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Sri Lanka’s new president Ranil Wickremesinghe has formally invited MPs to join an all-party unity government to revive the bankrupt economy by undertaking painful reforms, his office said yesterday.

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s new president Ranil Wickremesinghe has formally invited MPs to join an all-party unity...

Takes trophies, cash prizes and certificates to doorsteps of dealers who contributed the most to Company’s performance CEAT Kelani Holdings has honoured 99 leading tyre dealers in Sri Lanka by presenting them with award trophies, cash prizes and certificates at their doorsteps, adapting to the challenges of the times to continue its tradition of recognising...

The Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka to the United Nations Office at Geneva was established in June 1965. The first Ambassador/Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka (then Ceylon), Mr Rex Koelmeyer presented credentials on 23 June 1965.The present Ambassador/Permanent Representative H.E. Mr. Ravinatha Aryasinha presented credentials on 19 July 2012. The Mission functions as the Permanent delegation of Sri Lanka to all UN and other international organizations in Switzerland including the World Tra...

An American candy retailer is offering CAD 100,000 annually for the position of Chief Candy Officer, whose primary job is to taste candies. 

He’s home. But he’s also roughly 9,000 miles from home. All for the love of music – and teaching. Sri Lankan native teaches at Muskingum University.

Army deployed to maintain order across Sri Lanka from July 22. State of emergency, protests continue. Curfews, violence possible.

Sri Lanka’s exclusive fashion retail chain, NOLIMIT, unveiled a Special Relief Programme as the country wrestles with economic and energy crises. The program, which is being coordinated and rolled out by NOLIMIT’s CSR arm, “Aseemitha”, distributed dry rations to over 2000 families affected by the economic crisis across the island. The relief packages were distributed...

Blindfolding the statue: By Laleen Jayamanne “I have never found anything to excite the people in quite the way this language issue does”–– Prime Minister SWRD Bandaranaike to a journalist. If true, this observation attributed to Prime Minister SWRD Bandaranaike, is quite chilling in its cynicism. ‘Excitement’ is a political emotion here and SWRD appears to […]

Kermani reports from kandy. the tea leaves picked here end up in cups across the world. these lush fields are home to sri lankas biggest export, but theyve been badly hit by this unprecedented economic crisis. "0ur leaders arent bothered about providing us "with the basic necessities," he says. "theyre the ones who have put us in debt by stealing dollars "and spending them however they want. "right now, sri lanka is like a ship stranded at sea." across sri lanka, there are huge queues waiting fo...