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Not satisfied with speech written to me by my officials: Lal Kantha

Colombo, March 12 -- Minister of Agriculture K.D. Lal Kantha said he decided to make his own speech today instead of the one which was written for him by his Ministry officials. "The officias of my M... Read More


Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage celebrated 'Golden Jubilee'

Sri Lanka, March 11 -- The Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage in the Kegalle district, which is a main tourist attraction at the entrance to the hill country, and managed by the Department of Zoological Gar... Read More


A Thai blueprint for Sri Lanka:solving the human-elephant conflict with smart conservation

Sri Lanka, March 11 -- The human-elephant conflict in Sri Lanka continues unabated. Although efforts by successive governments since the 1970s have reduced the rate of attrition, and there are about 7... Read More


How D'Oyly used espionage to conquer Kandy?

Sri Lanka, March 11 -- With the fall of the Kandyan Kingdom, the Kandyan Convention, ceremonially signed on March 10, 1815, completed the annexation of the island to the British Empire. This brought a... Read More


Giving life to Colombo's new coral reef

Sri Lanka, March 11 -- Colombo Port City's latest attraction is a naturally occurring coral colony that's growing rapidly around its breakwater. Coral reefs are vital ecosystems that support nearly a ... Read More


The tragic tale of Tamil politics

Sri Lanka, March 11 -- The ethnic problem seems to have been forgotten even by the Tamils of Northern and Eastern Provinces. Tamils have apparently been left to themselves. Political disunity seems to... Read More


President AKD's First Budget The revolutionary governs, and governs well

Sri Lanka, March 11 -- We were supposed to have become a rich country decades ago. At Independence many predicted that Ceylon would become the Switzerland of the East. Instead communal strife, corrupt... Read More


Solar Dreams vs Bureaucratic Nightmares: Sri Lanka's Sustainable Energyat a Crossroads

Sri Lanka, March 11 -- The Asian Development Bank (ADB) conducted a valuable workshop on the way forward for Sri Lanka towards an enhanced renewable energy (RE) penetration in its energy mix recently,... Read More


Foreign investors in focus as Invest Sri Lanka 2025 set to kick off in Marc

Colombo, March 11 -- The highly-awaited Invest Sri Lanka Capital Market Investor Forum 2025 is set to take place on March 27 and 28, 2025, in Colombo, to woo foreign investors. To be held at Shangri... Read More


SriLankan Airlines flies high with women in command on International Women's Day

Sri Lanka, March 11 -- Flight UL 404 to Bangkok took off with an inspiring crew in the cockpit as SriLankan Airlines operated the journey with an all-female team. Led by Captain Madini Wijesinghe, th... Read More