Acting Minister of Finance discusses a range of issues at Port City

Cash strapped SriLankan Airlines appoints new Chief Commercial Officer

Cash strapped SriLankan Airlines, the National Carrier of Sri Lanka and a member of the prestigious oneworld alliance, has appointed Joshua Bustos as its Chief Commercial Officer and Shaminda Samaraweera as its Chief Financial Officer with effect from April this year. Concerns had been raised earlier over moves to appoint Bustos to the post. SriLankan Airlines said that Bustos is an internationally experienced senior level airline executive with over 20 years of experience. He has held severa

07 May, 2019

Kashmir Police say Sri Lankan bombers did not visit

The Jammu and Kashmir Police said there was no record to suggest that any of the suicide bombers, who carried out the Easter Sunday attacks in Sri Lanka, had visited Kashmir. Jammu and Kashmir Police chief Dilbag Singh said that immigration records were re-visited after the terrorist attacks and it was found that none of the bombers had visited Kashmir. ?We have checked and there is no information about them having visited here,? Singh said. After?Lieutenant General Mahesh Senanayake, Command

06 May, 2019

Sri Lanka Tourism keeps hopes as April arrivals show drop

Sri Lanka Tourism today said that it was still hopeful that the industry will get back on its feet following the Easter Sunday attacks as official April arrivals figures showed a drop. The total number of international tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka during April 2019 was 166,975. In comparison to April last year, there was a decline of 7.5% where the arrivals were 180,429 which is estimated to be a direct consequence of Easter Sunday Attacks took place on 21st of April. Last month, the largest

06 May, 2019