A flight carrying the first group of foreign tourists to tour Sri Lanka since March, from Ukraine landed at the Mattala Airport. The post Sri Lanka welcomes first batch of foreign tourists since... Click on the headline to read the full story

A special charter flight carrying 185 tourists from Ukraine landed at the Mattala International Airport, a short while ago.

Sri Lanka will be holding two fresh bilateral trade sessions today in Hyderabad – one with India and the other with the United Arab Emirates. The talks will be held at Andra Pradesh Hyderabad International Convention Centre in Hyderabad. Minister of Industry and Commerce Bathiudeen is currently in Hyderabad as a member of the Sri ...

by Namini Wijedasa Now we have news that, in a cabinet reshuffle due next month, five deputy ministers are to be allotted portfolios. This will instantly raise the number of ministers from 41 to 46. It is reported too that...

By D.B.S.Jeyaraj The  tragic history of post-independence records that the Tamils of Sri Lanka have been subjected to mass-scale mob violence in the years 1956, 1958, 1977, 1981 and 1983. The anti-Tamil violence of July 1983 was the most terrible and horrible of them all. It remains etched in memory even after 27 years. Twenty ...

Ukrainian Prime Minster Mykola Azarov, during a meeting held with Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse on Thursday (01st July), expressed interest in extending Ukrainian knowledge on Space Technology to Sri Lanka. In October 2003, Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva signed an agreement for space cooperation, and PM Azarov promised to ...

By Roel Raymond The three day official visit of Sri Lanka’s President Mahinda Rajapaksa to the Ukraine from June 30 to July 2 has widened bilateral relations and made way for higher levels of understanding and  cooperation in sectors relating to trade, economy, tourism and human resources

President Rajapaksa will hold talks with Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister today. Today is the third day of the official visit of the President to Ukraine. The Presidential Media Unit said the President has also planned to visit several places of cultural interest today. The meeting

Sri Lanka’s sovereign rating, which is on par with Kenya and Ukraine, may be raised as funds from a $2.5 billion International Monetary Fund loan improved the “external liquidity situation,” Standard & Poor’s said, speaking to Bloomberg News. The rating agency in October raised its outlook

The three day official visit of Sri Lanka’s President Mahinda Rajapakse to the Ukraine ( beginning 30th June, ending 2nd July ) has widened bilateral relations and made way for higher levels of understanding and  cooperation in sectors relating to trade, economy, tourism and human resources

Sri Lankan and Ukrainian leaders hold bilateral talks to further solidify relations between the two countries. The two countries have signed three agreements. President Rajapaksa is visiting Ukraine at the invitation of his Ukrainian counterpart Victor Yanukovych. He arrived at the Kiev’s Boryspil