Category: NEWS

  • National Educational Book Fair at Monaragala from 20th to 30th September 2015

    The Universal Knowledge Education Centre has taken steps to organize a national Educational Book Fair at Uva –Wellassa in this literary month; September 2015.  The Book fair will be held from September 20 to 30 at the Monaragala Community Centre from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. The book fair is organized in Monaragala to benefit…

  • Bus Fare for Kadawatha to Matara by Express Highway

    Kadawatha to Galle – Rs.400/- Kadawatha to Matara – Rs. 500/- Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB) formally known as CTB operaing luxury buses from Kadawatha to Matara from today 17th September 2015. Buses will be start from every hours to Matara and Galle from 6.30 in the morning. The bus fare will be Rs 400…

  • First Capital Equity Fund – Start your Unit Trust fund from Rs. 1,000/-

    This new open ended fund will invest in shares that are listed on the Colombo Stock Exchange and it is brought to you by the Unit Trust Fund Management Company that delivered the best fixed income returns in 2013 and 2014. The First Capital Equity Fund is regulated by the Securities and Exchange Commission of…

  • Free Wi-Fi around Colombo – Now Viharamahadevi Park covers Free WiFi

    The Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) had taken measures to install a Wi-Fi zone at the Viharamahadevi Park to provide free Wi-Fi facilities to people visiting there. The CMC said the project would be launched toda at the Viharamahadevi childrens theme park. Colombo Mayor A J. M. Muzammd together with chairman of SLT. P.G Kumarasinghe Would…

  • Special train service for Esala Perahera (Kandy Perehera)

    A special train service will be in operation from August 25 to 29 for the large crowd witnessing the Kandy Esala Perahera, a spokesman for the Railway Department said. The trains will function from Kandy to Colombo, Colombo to Kandy, Kandy to Matale and Matale to Kandy, Kandy to Nawalapitiya and Nawalapitiya to Kandy. The…

  • 4.42% of total Voters were rejected in General Election

    Official announce that 517,123 votes rejected on 17th August 2015 General Election held in Sri Lanka, this is due to lack of awareness among voters on the complicated voting process and a large number of candidates. In overall 3.3 Million voters who doesn’t vote this election out of 15 Million registered voters. The Gampaha district…

  • Highways Opens for Free on General Election

    Sri Lanka’s three expressways — Southern, Katunayake and the Outer Circular Highway  will be toll free from 6 am to 6 pm tomorrow in view of the general elections, a Highways Ministry official announced.

  • Launching of 100 MW Renewable Energy Projects

    Ministry of Power & Energy launched of 100 MW renewable energy projects on 10th July 2015, In line with the Energy Sector Development Plan 2015-2025 of the Ministry of Power & Energy, action has been taken to increase new Renewable Energy projects. The plan will guide the nation to develop its entire renewable potential while…

  • Ministry of Plantation Industries – Certified Price for Raw Rubber

    Rubber Development Department of Ministry of Plantation Industries Convenient way to obtain the certified Price of Rs. 350 paid to you for a Kilogram of Raw Rubber from 1st of July 2015. You have to fulfill the following requirement for that Possessing rubber cultivation with latex crop of less than 50 acres registered with Rubber…

  • National Botanical Gardens earns record revenue

    The Department of National Botanical Gardens recorded a revenue of Rs. 200 million from foreign and local tourists within the last six months. Nearly 935,000 local and 180,000 foreign tourists had visited the Botanical Gardens maintained by the Department at Peradeniya, Hakgala, Gampaha, Avissawella and Hambantota.