Thirteen new power sets ordered from China by the Sri Lanka Railways will arrive in the country early next year. The contract has been awarded to China South Locomotive and Rolling Stock Corporation Ltd. The estimated cost for this is around Rs 11,900 million. A Sri Lanka Railways spokesperson said the new power sets will include two ...
Cargills (Ceylon) PLC said yesterday it will invest Rs 500 million in the development of a new shopping and entertainment complex in the heart of Jaffna town.The ground-breaking ceremony is to be held today at 9 a.m., at the project site, No. 420, Hospital Road, Jaffna under the patronage of Jaffna Mayor Yogeswari Patkunarajah and ...
Modern, spacious and world class type articulated buses each carrying 275 passengers could be a reality soon in the city under an initiative spearheaded by the Ministry of Transport.A pilot run is slated for early next year with the importation of the first ever articulated bus at a cost of $ 400,000. Sources said that if and when deployed the ...
LOLC Leisure Limited a subsidiary of LOLC Group in Beruwela is building Sri Lanka’s biggest hotel complex which will offer 400 rooms. The Group is planning to invest over Rs. 2.2 billion for this project. The group hopes to merge Tropical Villas, Palm Garden and Riverina which were recently acquired by the group for this one of its kind project ...
Sri Lanka's largest ultra modern fuel station and shopping complex in Paradise, Kuruwita along the Colombo-Rathnapura road was inaugurated by Basil Rajapaksa, Minister of Economic Development yesterday. This trade complex includes a fuel station, a Commercial Bank branch, ATM machines, restaurant and super market complex catering to most demanding traveller requirements.KDU group of company has p
A Global travel magazine Conde’ Nast Traveler has named Sri Lanka as one of the destinations to travel in 2012.It says, since the end of the conflict in Sri Lanka, all parts of the country is now accessible for visitors.Following is the review published by Conde’Nast on Sri Lanka.Until recently, the north and east parts of Sri Lanka were ...
Sri Lanka says, after the end of the conflict in the year 2009, 11 international airlines have started operations to the country.Accordingly, the Airlines, which have started or recommenced flight services to Sri Lanka are Gulf Air, Oman Air, Flydubai, China Eastern, Aerosvit Airlines, Finnair, Hainan Airlines, Nova Airways, Pakistan International Airlines, SpiceJet and Aeroflot.The entry of these Airlines to ...
The award-winning National Geographic Traveler magazine's November/December issue has picked Sri Lanka as one of the 20 best places to visit in 2012. As one of the "Best of the World 2012", the expose on Sri Lanka features the luscious green tea plantations in the hill country, ancient Buddhist temples of Dambulla and Temple of the Tooth in Kandy, ...
