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Strategic step toward positioning Colombo as a South Asian entertainment hub, enhancing soft-value tourism
The initiative aims to transform Colombo into a high-spending destination,
Platform to be used for destination marketing through fashion, arts and culture
IRONMAN 70.3 Colombo is expected to draw nearly 1,000 athletes from over 49 countries
Civic impact platform opens in Colombo, partnering with AIESEC Sri Lanka and Women in Tech Sri Lanka
Kite festival will bring 80 foreign kite flyers from 30 countries and over 1,500 local participants.
"The decision to close liquor stores for three days will cost the government 337 million rupees per day".
After the second electricity tariff hike in February 2023, no changes were made to the water tariff.
"However, it has never been enforced for the last five decades to my knowledge,"
Her raw materials consist of waste items such as unusable aircraft seats covers, blankets, uniforms and other items.
The current prices are too high and if we increase it more it will result in further downfall of the business
Sri Lanka's cooking gas distribution is gradually recovering after shortage in mid 2022.
Colombo Fashion Week's Luxury Edition started this week at Galle Face Hotel
Luxury Edition is scheduled to be held at Galle Face Hotel on November 17
Following appeals bans on 708 items had been lifted
The book has been recognised for the “ambition of its scope, and the hilarious audacity of its narrative techniques”...
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The book fair was opened by Secretary to the Ministry of Education Nihal Ranasingha.
In India, religion and socialism collide and commingle
Rushdie, 75, shot to fame with his book “Midnight’s Children,” the film version of which was shot in Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka's cabinet of ministers had approved the official ban in 2019 but it had not been given legal effect.
Established in 2006, Abhimani is the oldest International Queer Film Festival in South Asia.
"Wow. I thought Sri Lanka is going through economic hardships"
“There is no paper in the market. There are no dollars to import paper."
This history, as can be observed in India, would probably apply to most countries that were once Colonies
Wickramasinghe 71, had assumed duties in Milan on December 29, the foreign ministry said in a statement.
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