LNP - SLTDA kicks off World Tourism Day celebrations in Haputale
Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) today kicked off World Tourism Day 2021 celebrations by putting the picturesque city Haputale under fo...
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LNP - Namal to visit Anuradhapura Prison today
Eleven Tamil prisoners who are held at the Anuradhapura Prison have sought a meeting with Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs, Namal Rajapaksa to dis...
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LNP - Fully vaccinated inbound travelers do not need to hotel quarantine if PCR negative
Fully vaccinated Sri Lankan citizens returning from overseas will not be required to stay at a hotel for PCR testing, if their test result proved to b...
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LNP - Advance PCR lab at BIA for inbound foreign tourists
A PCR testing laboratory was established at the airport premises to perform PCR tests and issue reports in three hours for foreign tourists arriving i...
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LNP - Visa fees and fines revised: Immigration and Emigration Dept.
The Immigration and Emigration Department announced today that the visa fees and fines have been revised as per the new Immigration and Emigration Reg...
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LNP - Issuing passports limited after several staffers test COVID-19 positive
Issuing passports under the normal service has been temporarily suspended after several staff members of the Department of Immigration and Emigration ...
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LNP - UAE lifts ban on transit flights from Sri Lanka
The United Arab Emirates will on Thursday lift a ban on transit flights including from Sri Lanka, India and Pakistan, the National Emergency and Crisi...
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LNP - Flights carrying vaccinated passengers allowed operating in full capacity
The Civil Aviation Authority of Sri Lanka (CAA) yesterday gave clearance for incoming flights to operate in full capacity provided the passengers are ...
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LNP - Special guidelines for expats, foreign tourists visiting SL from Aug. 1: CAASL
The Civil Aviation Authority of Sri Lanka (CAASL), has introduced a set of special guidelines for Sri Lankan and foreign tourists who wish to visit Sr...
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LNP - Emirates suspends flights from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka until August 7
Emirates will be suspending the carriage of passengers from India, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka to Dubai until August 7.\ Furthermore, passenger...
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LNP - SL to discuss with 21 countries to lift travel ban on tourists
Minister Prasanna Ranatunga today said the Tourism Ministry together with the Ministry of External Affairs was working on removing the travel restrict...
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LNP - Emirates extends suspension of flights from Sri Lanka to UAE till July 28
Emirates on Friday extended its suspension of flights from four countries — Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka — to Dubai till July 28 in l...
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LNP - Fully vaccinated tourists allowed to travel freely if PCR results are negative
Sri Lanka Tourist Board has decided that tourists who have received both doses of the COVID-19 vaccine will be allowed to freely travel within the cou...
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LNP - All types of visas for foreigners extended for another 30 days: Immigration Dept.
The validity period of all types of Visas currently obtained by foreigners in Sri Lanka has been extended up to August 8 from today, the Immigration D...
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LNP - Fourth wave likely in 10 weeks if guidelines ignored
Health experts have warned that the new Delta Variant which is spreading across the country, after sporadic cases were found in recent days, will caus...
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LNP - Immigration and Emigration Dept. to issue limited number of passports
The Immigration and Emigration Department has decided to issue a limited number of passports in the one day and normal service while adhering to healt...
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LNP - Permission granted for liquor sale in ’’Safe and Secure Level 1 Hotels’’
The Excise Department has granted permission to facilitate the liquor sale in "Safe and Secure Level 1 Hotels" during the travel restrictions. The Com...
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LNP - Sri Lanka Tourism geared to promote Colombo as a tourism hub in South Asia!
Sri Lanka Tourism, recently announced their plans to develop a ‘city tourism’ strategy to position Colombo as a tourism hub in South Asia. This in...
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LNP - UK no more potential source for SL tourism
Sri Lanka would no longer be able to target tourists from the UK as a decision has been taken to place the island nation on the red list. Until the tr...
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LNP - AG issues guidelines to ease congestion in prisons
Attorney General Dappula de Livera has issued fresh guidelines to the IGP for bail in respect of several offences in order to immediately reduce the p...
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LNP - Russian tourists to visit Sri Lanka under bubble concept
In an interview with Daily News Business he said that they are planning to open a tourism corridor between Russia and Colombo under the Covid bubble c...
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LNP - Several flights from India land at BIA
A number of flights from India landed at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) over the past few days amidst a ban on travellers from India. Ho...
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LNP - DFCC Bank partners with Visa for Micro Merchant transactions
DFCC Bank, with the aim of being the most customer-centric and digitally-enabled bank in the years to come, recently partnered with Visa to facilitate...
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