Big tourist companies demand more funds to revive their businesses, not out of sympathy for workers, but to boost profits.
Sri Lanka’s Foreign Policy is Non-aligned, Both India and China are Valued Friends: PM Mahinda Rajapaksa
In an exclusive interview, the Sri Lankan PM asserted that Tamil people want prosperity and peace, not a separate homeland, and asked Tamil politicians to realise that a separate state is just not …
Flower believes Sri Lanka can bloom at T20 World Cup
Batting coach Grant Flower feels Sri Lanka have the potential to be a force at the T20 World Cup in Australia.
Dozens of Sri Lankans from Kuwait test positive for coronavirus
Nearly 160 Sri Lankans repatriated from Kuwait last week have tested positive for coronavirus and one returnee has died, officials said Wednesday, with concern mounting about imported infections just …
With debt crunch looming, Sri Lanka needs help from its friends
Sri Lanka’s finances were fragile long before the coronavirus delivered its blow, but unless the country can secure aid from allies like China, economists say it may have to make a fresh appeal to the …
Sri Lanka- Ad agency’s utilise modern business model geared for ‘Work From Home’ to share cost-benefit with clients
News Publisher and Quire Sri Lanka, Business models geared towards managing agile working staff better equipped to manage COVID-19 lockdown For most Sri Lankans, since March 2020 the economic impact o …
Sri Lankan government understates COVID-19 figures to recklessly reopen economy
The low number of infections in Sri Lanka is because few COVID-19 tests are being conducted—an average of less than 600 per day between February 18 and May 20.
Detained Sri Lankan tests positive for COVID-19 in Malaysia
A Sri Lankan detained at an Immigration detention centre in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia has tested positive for COVID-19, Malaysian authorities confirmed yesterday. The individual is among 35 positive …
Three women crushed to death in Sri Lanka stampede for $8 handout
Three women were trampled to death during a stampede for an $8 cash handout in Colombo Thursday, amid growing desperation among Sri Lankans struggling to make ends meet during a coronavirus lockdown …
No kissing the bride as Sri Lanka lifts Covid-19 ban on wedding parties
New rules allow for receptions, but only with 100 guests in masks each a metre apart …