Category: NEWS

  • 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…

  • Srilanka Start Exporting King Coconuts and Self-sufficient in Coconut Production

    Srilanka have commenced to export king coconut. Around 700,000 king coconuts have been exported during the first six months of this year. It is a 276 percent improvement in king coconut exporting. And Sri Lanka has never imported coconuts since 2010 as the coconut industry achieved a huge progress with the establishment of the Coconut…

  • Rajarata University to re-open on August 4, 2014

    The university was closed indefinitely as the lecturers had kept away from lectures demanding a safe environment in which to work following an incident where the students had detained the Vice Chancellor and several lecturers for a few hours on June 27 during the unrest. The authorities had also decided yesterday to pardon 27 students…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Extra Classes for Students who face G.C.E (O/L) examinations in 2014

    Principles of Western Province schools have been unstructured to take steps to ensure their students to obtain better results in the G.C.E (O/L) Examination. It has been projection that North Western, Uva and Sabaragamuwa may have better results than a western province. The Western Province Acting Education Director Wimal Gunaratne, said schools had been told…

  • How is your experience of Srilanka’s Long Distance Bus Travel?

    Chairman of the National Transport Commission (NTC) Renuka Perera states that the passengers will enjoy improved long distance bus travel in Srilanka. Most of the bus travel services has been hassle due to lack of proper toilet facilities and the availability of clean food. From recent inspections carried out by the Ministry of Health it…

  • 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…

  • G.C.E (A/L) 2014 Examination Guideline and Timetable– Attached Here

    The Department of Examination has published the G.C.E Advance Level 2014 timetable for those who are doing G.C.E A/L 2014 Examination on 5th to 29th August 2014. you could see the timetable as below for G.C.E (A/L) 2014 Examination Date Time Subject 5th August 2014 8.30 Am to 11.30 Am Combined Mathematics 1 8.30 Am to 10.30…