Recommendations from report on prison riot to be implemented

Tissa says he never left UNP, says he is still a member

Former United National Party (UNP) General Secretary Tissa Attanayake says he never left the party and that he is still a member of the party. Attanayake said that he decided not to support Maithripala Sirisena at the last Presidential election as the UNP had not put forward its own candidate. Attanayake supported Mahinda Rajapaksa at the last election and took a break from politics after Rajapaksa lost the election. He says he has now been informally invited to return to UNP politics and he

27 Apr, 2017

Malaysia’s twin towers company urged to invest in Sri Lanka

President Maithripala Sirisena invited leading Malaysian entrepreneurs to explore possibilities of expanding investment and trade and look?at the potential of new trade opportunities in Sri Lanka. He stated this when the CEO of Malaysia?s petrochemical giant, Petronas, Datuk Wan Zulkiflee Wan Ariffin called on him with a delegation at the Presidential Secretariat today (April 26). The CEO of Petronas, the company behind the twin towers in Malaysia and the only Malaysian company to be listed in

27 Apr, 2017

Outrage as women send booty snaps to win Sri Lanka trip

A surf company has been slammed after offering women a free holiday if they sent in pictures of their bums, the Daily Star reported. Surf Europe was blasted after posting the advert on Facebook telling female customers they could win a holiday in return for explicit pics. A caption alongside the post read: ?Good story, your favourite Russian surf camp in Sri Lanka, is running a comp to win a free trip there, by uploading your backside. Good luck.? But fans of the company blasted it for promot

28 Apr, 2017