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2 weeks in Sri Lanka with 3 kids

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Jan 282018
 

Answered: Hi, We are an experienced independent traveling family of 5, our kids are 14, 11 & 9. We have travelled through many Asian countries but this is our first time to Sri Lanka. We prefer to use public transport, to walk and experience each…

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Left luggage – Sri Lanka Forum

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Jan 282018
 

Can you lock up left luggage at columbo airport at 4 o’clock in morning.

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German arrested for growing cannabis in Habaraduwa villa

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Jan 282018
 

Police said the type of cannabis which was found during the raid has not been found in Sri Lanka before. Cannabis seed plots, bottles of dried cannabis were found in rooms of the villa. The police is suspicious that the foreigner who maintained the vil…

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/ Sirisena urges SLPP MPs to rejoin his Sri Lanka Freedom Party

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Jan 282018
 

Colombo, Jan 28 (PTI) President Maithripala Sirisena has urged the newly formed Sri Lanka Podujana Party lawmakers to rejoin his party, saying he is ready to break the unity government with Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe. Addressing an election ra…

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Sirisena urges SLPP MPs to rejoin his Sri Lanka Freedom Party

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Jan 282018
 

Colombo, Jan 28 (PTI) President Maithripala Sirisena has urged the newly formed Sri Lanka Podujana Party lawmakers to rejoin his party, saying he is ready to break the unity government with Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe. Addressing an election ra…

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Sri Lanka achieves highest ever FDI of USD1.63bn in 2017

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Jan 282018
 

Jan 28, 2018 (LBO) – Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into Sri Lanka has grown to over 1.63 billion US dollars in 2017, doubling the 802 million dollars achieved in the previous year. The Board of Investment (BOI) reported that 1.63 billion dollars achi…

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Sri Lanka falls short in global rules of money laundering

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Jan 282018
 

Sri Lanka has been placed under scrutiny for falling short of global rules on combatting money laundering and terrorist financing. The Financial Action Task Force had placed Sri Lanka under ‘monitoring’ for ‘strategic deficiencies,” a classed among high risk and non-compliant countries. The Financial …

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Call for promotion of jobs, investment between Qatar and Sri Lanka

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Jan 282018
 

Mohammed bin Ahmed bin Towar Al Kuwari, Vice-Chairman of Qatar Chamber, and P.D.P.S.A. Liyanage, Sri Lankan Ambassador to Qatar, with other officials during the oil lamp lighting at the “Employment Promotion in Qatar” event held at the Sheraton Grand D…

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Indian national arrested at Sri Lanka’s Colombo airport smuggling gold

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Jan 282018
 

Jan 28, Colombo: Officials of the Police Narcotic Bureau at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) at Katunayake have arrested an Indian citizen, who had arrived in Sri Lanka from Dubai this morning, when he attempted to smuggle 1 kilogram of gol…

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IMF, activist, ask for action after Sri Lanka placed under money laundering scrutiny

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Jan 282018
 

ECONOMYNEXT – The International Monetary Fund and a governance activist has urged action after Sri Lanka was placed under scrutiny for falling short of global rules on combatting money laundering and terrorist financing. Sri Lanka was placed under ‘monitoring’ by a global body that promotes the …

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