The maiden edition of Miss Sri Lanka New York was marred by a scuffle involving several people at the pageant’s after-party in the South Beach neighbourhood on Staten Island.A video of the ruckus, …
AmCham Sri Lanka announces ‘INVESTMENT SPOTLIGHT’ initiative to attract US FDI & Reinvestment at its 30th AGM
The AmCham Sri Lanka held its 30th Annual General Meeting and election of Directors, recently. Despite the challenges of the socio-economic and political conditions faced by the business community …
Mendis powers Sri Lanka to big win over Ireland at T20 World Cup
DISCIPLINED bowling and an unbeaten half-century by Kusal Mendis powered Sri Lanka to a nine-wicket hammering of Ireland in their opening Super 12 match at the Twenty20 World Cup on Sunday.
IJVR Associates wins SAPS award for best valuation company
IJVR Associates, one of the Sri Lanka’s leading valuation and real estate consultancy companies, recently won the award for the best valuation company of the year at the South Asian Business …
Strong calls to make Sri Lanka taxes work
Noting that the government has been not very transparent in showing how the taxes work, the corruption card is overplayed by greedy firms. “How is free healthcare and free education funded if not with …
Video of rhino charging down a street was filmed in Nepal, not Sri Lanka
A video of a rhinoceros running along a road in a town has been falsely shared thousands of times on Facebook and TikTok by users who claimed it was filmed in Sri Lanka. The video was in fact taken in …
Can Ireland put brakes on Sri Lanka’s Kusal Mendis
Sri Lanka on paper are favourites but Ireland can spring a surprise or two like they did by knocking out West Indies to advance to Super 12 …
First-ever Miss Sri Lanka New York pageant held on Staten Island: Culture, beauty, sparkle had audience mesmerized
More than 300 attendees came out to support 14 contestants who dazzled at the first-ever Miss Sri Lanka New York beauty pageant, held Friday night at The Vanderbilt at South Beach. Beyond serving as a …
Sri Lanka’s Softlogic to raise Rs850mn from cash call
ECONOMYNEXT – Softlogic Finance Plc, a publicly trade unit of Sri Lanka’s Softlogic Capital Plc said it was planning to raise 850 million rupees in equity to boost capital by offering 116 million …
Sri Lanka to end import bans on cosmetics, motor spares: Minister
Sri Lanka plans to relax import controls on cosmetics and motor spares in the next two weeks, State Minister for Finance Ranjith Siyambalapitiya has said. Sri Lanka slapped import bans on 1,465 items …