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The Sri Lanka Apparel Exporters Association (SLAEA) participated in the 16th Global Textile and Apparel Supply Chain Conference held in Shanghai, China recently with a focus on innovation and the development of national high-end textile advanced manufacturing clusters. Representing Sri Lanka at the annual conference, President of SLAEA Indika Liyanahewage spoke on ‘Green dynamics and […]
Labour and Foreign Employment Minister Manusha Nanayakkara questioned how sugar importers had received information about an impending increase in the import duty on sugar before it was even presented to the Cabinet. Minister Nanayakkara said that only Sri Lanka Customs officials had been aware of the impending duty revision. The Minister emphasised the need to […]
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Minister of Labour and Foreign Employment Manusha Nanayakkara has called for an investigation to determine whether any party has leaked the information to outsiders regarding the increase in the import tax on sugar before it was even presented to the Cabinet of Ministers.
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Sri Lanka’s Cabinet of Ministers has decided to appoint a four-member cabinet sub-committee to look into the Interim Committee for Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) appointed by Sports Minister Roshan Ranasinghe.The post Sri Lanka appointed a cabinet sub-committee to look into activities of Sri Lanka Cricket appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
[…]The post Akin To Fiddling When Rome Is Burning appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
By Jehan Perera With presidential elections due in less than a year, President Ranil Wickremesinghe has embarked upon a course of electoral reforms of major proportions, for which he has appointed a presidential commission of inquiry. He appears to have done so without consultations with opposition parties or civil society. Both these groups were caught […]
[…]The post Sri Lanka – Nation Building, Devolution & The 13th Amendment – Part VII appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
Tharushi Karunarathna, a distinguished student-athlete in Sri Lanka, who recently clinched a gold medal in the women’s 800m event at the esteemed Asian Games, was granted the honor of an audience with Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe at the illustrious Presidential Palace in Kandy on Sunday morning (November 05).The post Sri Lanka President Meets Asian Games Gold Medalist Tharushi Karunara...
The Federal Court has ordered India’s former high commissioner to Australia to pay a former domestic employee thousands of dollars in compensation for unpaid wages and unfair working conditions. Seema Sherghill arrived in Australia in April 2015, and spent about a year working for then-high commissioner Navdeep Suri Singh at his Canberra home. The Federal Court […]
MMBL- Pathfinder Joint Venture Intertek Lanka, the MMBL-Pathfinder joint venture with Intertek Caleb Brett (UK) is known for its expertise in qualitative and quantitative analytical assessment services to the oil and gas, chemical, and other commodities markets. In early 2021 Intertek Lanka invested in the Hambantota International Port, establishing an on-site state-of-the-art petroleum testing la...
Diana’s citizenship issue : petitioner questions UK’s response to CID’s request for assistance Civil society activist Oshala Herath yesterday (05) said he would move the Supreme Court soon against the dismissal of a case seeking disqualification of SJB MP Diana Gamage over a citizenship issue.The Court of Appeal dismissed the case filed by the defeated Colombo […]
Eleven newly-appointed Sri Lankan envoys visited Jaffna on a field trip on Saturday (04) where they met religious and political party leaders, members of the civil society organizations and members of the families affected by the war. Foreign Ministry officials accompanied the following nominated for diplomatic postings: Sathyajith Rodrigo (Italy) Madhurika Wenninger (Egypt), Dharmapala Weerakkody...
Monday 06th November, 2023 President Ranil Wickremesinghe, on Friday (03), flayed the western bloc for its double standards on human rights. Speaking at a ceremony to mark the opening of a new court complex in Welimada, he said that all nations had to abide by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. He pointed out the […]
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By N Sathiya Moorthy In a television interview last month, Foreign Minister Ali Sabry reportedly said that the Government of President Ranil Wicrkemesinghe has taken ‘substantial steps to move away from a Welfare State’ in the last 18 months. And he said it not as if it was inevitable under the nation’s economic circumstances and […]
Eleven Sri Lankan nationals from two families including two adults and nine children, who were stranded in the Gaza Strip safely arrived in Sri Lanka today (05 November). The Consular Affairs Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs coordinated the arrangements for their return in collaboration with Sri Lanka Missions in Cairo, Ramallah and Tel […]
The 11 Sri Lankans who crossed to Egypt from the Gaza Strip arrived in Sri Lanka early this morning (November 05) onboard a flight from Doha in Qatar.The post 11 Sri Lankans who were stranded in Gaza Strip return Sri Lanka appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
Owner of two companies in a tax haven The name of a top Sri Lankan politician has emerged in the latest release of Pandora Papers two years after the first leak of financial secrets of shell companies in overseas tax shelters.The individual, a minister in President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s cabinet, has been identified as the beneficial […]
17 Sri Lankans who are trapped in the Gaza Strip amidst the Israel-Hamas conflict have been permitted to leave Gaza on and enter Egypt via the Rafah border crossing.The post 17 Sri Lankans trapped in war-torn Gaza allowed to leave Gaza via Rafah border crossing appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
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Union Bank was able to continue a steadfast performance in the 9 months ended 30 September 2023 recording a notable improvement in the core banking performance with an overall income of LKR 17,314 Mn, a 36% increase over the comparative period. Net Interest Income (NII) was a key driver for the increase in the Bank’s […]
By N Sathiya Moorthy Taken to its logical conclusion, the recent court-ordered disqualification of then Minister Naseer Ahamad as a Member of Parliament (MP) can have far-reaching consequences. Already, the Opposition SJB’s case against two ministers who had ‘defected’ from the party is in the courts. The relatively larger question is about all those MPs who […]
In a significant event held in Colombo, the exchange of bilateral documents took centre stage, marking the initiation of projects supported by a generous USD 15 million grant from the Government of India.
Sri Lanka’s digital retail payments are poised for remarkable expansion, with the potential to reach up to Rs 77.2 trillion by 2027, according to analysis by Robocash Sri Lanka. This represents a substantial 128 percent increase from the 2022 level. The optimistic forecast by the company is contingent on the assumption that all major macroeconomic […]
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In a significant event held in Colombo, the exchange of bilateral documents took centre stage, marking the initiation of projects supported by a generous USD 15 million grant from the Government of India.