President Sirisena opens new Movenpick Hotel in Colombo
Colombo finally opened another 5-star hotel reportedly almost after 3 decades. The 219 room Movenpick City Hotel Colombo was openedContinue Reading
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Sri Lanka Earned Record $3.5 Billion From Tourism in 2016
Sri Lanka earned a record $3.5 billion from tourism in 2016, seven years after the end of a devastating civilContinue Reading
Protest over Hambantota port deal turns violent
Several people have been injured in southern Sri Lanka during a protest against allowing China to build a port andContinue Reading
No Volkswagen AG involvement in Kuliyapitiya assembly plant : German Embassy
There is no involvement of German carmaker Volkswagen AG in the project to set up an assembly plant at KuliyapitiyaContinue Reading
Thousands still stranded in northeast Malaysia floods
Rantau Panjang (Malaysia) (AFP) – Thousands of people remained stranded in relief centres Thursday as northeast Malaysia struggled to recoverContinue Reading
ASP Liyanage appointed ambassador to Qatar
President Maithripala Sirisena has appointed politician turned businessman – A.S.P. Liyanage as the ambassador to Qatar, reports say. He hasContinue Reading
India Supreme Court removes Anurag Thakur as BCCI president
HIGHLIGHTS SC asks Anurag Thakur and Ajay Shirke to immediately cease and desist from BCCI work SC disqualifies all BCCIContinue Reading
Kim says N. Korea in ‘final stages’ of test launching InterCon Missile
North Korea is in the “final stages” of developing an intercontinental ballistic missile, leader Kim Jong-Un said Sunday, adding theContinue Reading
I want to topple the govt. in 2017, says Sri Lanka’s former President
Colombo-Two years after he was unseated, former Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa for the first time explicitly stated his intentContinue Reading
Sri Lanka’s influential ex-leader opposes land for Chinese investment
Reuters | COLOMBO Sri Lanka’s former leader Mahinda Rajapaksa on Thursday criticised a government plan to grant 15,000 acres forContinue Reading
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