The World Bank Group’s 2020 Human Capital Index, released today, finds that a child born in Sri Lanka today will be 60 percent as productive when she grows up as compared to if she enjoyed complete …
Sri Lanka set to come out stronger State Minister Cabraal
By Hiran H.Senewiratne Sri Lanka will come out stronger with more resilience with an exuberant private sector that can withstand shocks, State Minister of Money and Capital Market and State Enterprise …
Arrests of narcotics police highlight Sri Lanka drug problem
For years, authorities in Sri Lanka have tried to rid the Indian Ocean island nation of illegal drugs, even attempting to lift a decades-old moratorium on the death penalty to be able to execute drug …
Jackfruit: the ‘vegan sensation’ that saved Sri Lanka
Sri Lankans began planting jackfruit trees to gain food self-sufficiency during British rule, and they’ve since helped islanders avoid starvation.
Authoritarianism Is on the Rise in Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and his brother, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, have been implicated in egregious human rights violations against Tamils in the country, including …
Stricken tanker’s captain to face charges in Sri Lanka
The Panamanian-registered tanker’s owners would also be slapped with a $1.88 million fire-fighting bill, de Livera said in a statement. The vessel is owned by Liberian-registered Porto Emporios …
Bachelet delivers watered down statement on Sri Lanka
United Nations Human Rights Council Commissioner Michelle Bachelet delivered a watered down statement on Sri Lanka merely calling on the Council to ‘give renewed attention to Sri Lanka.”In her …
Sri Lanka Cricket proposes split quarantine to Bangladesh Cricket Board
Sri Lanka Cricket has proposed a split, two-country quarantine for the Bangladesh team in the board’s latest attempt to convince Sri Lanka’s health ministry to allow Bangladesh’s tour of Sri Lanka …
British Surfer Taken By Croc In Sri Lanka
It has been reported today that British journalist and surfer Paul McClean 25, was ‘grabbed and dragged’ to his death by a crocodile while staying at Elephant Rock near Sri Lanka’s popular Arugam Bay …
New digital platform on wheels pioneered by Publicis Groupe’s Digitas and PickMe for the first time ever in Sri Lanka
Kabeer Rafaideen, Associate Vice-President and Business Lead – Digitas Sri Lanka, and Jiffrey Zulfer, CEO, PickMe, mark the launch of a unique form of digital advertising pioneered by Digitas Publicis …