Category: Business News
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Keells Super launches the first ever supermarket Mobile App in Sri Lanka!
Keells Super, which has always been the most dynamic and technologically advanced supermarket in Sri Lanka, has introduced yet another technological first by launching the first Mobile App by a supermarket in Sri Lanka. Available on both iOS and Android platforms, the App was well received by Keells Super customers, with over 3000 downloads recorded…
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John Keells Hotels looking forward to starts up a Hotel in Nuwara Eliya
John Keells Hotels is currently looking forward an options of opening a property in Nuwara Eliya. It was pointed out that they were looking for expansion into the hills with a hotel project but there were no more details has been released. The hotels sector of the Keells group has no presence at present in…
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Cinnamon Red to open in September
Cinnamon Red the newest hotel of the John Keells Group will open in the second week on September in Colombo 7. The 20 storied hotels has been positioned as a business hotel said Ajit Gunewardene, President of the Leisure Group and Deputy Chairman of John Keells Holdings. The hotel will offer 240 rooms with the…
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Sri Lanka Postal rates increases from Aug 1, 2014 – Link attached to check new rates
Postal charges are to be increased from August 1, 2014; with the normal letter postage charge going up from Rs. 5 to Rs. 10 and the business mail (20 gram) rate from Rs. 5 to Rs. 15, Post Master General stated. He said the postal rates had been not been revised for the past…
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Sri Lanka Police is going to Update CCTV installation in Colombo
A new CCTV technology and an Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) system are to be installed n tie Colombo District Police said. The Sri Lanka CCTV system established in 2010 is operated under a Senior DIG and a DIG. The 105 closed circuit cameras installed at main intersections in the Colombo city continuous transmit images…
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Bogambara Prison Coverted to New Hotel in Kandy
The land of Bogambara Prision located 8.5 Acres is proposed to construct a hotel, a leisure area, mini cinema, shopping complex and a stage for cultural and entertainment activities by the Urban Development Authority (UDA). The proposals still on a planning stage and the construction work is expected to begin in the first quarter of…
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Government of Srilanka Supports to upgrade Masulita Vocational Training Centre in Kampala, Uganda
It is happiest news to see, where srilanka is helping an African national to develop their vocational training centres, especially the Government has taken steps to upgrade the Masulita Vocational Training Centre in Kampala, Uganda. The proposal has been approved by the Cabinet of ministers. It follows a recommendation by Dullas Allahapperuma, Minister of Youth…
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Arrested Pakistanis and Afghans in Srilanka is expected to be sent back
There are discussions going on to sent all arrested Afghan and Pakistani asylum seekers and their families back to their countries as early as possible. The news stated those who visited as asylum seekers came with return air tickets would be sent back and not deported, whereby there would be no record of deportation on…
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Seminars on export, import procedures organise by Ceylon Chamber of Commerce (CCC) and Customs
The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce (CCC), in association with the Department of Sri Lanka Customs and supported by DFCC Bank and DFCC Vardhana Bank will hold a series of half-day seminars on export and import procedures in order to educate the trade. The seminar is with an objective to avoid unexpected encounters in Imports and…