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SLPA officials meet WB special team and IFS officials in USA

Sri Lanka, May 26 -- The Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) delegation, led by the Secretary to the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Aviation, K.D.S. Ruwanchandra, met the World Bank's (WB) special team ... Read More


US Envoy visits Palmyrah Research Centre in Jaffna

Sri Lanka, May 26 -- The US Ambassador in Colombo, Julie Chung visited Asia's only Palmyrah Research Centre in Jaffna recently and pledged assistance to develop research activities. She said that the... Read More


Special unit vital to advise Govt - Tax consultant

Sri Lanka, May 26 -- Sri Lanka urgently needs a special unit with authority to advise the government on tax systems, said Principal of the Tax & Regulatory Division of KPMG in Sri Lanka, Suresh Perera... Read More


Global Ambassador of Peace Gurudev Shankar here after eight years

Sri Lanka, May 26 -- Humanitarian, spiritual leader and Global Ambassador of Peace Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar (Sri Gurudev) was in Sri Lanka after eight years on a three-day tour on the invitation o... Read More


"The Dhamma teaches us to be grateful to our benefactors"

Sri Lanka, May 26 -- All of us sitting here - and this includes the adults as well as the children - should not forget that we each have a mother and father who gave us birth and have provided for our... Read More


Focus on preventing extinction of flora and fauna

Sri Lanka, May 26 -- Did you know that if bees become extinct, Life on Earth could virtually end within a matter of months if not weeks? We would not normally associate the humble bee with an Extincti... Read More


Sri Lankan, Indian agencies intensify probe on ISIS activities

Sri Lanka, May 26 -- Sri Lankan and Indian law enforcement agencies are investigating four suspects with alleged ISIS links who were arrested in Ahmedabad, India, by the Gujarat Police on May 20. Loca... Read More


Manusha sets record straight on electric car permits

Sri Lanka, May 26 -- Last February, the Ministry of Labour and Foreign Employment introduced a scheme to provide fully electric vehicle permits to Sri Lankans employed abroad under luxury car tax conc... Read More


High-powered talks between President and Elon Musk

Sri Lanka, May 26 -- Before travelling to Bali, Indonesia to participate in the World Water Forum, President Ranil Wickremesinghe left for Kegalle to visit a farm set up using Artificial Intelligence.... Read More


Facing future pandemics

Sri Lanka, May 26 -- Apart from taking more than seven million precious lives, the Covid-19 pandemic brought one other fact to the fore - the inequality between developed and developing worlds. The Gl... Read More