This year’s Sri Lanka Day Expo will be held on August 7, 2010 at the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica, California. The event... »
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Sri Lanka Opens New Mannar Bridge
Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa today ceremoniously opened the bridge that links Mannar Island to the mainland. Mannar Island, situated on the northwestern coast of Sri Lanka’s Northern Province is linked to the mainland by a causeway. The old bridge was destroyed during the war between the Tamil Tiger rebels, and the Sri Lanka... »
Sri Lanka A Top Tourist Destination According To National Geographic Channel
The National Geographic Channel, a world-renowned television channel, in an exclusive report on the best places to visit around the world, has categorized Sri Lanka as the second best place to visit. Out of the 20 countries, many well-known tourist destinations are listed far behind Sri Lanka. Hong Kong occupies ninth place, Bali seventh,... »
Sri Lanka: Checkpoints in Paradise
By Lionel Beehner for The New York Times EVERYBODY out, the military officer ordered us, as we pulled off the bumpy road linking the Tamil-dominated eastern province to Sri Lanka’s hill country. My driver motioned to the back seat, where a police officer we picked up a few miles back was sitting. His presence lent an... »
Sri Lanka To Seek Tenants For $550 Million Tax-Free Port Zone
By Anusha Ondaatjie Sri Lanka plans to invite overseas and local companies this month to set up operations in a new $550 million tax-free port zone as the end of the island’s civil war boosts trade and investment. Companies from Australia, India, China, Russia, and Dubai have expressed interest in opening shipbuilding, ship-repair, and... »
Sri Lankans Remitted Record $3.3 Billion In 2009
By Philip Fernando Sri Lankans living abroad remitted an unprecedented 3.3 billion dollars (over Rs. 350 billion) last year. It was a 14 percent increase over the remittances during the previous year, 2008, Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE) Chairman Kingsley Ranawaka stated recently. The Sri Lanka government had successfully gotten Middle East... »
Triad Proves ‘Sri Lanka Can’
The Triad Team did Sri Lanka proud yet again when they won a Bronze at the 8th Singapore Outdoor Advertising Award (SOAA) Show held last week – making it another ‘first’ in the history of advertising in Sri Lanka. Triad clinched this award in recognition of its campaign work for Sisil’s “Chill-In” regional bus... »
Coconut Water Improves HDL Level
By Shirley Wijesinghe The Indian Coconut Journal revealed that drinking tender coconut water has a certain effect in improving “good cholesterol” HDL in the human body, and is also a good source of electrolytes. It is rich in chlorides, potassium, and magnesium, and has moderate amounts of sugar, sodium, and proteins. It is also... »
Sri Lanka Probe Army Officers Over Editor’s Murder
Sri Lankan police are to question dozens of military intelligence officers in connection with the internationally condemned assassination of a senior editor, a spokesman said Tuesday. Investigations into the January 2009 slaying of Lasantha Wickrematunga, chief editor of the anti-establishment Sunday Leader, had led them to military personnel, said police spokesman Prishantha Jayakody. »