Sri Lanka
Foreign Exchange Rates in Sri Lanka
Colombo, Feb 8 (newsin.asia) - The following are the foreign exchange rates against the Sri Lankan rupee released by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka on Friday. Buying Selling Australian Dollar 123.01 128.29 Canadian Dollar 131.09 135.99 Chinese Yuan (Renminbi) 25.69 26.93 Euro 197.88 204.90 Japanese Yen 1.5901 1.6493 Singapore Dollar 128.82 133.25 Sterling Pound ...
What makes Ceylon tea a cup of pure enchantment?
Feb 8 (Khaleej Times): Sri Lanka - a Tea Island, is known for its diverse cultures and scenic beauty. While blessed with fortunes of nature to give a different array of climates, tea was first introduced to Sri Lanka as a replacement crop for coffee, during the 19th Century by a Scottish planter, James Taylor. An island with an area...
Sri Lankan ATM users advised to use microchip cards following ATM fraud
Colombo, Feb 7 (newsin.asia) - The Central Bank of Sri Lanka, on Thursday, advised users of the automatic teller machines (ATMs) to only use cards with embedded microchips to avoid ATM fraud and also keep track of transactions, following the rising frauds which were reported over the weekend. The Central Bank of Sri Lanka released the following statement - Payment...
Sri Lankan President says drug convicts will be hanged within next two months
Colombo, Feb 7 (newsin.asia) - Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena will impose the death penalty on convicted drug traffickers within the next two months after he vowed to free the country from the drug menace by 2020. Sirisena, informed his Parliament on Wednesday evening that many larger countries carried out executions but smaller countries like Sri Lanka were hampered by...
Governor’s recipe to end military-people conflict over release of land in North Lanka
Northern Province Governor Dr. Suren Raghavan urges those seeking the return of their lands from the military to come up with alternative solutions to help reach a compromise.
6 arrested over ferris wheel crash at amusement park in Sri Lanka
Colombo, Feb 5 (newsin.asia) - Six people were arrested in Sri Lanka on Tuesday after a ferris wheel bucket collapsed at an amusement park in Veyangoda, in the western province, killing a mother and her six year old daughter, police said. The tragedy occurred on Monday morning as the country celebrated its 71st Independence Day holiday. Police said the bucket...
Remains of two UN peacekeepers killed in Mali arrive in Sri Lanka
Colombo, Feb 5 (newsin.asia) - The remains of the two Sri Lankan army personnel who were killed in an attack while serving the UN Peacekeeping Mission in Mali were brought to Sri Lanka on Monday evening and officially handed over to the Sri Lanka Army by the UN Peacekeeping forces, the army said in a statement. The remains of Major...
Former North Lankan Chief Minister to call upon UN Secy. Gen to intervene in Sri Lanka
"We need an independent international mechanism to investigate the war crimes committed by Sri Lanka. It is time to take this matter before the Secretary-General of the UN," the radical Tamil leader C.V.Wigneswaran said.
Tamils of North Sri Lanka observe Lanka’s National Day as “Black Day”
According to the Jaffna University Students Union, which led the Black Day observances, with the independence of Sri Lanka in 1948, colonialism was replaced by (Sinhala) chauvinism, And therefore the Tamils have not attained real freedom.
Key drivers behind Ceylon’s independence
World War II and Indian political developments offered the island nation an opportunity to pursue political freedom.
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