Sri Lanka
Avengers:Endgame storms over Sri Lanka and the world.
April 6 (newsin.asia) - Avengers:Endgame, the 22nd film in its "Cinematic Universe" has been billed as the culmination of more than a decade’s worth of story lines. The entire cinematic universe has pulled in over $18 billion worldwide, and the last Avengers film generated over $2 billion alone—and left fans with an epic cliff-hanger. Fans in Sri Lanka were eagerly...
Sri Lanka’s parliament passes final reading of budget for 2019
Colombo, April 5 (newsin.asia) -- Sri Lanka's parliament on Friday passed the final reading of the government's budget for 2019 with 119 legislators in the 225-member parliament voting in favor of the budget proposals and 74 against. The ruling United National Party, independent Tamil National Alliance and the Ceylon Workers Congress voted in favor of the budget while some members...
Sri Lanka to face more heat as Sun directly above
Colombo, April 5 (newsin.asia) - Sri Lanka's Meteorology Department, on Friday warned of extreme heat in several districts of the island country as the sun is expected to be directly over Sri Lanka from April 6 to April 15. The Meteorology Department, in a statement said the areas worst affected by the sun's direct over head positioning was Dikwella, Kekanadura,...
Arugam Bay has Sri Lanka’s first all-women surf club
This is the story of how Shamali Sanjaya, a 30 year old mother in a village in Arugam Bay pioneered women's surfing in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka takes national pledge against illicit drugs
Colombo, April 3 (newsin.asia) - Sri Lanka, on Wednesday took a national pledge to eradicate the drug menace from the island country with President Maithripala Sirisena, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, Speaker of Parliament Karu Jayasuriya and other state officials taking oaths to work towards a drug free country. Government, opposition, state officials and members of the tri forces gathered at...
Colombo festival brings out the secular trend in Bangladeshi film-making
Sri Lankan film artistes say that Bangladeshi films are marked by artistry and rhythm irrespective of the subject.
Sri Lanka publicly destroys 769kg of cocaine
Colombo, April 1 (newsin.asia) - Sri Lankan authorities, on Monday publicly destroyed 769 kilograms of cocaine, which the police had seized in island wide raids carried out during the past few years. The heroin valued at over Rs.10 billion, was destroyed in the presence of President Maithripala Sirisena, government ministers, Police Chief Pujith Jayasundara, investigating police officers and the media,...
Over 50,000 affected by dry weather in Sri Lanka
Colombo, April 1 (newsin.asia) - Sri Lanka's Disaster Management Center, on Monday said that over 50,000 people were affected by the severe dry weather conditions prevailing across the island country. The worst affected districts were Vavuniya and Jaffna, in the north, Puttalam, in the north western province, Kegalle in the Sabaragamuwa Province, Matale in the Central Province and Kandy, in...
Indian grant of US$ 1.7 million for temperature controlled cold storage facility in Lanka
There are 20 such projects which are part of an Indian government development portfolio of US$ 3 billion in Sri Lanka, out of which US$ 560 million are in grants.
CAFS aiding and improving the mental health standards in Sri Lanka
March 30, (NewsIn.Asia) - The Child, Adolescent and Family Services (CAFS) was initiated as a project under the THEME Institute (http://www.themeinstitute.org/) in Dec 2016 to create mental health awareness in Sri Lanka. In February 2018, CAFS was registered as a not-for-profit organization to provide multi-disciplinary services for children, adolescents, adults, and their families. The main aim of the organization is...
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