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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LNP - CAA bans visitors from India and recent travellers
The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has directed airlines that passengers travelling from India will not be permitted to disembark in Sri Lanka with im...
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LNP - CNN shines global spotlight on Sri Lanka Tourism
Sustaining the global spotlight on Sri Lanka as a ‘safe and secure’ holiday destination that has successfully opened up to the world, CNN's Asia T...
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LNP - Tomorrow special half day bank holiday
The Central Bank of Sri Lanka has declared a special half day bank holiday for tomorrow (April 30) due to in lieu of May Day which falls on a Saturday...
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LNP - Govt to spend Rs 519 mn for tourism development
The Ministry of Tourism will invest over Rs. 519 million for tourism development projects this year. The need for engaging in work so that tourist att...
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LNP - Seventy-eight tourists infected since December
Seventy-eight tourists who arrived in Sri Lanka had been found to be infected with the coronavirus since December, the Tourism Ministry said. Tourism ...
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LNP - Sri Lanka Tourism‘s International Travel Blogger & Journalist Program to support local SME’s
The “Visiting Travel Blogger and Journalist Programme” is an annual project which Sri Lanka Tourism hosts in order to diversify and spread the vis...
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LNP - Customs bust largest gold smuggling racket in history
An international racket to smuggle in 17 kilos of gold biscuits worth over Rs.220 million, was busted by the Customs at the Bandaranaike International...
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LNP - Opp. alleges move to strip Ranil, SF, Rajitha, Patali, others of civic rights
An Opposition political grouping has accused the SLPP government of planning to deprive civic rights of several members of parliament and ex-MPs. Op...
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LNP - Politico to turn hotelier!
A former Diyawanna member, a chief provincial purohita and a provincial governing one, this politico failed to make it to Diyawanna at the last genera...
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LNP - Buwaneka guides Crusaders to title
Central Crusaders led by Buwaneka Goonathilake turned tables on favourites Southern Stars in the final to clinch the inaugural Li Ning – Lanka Shutt...
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