#SriLanka lifts COVID-19 lockdown, says no community spread
COLOMBO (AFP) 28 June 2020 – Sri Lanka’s nationwide lockdown was lifted on Sunday (Jun 28) after a selective curfewContinue Reading
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Sri Lanka delays opening of airport to manage repatriation of stranded workers
Sri Lankan government says it will further delayed the reopening of its international airport from the scheduled August 1, inContinue Reading
#SriLanka Telugu community fears decline of traditional ways
KUDAGAMA, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s Telugu community, whose nomadic lifestyle has increasingly clashed with the modern world, isContinue Reading
More revelations by Aluthgamage- “People from our side as well who took money from Arjuna Mahendran”
Continuing from his bombshell allegations yesterday, former minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage, also claimed that people from his faction had benefitted financiallyContinue Reading
Former Sri Lanka minister drops bombshell allegation that 2011 Cricket World Cup final was fixed, Sangakkara seeks proof
COLOMBO: Former Sri Lanka skipper Kumar Sangakkara has asked for evidence after country’s former Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage alleged that team’sContinue Reading
#Cricket -#India pull out of planned tours to #SriLanka and Zimbabwe
India have decided not to tour Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe “owing to the current threat of Covid-19”. With plans inContinue Reading
#SriLanka sets parliamentary election on Aug. 5
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s Election Commission set Aug. 5 as the new date for parliamentary elections afterContinue Reading
Why #SriLanka’s economy faces a painful ‘reset’ in the coming months
Sri Lanka is locked in talks with IMF for emergency-financing aid, after its second longer-term programme with the fund inContinue Reading
#SriLankan cafe owner feeds and shelters stranded tourists
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The tourists came to see the magical waterfalls and mountain views of the lowland jungleContinue Reading
#SriLanka to reopen for tourism in August, with multiple coronavirus tests
Sri Lanka’s virus-battered tourism industry can reopen for foreign guests from August but under strict guidelines, including multiple coronavirus testsContinue Reading
