Category: NEWS

  • Loan scheme for electric three wheelers

    three-wheeled autos are replaced soon with environmental friendly electric three wheelers under the Enterprise Sri Lanka: Blue Green imitative. Sri Lanka’s 1.5 million three wheeler drivers will get an opportunity to become owners of brand new electric three wheelers under a scheme proposed by Minister Mangala samaraweera’s budget in Parliament on Thursday. It has proposed…

  • Every Sri Lankan child is born with a half-a-million debt – Ministry of Finance

    Shocking as it sounds, when this government came to office in 2015, it inherited a Rs. 7.4 trillion debt burden. Today’s accumulated public debt is equivalent to more than 5 times the government’s annual revenue in 2016. To make matters worse, Rs 1.7 trillion in debt service has to be paid next year, which would…

  • Appointing members to the Office on Missing Persons

    Under the provisions of the Office on Missing Persons (Establishment, Administration and Discharge of Functions) Act No. 14 of 2016 as amended by Act No. 9 of 2017, applications are called for the appointment to the Office on Missing Persons (OMP) from persons with previous experience in; fact finding or investigation, human rights law, international…

  • Logo Design Contest for Colombo Light Rail (Metro)

    Ministry of Megapolis and western development invites Logo design for Colombo Light Rail Service, the design logo and have the privilege to be a contributor to the revolution in public transportation of Sri Lanka. Here’s a chance to showcase the artist in you. The Minisry of Megapolis and Western Development is in need of a…

  • Tuticorin, Colombo Ferry Service will start again sooner

    The procurement process initiated in January had only attracted two proposals and the Ceylon Shipping Corporation and Cabinet Appointed Negotiating Committee had recommended that the previous procumbent process be cancelled and fresh bids be called for. It was pointed out that not much interest had been generated towards the project initially due to inadequate publicity…

  • Land Prices in Colombo

    It has been observed that land prices in Colombo have increase day by day. And the shocking truth that the prices are unimaginable for an ordinary man to buy a house in Colombo now days. See below table for the update Average Price per Perch in Colombo Colombo District Number Average Price per Perch Colombo…

  • Colombo City & its Traffic – Detail Analysis based on Ministry of Mega polis & Western Development

    Ministry of Mega polis & Western Development stated that 1.9 Million passengers enter the Colombo metropolitan region daily from the 7 main corridors as now. This expected to increase by 4.4 Million in 2035. The huge traffic movement will cause delay in speed as 12km per hour speed in 2035 which is 17Km per hour…

  • Chalmers Graneries Land in Pettah Goes to Mixed Development Project by Urban Development Authority (UDA)

    UDA wishes to request proposals from potential bidders in order to undertake mixed development project in a prime land located within the Colombo city. The proposed development should be in line with the UDA guidelines and the selected bidder should eventually enter into a lease agreement for a period of 99 Years with UDA for…

  • Grade 5 Scholarship Exam 2017 result release now on www.doenets.lk

    Department of Examination released Grade 5 Scholarship examination result for 2017 on www.doenets.lk now.  those who did the Grade 5 scholarship examination on 2017 could obtain their result by inserting your index number on given below link Click here to check your Grade 5 Scholarship Examination 2017 result All the Very Best to All Students

  • Vocational academic stream for A/L students

    The Education Ministry will introduce its novel pilot project of vocational academic stream for the students who wish to follow the stream from October, 2017. The ministry will launch the new stream aiming 5,000 students at 42 selected schools countrywide covering 25 administrative districts of the country. Kurunegala District UNP Parliamentarian and Education Minister AkilaViraj…