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Travel Govt. to impress diplomats with tourist safety measures
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 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 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…