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Sri Lanka’s Litro Gas hikes cooking gas price by 7.5-pct

Litro Gas is raising fuel through a price formula every month to prevent losses and borrowings

February 5, 2023 1 min read

Unhappy ending to Sri Lanka's thriving spa industry averted

He had made no comment on banning women massaging men or vice versa, he insisted.

January 18, 2023 3 min read

Sri Lanka scraps 'semi-luxury' buses on Colombo-Kataragama run

"From today onwards there will be no such buses in the Kataragama – Colombo route via Galle road."

January 5, 2023 1 min read

Crisis-hit Sri Lanka allows spectators to watch LPL knockout games for free

SLC also slashes ticket prices for knockout stage

December 22, 2022 2 min read
Sri Lanka’s CMG appoints Lalith Fernando as GFD

Fernando has been a finance, business operation expert

Hareendra Dissabandara new Sri Lanka SEC Chairman

Senior Professor Hareendra Dissabandara appointed SEC chairman

Sri Lanka's Board of Investment boss Upul Jayasuriya resigns

The Chairman of Sri Lanka's Board of Investment, Upul Jayasuriya, has resigned.

July 13, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka Cricket offers cash for stripped ground staff

On Wednesday, Sri Lanka Cricket offered cash and new clothes to temporary groundsmen who were forced to hand in the unif...

July 12, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka cricket apologises to stripped groundsmen

Dozens of groundsmen at Sri Lanka's Hambantota cricket stadium have complained that they were ordered to give back their...

July 11, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka eyes elephant menace at cricket: stadium

AFP - Sri Lanka is to deploy game wardens to stop wild elephants straying onto the pitch when the country hosts Zimbabwe...

July 3, 2017 2 min read

Saman Kelegama: a Sri Lanka visionary with humility and humanity

Those of us who have been fortunate enough to work with Dr. Saman Kelegama during his long and distinguished tenure at t...

the Staff of the Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka.
July 1, 2017 3 min read

Sri Lanka cricketers told to get fit or get out

AFP - The Sri Lankan government on Wednesday warned the national cricket team to get fit in three months or get booted o...

June 29, 2017 2 min read

Flat feet at root of Sri Lanka cricket injuries - expert

AFP - Sri Lanka's cricketers have been suffering from high levels of injuries because most players are flat footed and a...

June 27, 2017 2 min read

Saman Kelegama: Top Sri Lanka economist with a mission

(Saman Kelegama, a Sri Lanka's top economists passed away in Thailand. This interview done by Former Deputy Central Bank...

W A Wijewardene
June 23, 2017 24 min read

Top Sri Lanka economist Saman Kelegama dies in Thailand

Sri Lanka’s top economist and the head of the Institute of Policy Studies, Saman Kelegama, has died in Thailand, ...

June 23, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka probes cricketer over monkey talk

Sri Lanka fast bowler Lasith Malinga faced an investigation on Thursday after he compared a government minister to a mon...

June 22, 2017 2 min read
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Ravi Abeysuriya gets Lifetime Achievement Award from CFA

Ravi Abeysuriya, a Sri Lanka investment professional, has been named a Lifetime Achievement Award laureate by the Charte...

June 2, 2017 2 min read

U.S. drone kills militant blamed for attack on Sri Lanka cricket team in Pakistan

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan, March 21 (Reuters) - A US drone air strike in Afghanistan has killed a Pakistani militant ac...

March 21, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka Cricket beats the odds to return a surplus

Sri Lanka Cricket which was expected to record a deficit of over 800 million rupees in calendar 2016 has ended the year ...

March 9, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka promotes two cricketing soldiers

Two cricketing soldiers who helped Sri Lanka to victory in recent Twenty20 clashes abroad have been promoted for their e...

March 1, 2017 1 min read

England players draw megabucks at IPL auction

England players attracted megabucks bids in the Indian Premier League auction Monday, with all-rounder Ben Stokes settin...

February 20, 2017 3 min read

Sri Lanka back Mathews as captain until 2019 World Cup

COLOMBO, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka Cricket has not lost faith in skipper Angelo Mathews despite the team's test drubb...

January 20, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka's economics 'guru of gurus' passes away

AV de S Indraratna, a senior Sri Lankan economist who has taught thousands of students at Sri Lanka's main universities,...

January 19, 2017 1 min read

Banks face integrity risk from soccer sector, Dutch regulator warns

AMSTERDAM, Jan 13 (Reuters) - The Dutch central bank (DNB) has warned that financial institutions need to guard more aga...

January 16, 2017 2 min read

Pakistan villagers attack convoy of Qatar royal hunting rare bird

QUETTA, Pakistan/DOHA, Jan 16 (Reuters) - A group of Pakistani villagers brandishing guns and knives attacked the convoy...

January 16, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka's Lakmal fined half match-fee for misconduct

Nov 22 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka paceman Suranga Lakmal has been fined half of his match fee for throwing the ball dangerous...

November 22, 2016 1 min read