(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –The Embassy of Sri Lanka in Warsaw, Poland, in collaboration with the Warsaw Hilton, the Colombo Hilton, the Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau, and Qatar Airways organized a Sri Lankan food festival at the MEZA Restaurant of the Warsaw Hilton Hotel and Convention Center recently.
"First Sri Lankan Food Festival in Warsaw, Poland"Category: Top Story
(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –His Excellency Maithripala Sirisena, the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, has been pleased to appointVice Admiral Sirimevan Ranasinghe as the 22nd Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy and promote him to the 3-star rank of Vice Admiral with effect from 26 October 2017.
"Vice Admiral Sirimevan Ranasinghe assumes duties as the 22nd Commander of the Navy"
(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) – Finance and Mass Media Minister Mangala Samaraweera yesterday severely criticized Retired Major General Kamal Gunaratne and Parliamentarian Wimal Weerawansa over their violent and offensive comments on the new Constitution.
"Racist, offensive comments on new Constitution: Mangala takes Kamal and Wimal to task"
(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –Releasing the annual report of the Sri Lanka Labour Force Survey (LFS) for 2016, Dr. A.J. Satharasinghe, Director General of the Department of Census and Statistics said labour force for the year 2016 has been estimated as 8.3 million.
"Majority of employed population are males – Survey"
(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –Real Madrid’s Portugal striker Cristiano Ronaldo was crowned the best soccer player in the world for the second year running at Fifa’s The Best awards gala on Monday.
"Cristiano Ronaldo wins Fifa player-of-the-year award in London"
(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –State Minister of International Trade Sujeewa Senasinghe who was on a promotional visit to Italy to enhance Sri Lanka’s exports to the EU under GSP+ concessions and to seek the investment potential at large, met the business community in Milan on 16th October.
"State Minister Senasinghe speaks to Italian Chambers in Milan"
(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –UN Special Rapporteur Pablo de Greiff said that Sri Lanka had unprecedented levels of international support because of its willingness to engage on issues of human rights.
"UN Rapporteur pleased with Lanka’s progress" (COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –The Poverty Headcount Index has dropped from 6.7 percent in 2012/2013 to 4.1 percent in 2016, the results of latest Household Income and Expenditure Survey conducted by the Census and Statistics Department indicated.
"Poverty headcount down"
(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –The Yala Wildlife Sanctuary, which was closed for more than two months, was opened for tourists from today.(23)
"Yala Wildlife Sanctuary reopens for tourists"
(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –The governments of Sri Lanka and the United States launched the YouLead! initiative on October 19, a Rs. 1.8 billion (US$ 12 million) program funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to support youth employability, vocational skills development, and entrepreneurship.
"Sri Lanka and U.S. governments launch $ 12 million ‘YouLead!’ youth employment program"