Another 15 Sri Lankan refugees reached Tamil Nadu from Mannar yesterday morning, the Times of India reported. The five families sett off from Mannar in the early hours of the day and reached the Kothanda Ramar Temple seashore in Rameswaram, On Friday, 18 Sri Lankan nationals who fled the crisis-hit island arrived in India, at […]
Issuing a press release the United States Embassy said 17 Ambassadors and High Commissioners to Sri Lanka gathered in Colombo on Friday to stand together as an expression of their solidarity with and concern for Ukraine. The United States Embassy claimed that nations around the world are denouncing Russia and demanding immediate end to the […]
The prices of a number of essential items in Sri Lanka increased yesterday (11), following the decision by the government to relax the controls over the value of the rupee. The rupee depreciated to 260 per U.S. dollar on Thursday (10). On midnight Thursday (10) Lanka Indian Oil Corporation (LIOC,) the country’s second largest retail […]
Dayasiri names CEB as number one culprit for power crisis, urges it be restructured island.lk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from island.lk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
‘Sanctions are one response among a number of tools we can deploy’ By Shamindra Ferdinando The British government says sanctions in respect of Sri Lanka Army Commander General Shavendra Silva, who is also the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), are among a variety of tools available to them. Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Minister Vicky […]