(News360.lk) Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has said that the United States and the West by imposing economic embargo’s on Iran is not punishing the Middle Eastern country, but small nations such as Sri Lanka.
Rajapaksa who has met with a group of foreign correspondents based in Sri Lanka this morning has also disclosed that his [...]
January 31, 2012 5:38 PM | Posted in
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Sri Lanka’s January inflation has risen by 3.8%, compared to a high of 6.2% recorded, a year ago.
This is also low compared to the 4.9% recorded during the month of December.
January inflation of 3.8% is the lowest monthly inflationary figure recorded during the last 25 months.
Annual average inflation by end January stood at 6.5%, marginally [...]
January 31, 2012 4:40 PM | Posted in
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Sri Lankan opening batsman Upul Tharanga will lead the national team in a one-day tour match against a Victorian 2nd XI at Junction Oval, to be played on Wednesday.
This is the first match the Lankans are playing in Australia, ahead of the triangular one-day international series which starts on the 5th of February.
Sri Lanka has [...]
January 31, 2012 3:12 PM | Posted in
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Sri Lanka’s Micro Cars Limited, an automobile manufacturer is planning to operate a luxury super low flow bus service covering the main routes entering the Colombo city, a media report said.
The state run news.lk said, the Company has already imported eight super low flow buses which even provide ease of access to the differently able [...]
January 31, 2012 12:27 PM | Posted in
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Sri Lanka Tourism is planning to attract Chinese tourists to visit the Island by using the influence of the Great Chinese Naval Admiral of the 14th Century “ZhenG He”.
According to Sri Lanka Tourism, Zheng He has visited the country, six times out of his 7 voyages to around 30 countries made during Chinese Ming Dynasty, [...]
January 31, 2012 9:43 AM | Posted in
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Colombo Stock Exchange started the trading week by making gains as the ASPI moved up by 0.53% to end the day at 5,755 point range.
The momentum was led by the Banking sector.
MPI gained 1.11% to end the day at 4,976 range while the days turnover recorded a figure of Rs. 1.4 billion, a drop of [...]
January 30, 2012 7:17 PM | Posted in
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Former World heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield is currently on a visit to Sri Lanka.
The 49 year old Holyfield who has won 44 out of 57 fights he competed also made a courtesy call on President Mahinda Rajapaksa.
The meeting took place at the Temple Trees.
During the meeting, President also did not forget to inspect the ear [...]
January 30, 2012 3:42 PM | Posted in
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By: Prasanna C. Rodrigo
( News360.lk ) Sri Lanka says it is likely that they will not withdraw the remaining US$ 800 million of the US$ 2.6 billion loan arrangement it has got from the IMF.
Central Bank Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal speaking to News360.lk said, “It is likely that we may not request the rest of [...]
January 30, 2012 1:41 PM | Posted in
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Sri Lanka will take on India and Australia four times each in the preliminary round of the upcoming tri series in Australia which is expected to start on February 5th.
The first match of the tournament will be played between Australia and India in Melbourne while Sri Lanka will play their first game against India on [...]
January 30, 2012 10:47 AM | Posted in
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Sri Lanka on weekend hosted the “Ayubowan China” an event aimed at promoting the Island among the Chinese tourists and also promote cultural ties between the two nations.
The event which took place in Colombo during the weekend saw nearly 50 Chinese performers consisting of Chinese university students taking part in the program.
During the event, Chinese [...]
January 29, 2012 7:44 PM | Posted in
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