Sri Lanka likely to approve Sinopec’s $4.5bn refinery proposal on Monday
Sri Lanka will likely approve on Monday a proposal from Chinese state refiner Sinopec to build a $4.5-billion-dollar refinery, the…
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Uttarakhand tunnel collapse: Machine repairs prolong ordeal for trapped Indians
Rescue work to save 41 workers trapped in a tunnel in India’s Uttarakhand state has been delayed again because of…
President Ranil says Sri Lanka does not allow ‘spy ships’ to dock
President Ranil Wickremesinghe says there was no evidence indicating that the Chinese research vessels that had docked in Sri Lanka…
US-based RM Parks signs $110mn petroleum agreement with Sri Lanka
RM Parks Inc., a leading petroleum products distributor in the United States, has signed a USD 110 million agreement with…
Two wild elephants die after being hit by train and electrocuted
Two wild elephants died yesterday (22) after being hit by a train and electrocuted in the Malutivu and Kilinochchi districts,…
Corruption taints recruitment for Korean, Israeli jobs
The recruitment of Sri Lankans for around 1000 employment opportunities offered by Israel recently is mired in controversy due to…
Sri Lankan Airlines Global Sales Conference kicks off today
Top travel agents and tour operators from the Indian subcontinent, Far East, Europe, Middle East and Australia have started arriving…
South and Central of Sri Lanka among the top 11 best places to visit in Asia
A highly reputed luxury travel magazine, Condé Nast Traveller has listed South and Central of Sri Lanka among the top…
N Korea tells Japan it will launch spy satellite in days
North Korea may attempt a third spy satellite launch as early as midnight on Wednesday, Japanese media reported. Tokyo said…
74,664 tourists arrive in Sri Lanka in first two weeks of Nov.
Altogether 74,664 foreign tourists arrived in Sri Lanka in the first 15 days of November, according to the latest statistics…