The Tourism Development and Christian Religious Affairs Ministry announced the appointment of two new officials to the Sri Lanka Convention Bureau … Travel trade veteran, Kumar De Silva, takes over as Chairman of Sri Lanka Tourism’s dedicated meetings, incentives, conventions and exhibitions …
The Tourist Police with the assistance of the Local Government bodies, the Tourism Development Authority and the Tourist Board will conduct raids on restaurants, villas and tourist lodges in the southern tourist belt that cater only to foreigners and d…
China will invest US$1 billion in the construction of three 60-storey buildings at a megaproject near Sri Lanka’s main port, Colombo said on Tuesday, as Beijing seeks to boost its influence in the Indian Ocean. The deal follows an earlier Chinese investment of US$1.4 billion to carry out reclamation work …
The Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) commenced the new year with the government’s pledge for all public sector employees. The function to mark the official commencement of work in the SLPA took place yesterday with religious activities at the Sambuddha Jayanthi Cahithya premises. Speaking at the …
Seylan Bank’s dream of seeing students excel in their education and becoming productive citizens fortified with greater positive attitudes of which are instrumental resources to align with development map of Sri Lanka is now enabled through ‘Seylan Pahasara’ as Seylan Bank, students, parents, school …
In a report by the National Venereal Diseases and Prevention of AIDS project it is stated that there are 7500 persons identified as gays in Sri Lanka. Blood samples of about 1.2 million suspected persons had been examined and 280 persons among them had…
Now some facts. One of those Test defeats was an unprecedented loss to Bangladesh, at home. Three of those ODI defeats led to a series loss against 11th-ranked Zimbabwe. Twice in the year, Sri Lanka were whitewashed 0-5 in a bilateral ODI series, and t…
Singapore’s Inland Revenue Service today announced that a revised tax treaty with Sri Lanka entered into force on December 31, 2017. The new treaty, signed April 3, 2014, lowers withholding tax rates for dividends and royalties, modifies provisions for determining permanent establishments, and …
With the open economy being introduced in 1977, Sri Lankan enterprises started to open up to the world and new lines of enterprises and entrepreneurs were created. With the closed economy being something of the past, the exports sector started to open …
Sri Lanka Cricket sponsored the Sri Lanka Blind cricket team that will participate in the 5th edition of the 40-over Blind Cricket World Cup, scheduled to take place from 9 to 22 January in UAE and Lahore. The SLC sponsorship package of Rs. 1.1 million…