Nov 27, Colombo: The Embassy of Sri Lanka in Oslo held a very successful tourism promotion event on 22nd November 2017 at the Mission premises. Leading travel agents, travel operators, renowned travel writers and travel journalists, representatives of major airlines servicing Sri Lanka as well as travel and tourism fair organizers were invited to the […]
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Sri Lanka to modernize railway sector
COLOMBO, Nov. 28 2017 Sri Lanka will modernize its age old railway sector by purchasing over 100 new railway carriages and engines, and developing railway stations, Transport Minister Nimal Siripala De Silva, quoted by state media, said on Tuesday. De Silva said this will also help the government to strengthen the country’s public transportation sector […]
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Know your enemy – it’s not Facebook, it’s you
By Chathuri Dissanayake View(s): Facebook is not the enemy, said Manoj Jinadasa, senior lecturer at the Department of Mass Communication in the University of Kelaniya. Lack of computer literacy, communication and breakage in family relationships were the real causes for the current surge in new media-related tragedies. “New media is a tool in modern society […]
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India, Sri Lanka finalizing plans to restart ferry service
Feb 19 2016, New Delhi: India and Sri Lanka have mooted to resume a ferry service from Kochi to Colombo to enhance the ties between the two countries and are in the process of finalizing the ways the service should be offered, according to a report in New Indian Express. “The ferry service is mooted […]
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Saving the world, one whale shark at a time
(Op-ed by Ms. Francoise Jacob, Director and Representative of the UN Office for Project Services (UNOPS) for Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Maldives In light of World Oceans Day 8th June ). A couple of months ago, while underwater just a few miles off the coast of Colombo, I had a chance encounter with an extraordinary […]
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Korean community donate relief goods for Sri Lanka’s flood victims and the bereaved families
June 06, Colombo: The Korean Businessmen’s Association (KBA) of Sri Lanka has donated relief goods worth of about Rs. 15 million to Sri Lanka Police on 02 June 2017, The Korean Embassy in Colombo said in a release. The donation included 5,000 pairs of long boots, 10,000 pairs of rubber gloves, 1,000 pairs of gloves […]
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Korea approves US$ 200m for Sri Lanka’s Kandy tunnel construction project
June 06, Colombo: The Ministry of Strategy and Finance of Korea has approved US$ 200 million for the Kandy tunnel construction project, Korean Embassy in Sri Lanka announced. The project comprises of four tunnels with a total length of 5.5km from Suduhumpola to Tennekumbura via Bogambara and Ampitiya which will be the longest tunnel in […]
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Sri Lanka named Asia’s leading destination 2017
June 06, Colombo: Sri Lanka showing its prestige as a tourist destination has claimed the titles of Asia’s Leading Destination 2017 and Asia’s Leading Adventure Tourism Destination 2017 over the weekend. At the World Travel Awards Asia & Australasia 2017 held in Shanghai on 4th June Sri Lanka took the title of Asia’s Leading Destination […]
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Thailand, Sri Lanka prepare trade pact Please credit
Thailand and Sri Lanka are set to sign a free trade agreement (FTA) later this year, aiming to triple bilateral trade to US$1.5 billion (52.5 billion baht) over the next five years. Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak, who met with Malik Samarawickrama, Sri Lanka’s Development Strategies and International Trade Minister, yesterday said the two countries […]
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Sri Lanka hits the safari spot for leopards, elephants, sloth
Leopards can be found anywhere, according to our guide Hari. On the ground. Sprawled on giant granite boulders. Lounging in trees. Even basking on the beach, sometimes. But on a morning safari into Yala National Park, the 100,000ha wildlife sanctuary beside the Indian Ocean in Sri Lanka’s southeast, leopards are nowhere to be seen. The only […]
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