The Chairman of Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB) said that 25 Volvo buses would be imported to the state owned passenger transport service. The Chairman of the SLTB M.D.Bandusena said that the buses would be imported in January. One bus costs Rs. 22 million, he said. The official said two buses that have been already imported and are now in ...
With incresing tourist arrivals which is expected to go past one million mark for the year 2012, Sri Lanka is set for a grand take offof its domestic air travel. Alraedy three companies are opearting domestic services with another new player already entering the market. The demand for domestic air services and the comtetitionthat would create in the sector should ...
Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau says that 20 luxury cruise liners will call at Sri Lanka's ports this year bringing thousands of tourists to the country. Arcadia cruise ship of UK's Carnival PLC was the first of the lineup that reached Colombo Port last week with 2100 tourists from Britain, Australia, New Zealand and Brazil. According to the Sri Lanka ...
SriLankan Airlines Limited says it has greatly reduced its losses and is targeting a return to profitability within two years from now onwards.During the year 2010/2011 the Airlines net loss after tax has been reduced to Rs. 202 million from a massive Rs. 6,034 million recorded during 2009/10.The Group’s Revenue for the year under review ...
Sri Lanka Deputy Minister of Ports and Highways Nirmala Kothalawala says the second phase of the construction of the Colombo Outer Circular Highway will begin on February 18.The construction of the 28-km expressway will be carried out in three phases and the work on the first phase of construction from Kottawa to Kaduwela has already commenced.The outer circular highway will ...
Sri Lanka has been named among the top five destinations in Kuoni’s annual poll of where UK customers want to spend their holidays. Sri Lanka also retained the number one destination for weddings, according to the report.The top five holiday destinations for 2012 are the Maldives, Thailand, Sri Lanka, The United Arab Emirates and the USA.The 20-page report also tracks ...
A micro bus service to service the six popular routes identified as the six main corridors to Colombo is to be launched next month.This initiative has been taken by the transport firm Micro owned by veteran automobile engineer, Dr. Lawrence Perera and the Company has already imported eight low-floor air-conditioned buses to be deployed on the routes of Moratuwa-Pettah, Kesbewa-Pettah, ...
Foundations are complete and the main construction is in full swing at 110 Parliament Road, a 380,000 square-foot complex that is the newest and largest luxury apartment project on Parliament Road . Situated less than 2 kms from Colombo 7, the apartment complex overlooks the Colombo Golf Course banked by the National Bird Sanctuary.Developed by Atlantis- a subsidiary of the ...
The Health Ministry is to set up a database at a cost of Rs. 270 million in order to receive accurate details of medicines and equipment required by hospitals in the country.Health Minister Maithripala Sirisena has said the database would ensure that necessary stocks were available at all times.This move, he has said would help ...
Sri Lanka Air Force Friday took delivery of two 56 seat twin engine turboprop aircraft from China which could be used for regional civillian passenger applications, an official said."We haven't got that far but we are looking at the possibility," Air Force spokesman Group Captain Andrew Wijesuriya said.The Chinese-built Xian-MA60 turboprop passenger aircraft will be ...
A gold souk like the one in Dubai will be opened in Sri Lanka soon at former St John's fish market with an investment of Rs 400 million for the first time. UDA chairman Nimal Perera said that it is inline with the government's effort in exploiting the natural advantages of the historic Colombo city blended with different cultures and ...
Sri Lanka has decided to implement a system to assess the health conditions of foreigners who apply for Resident Visas to remain in the country, in future.Authorities say, it has been observed that after the end of the conflict, there has been a quite a large number of foreigners who are remaining in Sri Lanka by obtaining resident visas to ...
The high 8.4% economic growth enjoyed by Sri Lanka in the third quarter is considered the fourth best in the world according to an analysis by stock broking firm DNH Financial.It said that Sri Lanka judging by impressive third quarter GDP data has bucked the downward trend in the global economy. As per its analysis Sri Lanka is only lagging ...
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