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    Sri Lanka approves feasibility for 100MW solar park

    Sri Lanka approves feasibility for 100MW solar park

    Sri Lanka’s cabinet of ministers has approved a feasibility study for construction of a 100 megawatt solar park in Siyambalanduwa, Monaragala. “There is currently a global trend in generating electricity…

    December 31, 2016No CommentRead More

    IMF Welcomes Sri Lanka’s New Inland Revenue Act

    IMF Welcomes Sri Lanka’s New Inland Revenue Act

    The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has welcomed Sri Lanka’s new Inland Revenue Act, due to be introduced early next year, saying that it should boost tax revenues and improve tax…

    December 30, 2016No CommentRead More

    No arrangements for Kaavan during winter

    No arrangements for Kaavan during winter

    Now that winter has set in, the management of the Marghazar Zoo is worried about the fate of Kaavan, the lone elephant, who requires special arrangements during the winter months.…

    December 29, 2016No CommentRead More

    Chinese medical team completes 503 cataract surgeries in Sri Lanka

    Chinese medical team completes 503 cataract surgeries in Sri Lanka

    A visiting Chinese medical team has successfully completed 503 cataract surgeries in Sri Lanka’s Kalutara General Hospital in the south, as part of their first overseas charitable mission, a press…

    December 28, 2016No CommentRead More

    Link found between El Niño and Sri Lankan dengue epidemics

    Link found between El Niño and Sri Lankan dengue epidemics

    Researchers have discovered a strong association between El Niño-Southern Oscillation conditions in the Pacific to observed weather and dengue epidemics in Sri Lanka. The El Niño phenomenon is an irregularly…

    December 27, 2016No CommentRead More

    United States selects Sri Lanka for MCC Compact

    United States selects Sri Lanka for MCC Compact

    Sri Lanka was selected as eligible for a Compact Programme under the US Millennium Challenge Cooperation (MCC) at the meeting of the MCC Board of Directors held in Washington DC…

    December 26, 2016No CommentRead More

    Sri Lanka to launch national integration week to strengthen peace

    Sri Lanka to launch national integration week to strengthen peace

    Sri Lanka’s cabinet on Wednesday approved to launch a yearly national integration and reconciliation week to strengthen peace, harmony and fraternity among the people. The government’s information department said that…

    December 25, 2016No CommentRead More

    Night temperatures may dip over South as winds begin to stray

    Night temperatures may dip over South as winds begin to stray

      The stretch of sea extending from Sumatra/Gulf of Thailand to Sri Lanka/south Tamil Nadu across the south Bay of Bengal will stay ‘busy’ through the year-end and into the…

    December 24, 2016No CommentRead More

    World’s tallest Christmas tree unites Sri Lanka

    World’s tallest Christmas tree unites Sri Lanka

    HD Nanayakkara still remembers how his heart sank when he was told their project was cancelled. It would have set a Guinness World Record as the tallest Christmas tree ever…

    December 23, 2016No CommentRead More

    Sri Lankan navy arrests 12 Tamil Nadu fishermen in two boats off Talaimannar

    Sri Lankan navy arrests 12 Tamil Nadu fishermen in two boats off Talaimannar

    The Sri Lankan navy on Wednesday arrested 12 Tamil Nadu fishermen belonging to Pamban, while they were fishing in Sri Lankan waters off Talaimannar, Sri Lankan naval spokesman, Capt.Akram Alavi…

    December 22, 2016No CommentRead More

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