News Sri Lanka Central: Easter bombings damaged Sri Lanka economy beyond tourism
“Sri Lanka is undergoing a severe economic crisis at present and it is manifested at both the individual and national level,” said W.A. Wijewardena, an economic analyst and a former deputy governor of ...
News Sri Lanka Central: Central Banks revises Sri Lanka's growth to 3% from 4%
(MENAFN - NewsIn.Asia) "> Colombo, July 12 (Daily FT) - The Central Bank yesterday said it has revised growth down to 3% from 4% earlier in the year, but kept policy rates unchanged on moderate ...
News Sri Lanka Central: World Cup Central: No sanction for Sri Lanka after press conference no-show
Sri Lanka's refusal to send a player to the press conference after the loss to Australia will not result in any official sanctions. Upon being informed that the refusal is a breach of the Members ...
News Sri Lanka Central: Reptile haven of Sri Lanka yields up new species of rough-sided snake
COLOMBO –From the misty Knuckles Hills that form a part of Sri Lanka’s Central Highlands, a new snake species has been added to the island’s already rich catalog of unique reptiles. De Silva’s rough-sided snake (Aspidura desilvai) is described in a new paper published in Zootaxa, making it the ninth species in the genus Aspidura, […]
News Sri Lanka Central: Arrests, new curfews in Sri Lanka after anti-Muslim riots
Sri Lanka's police arrested over 100 suspects and reimposed night curfews in violence-prone areas Wednesday after anti-Muslim riots left one man dead and caused extensive damage to homes, businesses and mosques. Police spokesman Ruwan Gunasekera said 78 people arrested in the worst-affected North-Western
News Sri Lanka Central: An urban ‘butterfly experience’ in Sri Lanka
Take a lifelong love for conservation, pair it with the right support group, and what do you get? An urban butterfly garden. A naturalist and author of several books on wildlife, Rajika Gamage’s biggest passion is to contribute to species conservation, both fauna and flora. But butterflies always have set his heart aflutter. A decade […]
News Sri Lanka Central: Sri Lanka situation 'under control' after anti-Muslim riots
Sri Lankan authorities said Wednesday they had the situation "under control" after mosques and Muslim-owned shops and businesses were targetted in a violent backlash after the Easter Sunday terror attacks. A second overnight curfew imposed nationwide ensured there was no repeat of Monday'
News Sri Lanka Central: Sri Lanka's central bank: Too early to know impact of attacks
The Easter Sunday bombings "clearly" had an impact on confidence and sentiment, but the extent of disruption likely depends on how quickly the government can stabilize the situation, says Indrajit Coomaraswamy of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka.
News Sri Lanka Central: Will the Easter Attacks Open New Fault Lines in Sri Lanka?
In Sri Lanka, the attacks could open religious fissures where none ... connected to Jaffna were brought in as laborers to the tea plantations in the island’s central hills; they are called Indian ...
News Sri Lanka Central: 2020, Sri Lanka, Sun-Maid Raisins: Your Weekend Briefing
Failures in preventing and investigating the attacks are exposing rifts in Sri Lanka’s government ... against Mr. North, the central figure in the Reagan-era Iran-contra affair who remains a hero to ...
News Sri Lanka Central: Sri Lanka church bombed in Easter attack has Central NY ties; prayer service today
SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- From donating to the construction of a church to rebuilding after a natural disaster, Central New Yorkers have a history of helping the people of Sri Lanka during a time if need. ...
News Sri Lanka Central: After Sri Lanka attacks, Muslims face calls to avoid mosques and remove their veils
On the first Friday after the deadly Sri Lanka bombings on Easter ... services at Dawatagaha Jumma Masjid — a landmark white-domed mosque rising from central Colombo like a wedding cake — emptied ...
News Sri Lanka Central: Tears and troops on the streets as Sri Lanka marks one week from suicide attacks
Sri Lanka's churches remained shut Sunday, forcing Christians to say prayers of grief in private over the Easter suicide attacks that the country's Roman Catholic leader called "an insult to humanity". Fearing a repeat of the Easter Sunday bombings of churches and hotels in which 253
News Sri Lanka Central: U.S.'s Pompeo Says 'Every Indication' Islamic State Inspired Sri Lanka Attacks-CBS
WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a television interview on Wednesday there was "every indication" that Sunday's bomb attacks in Sri Lanka that killed 359 ... remains of the ...
