Sri Lanka?s second coronavirus victim cremated

Ranil fears crisis will continue for 5 years

United National Party (UNP) leader and former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe fears the current crisis will continue for 5 years. Speaking at the All Party Conference held today, Wickremesinghe said that the two issues Sri Lanka is facing are to stabilize the economy in the next 2 years and to consolidate economic recovery. “The reversal of economic policies has shaken the confidence between both the foreign and local investors. This has resulted in many of our youth leaving the country. T

23 Mar, 2022

Government defends going ahead with development projects

The Government today defended its decision to go ahead with a number of development projects during the Covid pandemic. Highways Minister Johnston Fernando told Parliament today that President Gotabaya Rajapaksa had advised the Government to go ahead with the highway projects. As a result, the Minister said the Government was able to complete the construction of the new Kelani bridge. If not, he says completing construction of the new Kelani bridge would have taken another two years. Similar

23 Mar, 2022

Indian suppliers find Nepali market viable for lab equipment sales

Indian suppliers of laboratory equipment, who took part in the Nepal Lab expo that commenced in Kathmandu on Thursday, have found the Nepali market a feasible place. A three-day Nepal Lab Expo was inaugurated by the Nepal Health Minister Hridayesh Tripathi and Indian Ambassador to Nepal, Vinay Mohan Kwatra. The Nepal Lab Expo is a Business to Business (B2B) event in the field of laboratory, scientific, analytical, research and biotechnology sectors in Nepal. The event will witness visitors fr

24 Mar, 2022