States Ambassador to Sri Lanka Julie Chung hosted an event in Colombo on June 22 to mark the 247th anniversary of America’s Declaration of Independence. Ambassador Chung took the opportunity to also highlight the anniversary of 75 years of a strong and enduring partnership between the United States and Sri Lanka. Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali […]
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Sri Lanka is set to start bartering tea to Iran next month in lieu of $250 million owed for oil, a Sri Lankan official told Reuters on Friday, as the crisis-hit country tries to lift sales to a key market and protect its forex reserves.
By Easwaran Rutnam in Australia National People’s Power (NPP) Leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake, speaking in Australia today, said that overseas Sri Lankans had hope on Gotabaya Rajapaksa during the 2019 Presidential polls. Speaking to a large gathering in Melbourne, Dissanayake said that the 2019 election was when the largest number of overseas Sri Lankans got […]
Russian Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Levan Dzhagaryan has commended the island nation s Âbalanced and neutral stance on certain international issues.
Foreign Minister Ali Sabry will lead a Sri Lankan delegation to participate in the World Economic Forum to be held in Tianjin, China from 27 to 29 June 2023.
Sri Lanka is set to start bartering tea to Iran next month in lieu of $250 million owed for oil, a Sri Lankan official told Reuters on Friday, as the crisis-hit country tries to lift sales to a key market and protect its forex reserves.The post Sri Lanka set to start tea-for-oil barter with Iran next month appeared first on ONLANKA - Latest Breaking News updates on Sri Lanka.
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A wanted gunman has died in a shootout early this morning (June 24) with the Police Special Task Force (STF) personnel who were trying to arrest him.The post Wanted gunman killed in shootout with Police Special Task Force appeared first on ONLANKA - Latest Breaking News updates on Sri Lanka.
Several spells of showers will occur in Western and Sabaragamuwa provinces and in Kandy, Nuwara-Eliya, Galle and Matara districts, the Department of Meteorology says.
A second consecutive five-wicket haul from Wanindu Hasaranga skittled Oman for 98 – the second-lowest ODI total in their history – as Sri Lanka cruised to a ten-wicket win. The result means Sri Lanka have one foot in the Super Sixes with two wins from two.The win set up by Hasaranga with figures of 5 […]
Prof. M.A.R.M. Fernando officially assumed duties yesterday (23) as the Chairman of Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka.Prof. Manjula Fernando received his BSc Eng. degree with first class honours from the University of Peradeniya in 1993. He received his Technical Licentiate degree from Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden, and the PhD degree from Chalmers University […]
Leading Infantryman KMGU Laksiri and Woman Able Physical Training Instructor, EMAGLB Edirisinghe from the Southern Naval Command won the men’s and women’s categories at the Sri Lanka Navy Inter-command Triathlon Championship held at the Naval Dockyard and Sandy Bay beach recently. . Sixty Eight (68) athletes from all Naval Commands participated in the competition which […]
United States Ambassador to Sri Lanka Julie Chung hosted an event in Colombo on Thursday (22) to mark the 247th anniversary of America’s Declaration of Independence. Ambassador Chung took the opportunity to also highlight the anniversary of 75 years of a strong and enduring partnership between the United States and Sri Lanka. Minister of Foreign […]
13 flights cancelled in five days – Dayasiri By Saman Indrajith About 70 pilots attached to SriLankan Airlines had resigned during the past six months, Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa said yesterday in Parliament. “There are fewer than 260 pilots at SriLankan now. Another 18 are to join Emirates soon,” he said.SriLankan needs 330 pilots to […]
President Ranil Wickremesinghe held a bilateral meeting with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on the sidelines of the Summit for a New Global Financial Pact on Tuesday (22). The meeting served as an opportunity for President Wickremesinghe to provide an update on the progress made in Sri Lanka’s economic recovery and debt restructuring efforts, as […]
By Saman Indrajith There had been many irregularities in the process of selecting beneficiaries of the Aswesuma Welfare Benefits Programme, government and Opposition MPs said in Parliament yesterday.They urged the government to suspend the implementation of the programme until those issues were sorted out.Sri Lanka should have conducted a household income and expenditure survey, immediately [̷...
An ailing Thai elephant is being prepared for an arduous journey home from Sri Lanka after a diplomatic dispute between the two Asian nations over the creature’s alleged mistreatment. Thai authorities had gifted the 29-year-old Muthu Raja – also known back in its birthplace as Sak Surin – to Sri Lanka in 2001. But they […]
Leg-spinner Wanindu Hasaranga took his second successive five-wicket haul as Sri Lanka crushed Oman by 10 wickets in the 2023 World Cup Qualifier on Friday. Sri Lanka now have two wins from two matches and are well-placed to reach the Super Six stage. Scotland are also on course for the next stage after they defeated […]
International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva says the G20 Common Framework is delivering for countries outside of the Common Framework such as Sri Lanka. She said that the top priority must be to ease the debt burden on countries, especially those who have been hit by exogenous shocks. “We do have now the G20 […]
By Easwaran Rutnam Foreign Minister Ali Sabry defended the nomination of former Minister Rohitha Bogollagama as Sri Lanka’s next envoy to the UK. He said that Bogollagama’s nomination was well thought out and was taken following discussions between himself and President Ranil Wickremesinghe. Speaking to Daily Mirror ‘On Fire’, Sabry said that Bogollagama was nominated […]
By Easwaran Rutnam Sri Lanka will consider India’s legitimate security concerns but will not align itself to just one country, Foreign Minister Ali Sabry told Daily Mirror. The Foreign Minister said that Sri Lanka will do what is best for the country and for its people. In an interview with Daily Mirror ‘On Fire’, the […]
By Rathindra Kuruwita While 80 percent of medicinal drugs are imported, Sri Lanka does not have facilities to test these drugs, and there is nothing to prevent more bad drugs from entering Sri Lanka in the future, former Chief Epidemiologist of the Ministry of Health and former President of the College of Community Physicians of […]
Sri Lanka have named a spin-heavy squad for the three-match women’s ODI series against New Zealand at home. From the 21-member squad that played three ODIs and three T20Is against Bangladesh in April-May, six players failed to make the cut. Those were Kaushini Nuthyangana, Prasadini Weerakkody, Tharika Sewwandi, Rashmi Silva, Malsha Shehani and Sathya Sandeepani. […]
Four KOICA Volunteers arrived in Sri Lanka, on Thursday (22) marking the recommencement of the KOICA World Friends Korea Programme (WFK) after it was discontinued in 2019 due to the Easter Sunday tragedy. The four volunteers will be dispatched to the College of Technology, Maradana, the National Institute of Education, Maharagama, and the University of […]