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Tea auction volumes slip to 5.2 MnKgs

Sri Lanka, Aug. 30 -- The overall auction offerings declined further and totalled 5.2 million kilogrammes (M/Kgs), of which approximately 0.6 M/Kgs comprised of reprints. There was good general dema... Read More


Sri Lanka makes UK push to position itself as purpose-driven tourism hub

Sri Lanka, Aug. 30 -- The Sri Lanka Tourism authorities have stepped up efforts to rebrand the island nation as a leading purpose-driven travel destination in the UK, spotlighting its biodiversity and... Read More


Colombo prices rise 1.2% in August, ending 11 months of deflation

Sri Lanka, Aug. 30 -- Sri Lanka's Colombo district recorded a 1.2 percent increase in consumer prices in August from a year ago, turning from a 0.3 percent decline in prices continued through July, en... Read More


Excessively Loud Horns in buses

Sri Lanka, Aug. 30 -- The issue of ear-splitting horns on buses and lorries, including heavy vehicles, has become a significant concern in Sri Lanka. These noise-polluting vehicles are disrupting the ... Read More


Criminal drivers, innocent victims and law enforcement

Sri Lanka, Aug. 30 -- On the 27th of this month (August), two school children and the driver of the school van they were traveling in were killed. Over twelve others injured, many seriously, when thei... Read More


Blurred borders in Presidents' expenses

Sri Lanka, Aug. 30 -- Although the arrest and the subsequent remanding of former President Ranil Wickremasinghe on August 22 was a law-and-order issue, the possible political fallout of it seems to be... Read More


Ranil's arrest: A new watershed in Sri Lanka's politics

Sri Lanka, Aug. 30 -- In recent Sri Lankan political history, there were watershed moments that changed the directions of governments. The past governments sometimes experienced such defining moment... Read More


Govt. to convert president's houses, ministers' bungalows into tourist resorts

Sri Lanka, Aug. 30 -- The government has invited entrepreneurs to invest in transforming President's Houses and Ministers' official bungalows in key tourist locations such as Nuwara Eliya, Anuradhapur... Read More


Dry weather likely to ease by early September

Sri Lanka, Aug. 30 -- The prevailing dry weather conditions across Sri Lanka are likely to change by the first week of September, the Department of Meteorology said. Speaking to the Daily Mirror, Dep... Read More


Special team to bring back Kehelbaddara Padme, other criminals from Indonesia

Sri Lanka, Aug. 30 -- A special police team is scheduled to depart for Indonesia to bring back arrested organised criminals, including underworld figure Kehelbaddara Padme, to Sri Lanka. The team, wo... Read More