Day: August 6, 2022

Net cast at Sri Lankans coming home to lift tourist numbers

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Net cast at Sri Lankans coming home to lift tourist numbers By Nadia Fazlulhaq   Tamil Hindu devotees take part in the Ther Festival (Chariot Festival) at the Nallur Kandaswamy Kovil (Nallur Temple) in Jaffna, Sri Lanka, on August 21, 2017. Hundreds of thousands of Tamil Hindu devotees from across the globe attended this festival. (Photo by Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto via Getty Images)[/caption] Indian visitors and the Sri Lankan diaspora will be the target segments next month to help revive tourism. Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau Chairman Chalaka Gajabahu said…

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President calls for new economic model

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President calls for new economic model  (Financil Times 6th Aug) President Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday declared that there can be no reliance on old economic models any longer and there should be innovative thinking, while paying prompt attention to the global changes.  The President made these remarks delivering the keynote address at the inauguration of the two-day “Let’s reset Sri Lanka” forum organised by the Advocata Institute.  President Wickremesinghe pointed out that whether the International Monetary Fund (IMF) proposal is good or bad, whether anyone likes it or not, it should…

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CWG 2022: Sri Lanka’s Nethmi Poruthotage wins bronze in wrestling

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CWG 2022: Sri Lanka’s Nethmi Poruthotage wins bronze in wrestling Sri Lankan wrestler Nethmi Poruthotage today (Aug 05) won a bronze medal in the women’s 57kg freestyle wrestling event at the Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham. Earlier today, she was defeated by India’s Anshu Malik in the semi-final stage via technical superiority (without any point scored by the opponent). However, in the bronze medal match, the 18-year-old successfully secured victory over Australia’s Irene Symeonidis by technical superiority. This is the fourth medal bagged by Sri Lanka’s contingent at Commonweal Games.…

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