News Sri Lanka Events: Sri Lankan leader says bill to scrap executions illegal
Sri Lanka's president says the attorney general has informed him that a bill presented to Parliament last week seeking to abolish the death penalty is illegal. President Maithripala Sirisena made the ...
News Sri Lanka Events: Sri Lanka- Over 217,000 patients hospitalized in 3 years using 1990
(MENAFN - Colombo Gazette) The ambulance service that took Sri Lanka's pre-hospital care service ... born in a 1990 ambulance also attended the event with his family. The occasion was also a ...
News Sri Lanka Events: US naval base rumours in Sri Lanka spark alarm as Washington and Beijing tussle for influence in Indo-Pacific
“An agreement would help facilitate US assistance to Sri Lanka in the event it was requested by the Sri Lankan government,” Brewster said. has no need for a military presence in Sri Lanka.” Other ...
News Sri Lanka Events: Attackers of Sri Lanka Easter Sunday bombings were inspired by ISIS
Sri Lanka`s Easter attacks that killed more than 250 people were carried out by local groups who drew inspiration from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or ISIS) group, a top investigator said on Wednesday.
News Sri Lanka Events: Sri Lanka will introduce new laws to prevent terrorism, says PM Wickremesinghe
ALSO READ: Sri Lanka reconsecrates St Sebastian's Church damaged in Easter Terror blasts Speaking at an event held in Matara to mark the 97th International Cooperative Day, the premier said even ...
News Sri Lanka Events: Not the Sri Lanka of the past
Life in Sri Lanka was not the same as it was during my last trip to the island nation just last year as the seemingly laidback and warm nature of the locals had turned into a rather suspicious one with steely glares being shot about every now and then. Things changed dramatically in Sri Lanka after a series of horrifying suicide bombings on three churches and four hotels in Colombo on Easter Sunday (April 21) earlier this year claimed the lives of over 250 while another 500 were left wounded.
News Sri Lanka Events: 46th ARDO International World Conference to be held in Sri Lanka this year
It will play a significant role in changing the work space as well as the work mindset of Sri Lanka. The event will be held from the 23rd to the 25th of September 2019 at the Hilton Colombo ...
News Sri Lanka Events: Abid Ali sets sight on Sri Lanka Test series
Pakistan opener Abid Ali has set his sights on the upcoming Test series against Sri Lanka in October ... the final squad two days before the mega event. According to media news, Abid is currently ...
News Sri Lanka Events: Sri Lanka wins seven medals
The gold medal for Sri Lanka came from Gayani Dasanayake, who excelled in the Individual Female Biathle event, motivating her team mates to perform better. Dasanayake, an Airwoman, took up the sport ...
News Sri Lanka Events: Sri Lanka gets US $ 310mn WB loan to mitigate flood risks in Colombo
Sri Lanka ranked the second among the countries most affected by extreme weather events in 2017 and is expected to see a 1.2 percent annual GDP loss by 2050, due to climate change. Floods impacted ...
News Sri Lanka Events: Gazette issued declaring Sri Lanka Railways an essential service
(MENAFN - Colombo Gazette) A gazette notice has been issued declaring Sri Lanka Railways an essential ... the trains during the strike in the event the engine drivers fail to report to work ...
News Sri Lanka Events: Sri Lanka, in bid for species protection, is stymied by lack of data (commentary)
Sri Lanka was supposed to host the 18th Conference of the Parties to CITES in May 2019, but the event has been rescheduled for Geneva in August due to security concerns after the Easter Sunday ...
News Sri Lanka Events: ICC events: Five instances when rain played spoilsport
India and Sri Lanka shared the trophy after rain played spoilsport on both the day of the final and the reserve day. On the first day, Sri Lanka batted first and scored 244/5 and India were 14/0 ...
News Sri Lanka Events: Sri Lanka Tourism launches streamlined website
The new website has been designed to bring together information of those two websites to ensure the target audiences have all the necessary information to plan their trip to Sri Lanka in a more ...
News Sri Lanka Events: Sri Lanka v Australia: How to watch Cricket World Cup on TV and live stream online
You can watch the game live on Sky Sports Cricket World Cup and Main Event from 10:00am (UK time), then Sky Sports Cricket Red Button from 1:00pm. Sky Sports subscribers can also stream the match via ...
News Sri Lanka Events: team Sri Lanka
Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka Preview, ICC World Cup 2019: Bangladesh seek resurgence against inconsistent Sri Lanka11 Jun 2019, 11:26 ICC World Cup: Sri Lankan fast bowler Nuwan Pradeep to miss ...
News Sri Lanka Events: Sri Lanka Telecom launches National Digital Roadmap for Smart Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka’s national telecommunication provider Sri Lanka Telecom ... ceremony which was held at the Nelum Pokuna Mahinda Rajapaksa Theatre. Speaking at the event, SLT Group Chairman P.G. Kumarasinghe ...
News Sri Lanka Events: Welcomed by Wickremesinghe, PM Modi arrives in Sri Lanka
After a day-long visit to the Maldives, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday arrived in Sri Lanka on a state visit. The prime minister was personally received by his Sri Lankan counterpart Ranil Wickremesinghe in Colombo. The prime minister's first stop was St Anthony’s Church in Colombo which came under the target of the ghastly Easter Sunday blasts in April. PM Modi paid tribute to the victims here.
