LNP - AG issues guidelines to ease congestion in prisons

2021-05-20   |   Travel

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

2021-05-17   |   Travel

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

2021-05-17   |   Travel

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

2021-05-07   |   Travel

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

2021-05-07   |   Travel

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

2021-05-06   |   Travel

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

2021-04-29   |   Travel

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

2021-04-28   |   Travel

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

2021-04-19   |   Travel

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

2021-04-08   |   Travel

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

2021-04-05   |   Travel

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

2021-02-08   |   Travel

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!

2021-01-08   |   Travel

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

2020-12-21   |   Travel

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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LNP - Features US-Lanka militaryalliance in the wake of Pompeo visit

2020-11-03   |   Travel

In fact, a military alliance between the US and Sri Lanka already exists. By signing ACSA in 2007, and renewing it in 2017, Sri Lanka committed its st...

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LNP - Prasanna to make case for re-opening BIA to tourists before Cabinet

2020-08-21   |   Travel

Tourism Minister Prasanna Ranatunga will present to the Cabinet the case for re-opening the Sri Lankan borders as early as possible for tourists. He...

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LNP - Preventing Another ‘Buwaneka Hotel’ Saga

2020-08-18   |   Travel

The demolition of an archaeological site in Kurunegala, commonly known as the ‘Buwaneka Hotel’, triggered controversy in the past few weeks. Fol...

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LNP - Brutus or Caesar? Now visitors can identify individual leopards at Sri Lanka park

2020-07-22   |   Travel

COLOMBO — Yala National Park in Sri Lanka, the island’s most visited wilderness area, has introduced a new information center that lets visitors...

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LNP - Sri Lanka Tourism lobbies for inclusion in travel corridors

2020-07-08   |   Travel

 Sri Lanka Tourism said yesterday it is working closely with the Foreign Affairs Ministry to be included in developing travel corridors for trave...

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India to operate special flight to evacuate stranded Indians in SL

2020-05-20   |   Travel

The Government of India has scheduled a special Air India flight to evacuate stranded Indian nationals in Sri Lanka, the High Commission of India in C...

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SriLankan flight suspension extended till May 31

2020-05-14   |   Travel

The suspension of scheduled passenger flights of SriLankan Airlines due to Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak has been extended till May 31, the Airlines...

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Decline in tourist arrivals tops 44% up to April

2020-05-12   |   Travel

Sri Lanka recorded a 44.1 percent YoY decline in tourist arrivals during the first four months of the year, with no tourist arrivals in April, due to ...

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SriLankan to launch cargo flights from May 18

2020-05-06   |   Travel

SriLankan Airlines has planned to launch 27 dedicated cargo flights from Colombo to major cities in Europe, the Middle East, the Indian Subcontinent a...

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Returnees could self-quarantine in hotels and bear the cost : Army chief

2020-05-03   |   Travel

The government has arranged quarantine for returning Sri Lankans from abroad to spend their mandatory quarantine spell at a hotel at a cost and as the...

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White House readies for orderly transition should Trump lose

2020-04-29   |   Travel

US, (Daily Mail), 28 April 2020 -  The White House has told government agencies to start preparing for the transition should Donald Trump lose to...

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