SRI LANKA
Nov. 10 |
Maduluwawe Sobitha thero, chief priest of the Kotte Naga Vihara , wanted the Sri Lankan govt. to withdraw the draft bill of the law, titled ‘The Revival of Underperforming Enterprises and Underutilized Assets Act’.
“It makes no sense...
May. 27 |
“I’ve got this opportunity; I’m living in a Western country where there is great interest in arts and culture. During 2006-07 the media here was mainly focusing Sri Lanka on the ethnic crisis. I wanted to show that Sri Lanka is not only defined...
May. 21 |
Sri Lanka’s opposition sources say that a special representative of the Inter Parliamentary Union will arrive in Sri Lanka soon to observe the judiciary proceedings against former Army Commander of Sri Lanka, Sarath Fonseka.
The representative of...
Mar. 6 |
Sri Lanka’s Higher Education Ministry has forwarded the relevant legislation to set up foreign private universities to the Cabinet for approval.
Once approved by the Cabinet of Ministers the relevant act is to be presented to the parliament for...
Mar. 6 |
Sri Lanka’s National Democratic Alliance (DNA) has decided to appoint Jayantha Ketagoda, a well-known tele drama actor to fill the vacancy of the party’s Colombo district parliamentary seat.
The DNA parliamentary seat of Colombo district became...
Jan. 21 |
Sri Lankan cartoonist and political reporter Prageeth Eknelygoda disappeared almost one year ago today. He was last seen leaving the Colombo offices of the political Website Lanka eNews, where he worked, late on the evening of Sunday, January 24, 2010....
Jan. 19 |
The attention of NfR has been drawn to a conversation that is reported to have taken place at a breakfast meeting hosted by President Mahinda Rajapakse for senior media personnel in Colombo on the 13th of January, 2011.
According to media reports the...
Jan. 16 |
Sri Lankan government minister plans to stop the sale of several vegetables in the areas of his constituency to encourage people to grow vegetables in their home gardens.
Public Relations and Public Affairs Minister Mervyn Silva has said at a gathering...
Jan. 12 |
Heavy monsoon rains have forced Sri Lanka’s president to abandon a visit to areas affected by severe flooding which has displaced nearly 200,000 people and killed 18 others.
Mahinda Rajapaksa had to cancel his helicopter trip from Polonnaruwa in...
Jan. 11 |
Tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka rose 48.8% year-on-year to 84,627 in December, data from the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority showed Tuesday.
In November, arrivals rose 63.1% annually to 72,251. The number of visitors totaled 654,476 last year,...
