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  • Budget benefits to boost local production - Minister
    The government will present an extensive programme aiming at making Sri Lanka a self-sufficient country based on local production instead of foreign dependency through this...
  • Train services to resume tomorrow
    Train services within the Western Province will be resumed from tomorrow. However, only the season ticket holders are allowed to travel by trains initially according to...
  • Work on Makumbura housing project expedited
    Work on the Makumbura, Kottawa housing project for middle income people in Colombo has been expedited on the instruction of Minister of Urban Development and Housing and....
  • Tourism attracts US$ 101 m investments
    Despite the COVID-19 Pandemic and the downturn in tourism, the Sri Lanka Tourism sector attracted US$ 101.44 million investments for 33 projects in the last nine months....
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  • Wayamba Ela Project work to be completed by 2024
    Construction work of the Wayamba Ela project to provide an adequate supply of water for farmers in the Wayamba Province during the Yala and Maha Seasons will be completed by 2024, Youth and Sports...
  • ‘Joy Rides’ to promote tourism at Batticaloa Airport
    The Tourism Ministry has organised ‘Joy Rides’ in the air at the Batticaloa Airport to promote tourism in the East, which has been paralysed due to COVID-19 over the past two years.The first...
  • Sri Lanka voted as 5th best country to travel to in 2021
    Readers of the upmarket travel publication Conde Nast Traveler have voted Sri Lanka the fifth best country to travel to in 2021 despite the COVID 19 pandemic which crippled the country’s tourism...
  • Ratmalana-Jaffna flights to resume
    Domestic flights between the Jaffna International Airport (IATA code JAF) and the Ratmalana International Airport (RML) will resume soon, Tourism Minister Prasanna Ranatunga said.Accordingly, plans...
  • Nearly 1000 Russian tourists to vist Sri Lanka -Minister Prasanna Ranatunga
    Tourism Minister Prasanna Ranatunga said nearly 1000 Russian tourists will vist Sri Lanka in the coming weeks and next month under the recently launched tourism promotional campaign between Sri Lanka...
  • Tourism Minister Prasanna Ranatunga at the Opening Ceremony.
    Tourism Programme begins between Sri Lanka and France
    The joint Tourism Programme between Sri Lanka and France was launched on October 5.Secretary of State in-Charge of Tourism in France Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne announced that the French Government fully...
  • International flights from Ratmalana soon
    Plans are afoot to recommence regional international flights operations from the Ratmalana International Airport (IATA Code RML), after more than five decades.The first international flight is...
  • High Commissioner of New Zealand to Sri Lanka Michael Edward Appleton meeting with Tourism Minister Prasanna Ranatunga.
    New Zealand commends Lanka’s COVID vaccination drive
    High Commissioner of New Zealand to Sri Lanka Michael Edward Appleton has commended Sri Lanka’s COVID-19 vaccination programme during a meeting with Tourism Minister Prasanna Ranatunga.Minister...
  • Minimum salary hike for security guards
    The minimum basic salary of a private security guard has been increased to Rs.16,000.Labour Minister Nimal Siripala De Silva said. The salary increase has been made effective from August 8, 2021.The...
  • NTMI resumes service
    The National Transport Medical Institute (NTMI) will resume its services tomorrow, NTMI Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Dr. Savindra Gamage said.Those who need the services have been asked to...
  • Inter-Provincial travel will be restricted for another two weeks – State Minister Amunugama
    It will take another two weeks to begin inter-provincial buses and train services even though the Quarantine Curfew is lifted today,” Transport State Minister Dilum Amunugama said.The decision was...
  • Railways to increase fuel transport
    The Transport Ministry together with the Energy Ministry have planned to increase the transportation of fuel by trains from 30 percent to 60 percent. Since fuel transportation is currently handled by...
  • Tourism will bounce back – Minister
    Tourism Minister Prasanna Ranatunga yesterday appealed to the public not to fall for certain machinations aimed at crippling the Tourism Industry in Sri Lanka.Certain factions have launched a...
  • Trains can ply after October 1
    Sri Lanka Railways General Manager Dhammika Jayasundara said trains can ply adhering to health guidelines, if health authorities decide to lift the current travel restrictions after October 1.“...
  • Colour Code for private buses after re-opening
    Lanka Private Bus Owners’ Association President Gemunu Wijeratne said a set of proposals for the introduction of a new colour code for private buses for carrying passengers safely after reopening of...