Handicrafts are being sourced by large high-end retailers who are mainly catering to tourists. In addition to large retailers who are based in Colombo, Kandy and Galle, there are small shops that sell ...

Last week, U.S. President Donald Trump wrote to his Sri Lankan counterpart, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, informing him that the ...

“We are no longer the Sri Lanka Handicrafts Board. We are now in the State gifts and souvenirs category. We aren’t limited to handicrafts, but we haven’t excluded them either.

A discussion was held today (2) at the Presidential Secretariat between Dr Nandika Sanath Kumanayake, Secretary to the President and Her Excellency Bonnie Horbach, the Ambassador of the Netherlands to ...

The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) has announced that a public consultation will be held today (July 2) to identify and address the key challenges faced by renewable energy ...

This March marks the mid-point of Sri Lanka’s four-year economic reform program supported by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). In the two years since its inception difficult but much needed ...

The International Monetary Fund is lending Sri Lanka $3bn (£2.4bn) to help it deal with its worst economic crisis in its history as an independent nation.

The first Asian representative of CIAM (Congrès Interna tionaux d’Architecture Moderne) in 1947  The first  Asian woman to be ...

Last month, Sri Lanka’s electricity company cut power to Shanti’s home in a town near Colombo, where she lives with her sixteen-year-old son. Shanthi lost her job last year during a severe ...

Sri Lanka extended power cuts for a third day on Thursday as it scrambled to restore its national grid to full capacity after a monkey triggered a widespread blackout over the weekend that ...