Sri Lanka Tackles Medicine Shortages, Promises Solutions Colombo, Sri Lanka (December 03) – Health Minister Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa assured the Sri Lankan Parliament today that the government is actively working to resolve the shortage of essential medicines, with solutions anticipated within days. This comes after concerns raised by Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa regarding the limited … Read more
Sri Lanka has endured a torrid day in the first Test against South Africa, collapsing to the worst score in its Test history. After only 20.4 overs were bowled on day one in Durban, Sri Lanka cleaned up the Proteas for a serviceable 191 at midday on day two. Two hours later, South Africa openers … Read more
Sri Lanka’s new left-wing government is now accepting without compromise the controversial agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to restructure the country’s debt. The Finance Ministry in Colombo announced on Saturday that the agreement would be implemented as promised by the previous government. Now the Sri Lankan parliament still has to give its consent. … Read more
Colombo. The candidate of the left coalition, Anura Kumara Dissanayaka, won the presidential elections in Sri Lanka, two years after a serious financial crisis that imposed an unpopular austerity policy in the country, the Electoral Commission announced this Sunday. Dissanayaka, 55, leader of the People’s Liberation Front (JVP), a formerly marginal Marxist party, garnered 42.3 … Read more
New York: The bowlers couldn’t get better the Sinhalese spirit that was drained in entrance of Antich Norje’s good bowling. South Africa received simply by six wickets towards Sri Lanka. Batting first, Sri Lanka have been all out for 77 runs in 19.1 overs. In reply, South Africa reached the goal with the lack of … Read more
A Buddhist monk has been sentenced to four years in prison for insulting Sri Lanka’s minority Muslim community. Colombo High Court judge Aditya Patabendige sentenced Galagodathe Gnanasara for making derogatory remarks against Islam during a press conference in 2016. The court order released on March 28 has been reported by various media including news agency … Read more
02 March 2024, 02:29 PM IST Iconic Image | Photo by N.M. Pradeep UA few days ago, Sri Lanka issued an order for the Ukrainians and Russians who could not return after the start of the campaign to leave the country within two weeks. Sri Lanka has asked thousands of Russian, Ukrainian and Israeli citizens … Read more
Colombo: Sri Lanka canceled the process of extending the visa period for the citizens of both countries after the start of war between Ukraine and Russia. The extension of the visa period of citizens from Russia and Ukraine was a wake-up call for the country’s tourism sector, which is suffering from severe economic crisis. However, … Read more
The next landing, which was supposed to begin at Moscow Zhukovsky airport at 9 am, was disrupted. In the capital of the aggressor state of the Russian Federation, another scandal occurred related to the delay of the flight: passengers were unable to fly to Sri Lanka from Zhukovsky airport for more than 14 hours, Dialogue.UA … Read more
Dec 24, 2023 at 8:10 AM Update: an hour ago In a mega operation against drugs, Sri Lanka has arrested almost 15,000 suspected criminals in the past week. The police announced this on Sunday. The approach has been criticized because major smugglers remain out of harm’s way. With Operation Yukthiya, which means justice, the government … Read more