Travel Dinesh Chandimal guides Sri Lanka home in low-scoring thriller
Sri Lanka 99 for 7 v (Chandimal 36*, de Silva 31, Dala 2-22, Rabada 2-24, Shamsi 2-26) beat South Africa 98 (de Kock 20, Sandakan 3-19, Akila 2-15, de Silva…
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Travel Ella to become a tourist zone
Gazette to be issued within next two months A high-powered meeting chaired by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe recently discussed moves to declare Ella as a…
Travel BASL realises need to set guidelines for future sponsorships
PTL funding for Law Asia 2016: President of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) U.R. de Silva, PC, yesterday acknowledged that guidelines were needed to…
Travel MPs can sell their duty free vehicles
CIABOC determination: The Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has cleared the way for lawmakers to sell super luxury…
Travel Trump,Kim in Singapore for nuclear talks
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has arrived in Singapore for a scheduled summit with US President Donald Trump. The historic meeting is scheduled to be held on…
Travel PM visits Kilinochchi, Jaffna today
Prime Miniser Ranil Wickremesinghe will visit the Killinochchi and Jaffna districts today (May 28) to review the progress of development projects launched in…
Travel Fire erupt at BIA
A fire broke out at an electrical home appliance storage unit of the duty-free shopping mall at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) this morning,…
Travel 'UNP will begin new journey after today'
Minister Harin Fernando says with the May Day celebrations the United National Party will begin a new journey. Speaking during the UNP May Day celebrations at…
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Travel This New Beachfront Jungle Lodge in Sri Lanka Is Our Latest Glamping Crush
With a pristine beach on one side and a wildlife-rich national park on the other, this eco-resort is an adventurer’s paradise.
Travel Assault on Dutch tourists: Probe underway
Based on a news report, the Police launched an investigation yesterday (10), into an alleged assault on Dutch tourists, which had taken place on 8 April, at a…
Travel Removing Ranil as leader never envisaged -Akila
UNP Deputy General Secretary Education Minister Akila Viraj Kariyawasam, yesterday, said the removal of UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe hadn’t been envisaged…
Travel US GSP duty free access effective for Sri Lanka from April 22
The re-authorised US GSP scheme enabling duty free exports will become effective for Sri Lankan exporters from 22 April, Minister of Industry and Commerce…
Travel Sri Lanka shines at ITB despite Kandy crisis
Destination Sri Lanka was a hot favourite at the world’s leading travel and trade show ITB, which opened in Berlin, Germany last week. The event is the largest…
Travel Tourists cancel visits to Kandy
Foreign travellers are calling up Kandy hotels to cancel their holiday plans for bookings already placed with most online visitors opting to stay clear of the…
Travel Tea trips on blending ban
Plantation Industries Minister Navin Dissanayake yesterday sought to calm a panicked tea industry, firing off a letter to President Maithripala Sirisena to…
Travel Bogambara prison becomes cultural, tourism centre
The Bogambara prison premises will be converted into a cultural and tourism centre under the government’s programme of developing Kandy as a tourism hub, Prime…
Travel Amaraweera refuses helicopter, returns on SLAF flight
Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development Minister Mahinda Amaraweera, who had refused a private helicopter, had returned on an SLAF routine flight this…
Travel Pakistani army chief to visit Sri Lanka
From January 15 to 17. Pakistani Army Commander Qamar Javed Bajwa will visit Sri Lanka from January 15 to 17 at the invitation of his Sri Lankan counterpart…
Travel Pothas refuses to travel to Bangladesh
Nic Pothas who was Sri Lanka’s interim head coach after Graham Ford stepped down in June has refused to travel to Bangladesh with the national team after Sri…
Travel New passport with biometric data in microchip
A new passport to be issued this year will contain a microchip which could store personal details including biometrics of the holder, the Immigration…
Travel Visas issuance: Fees now payable in dollars instead of rupees
The government has approved regularizing and updating of the present method of visa issuance and to collect visa charges in US dollars instead of Sr Lankan…
Travel Govt. calls for EOIs to operate domestic flights
The Government yesterday called for Expressions of Interest (EOI) from local and international business enterprises to operate scheduled domestic flights to…