Category: Sri Lanka News
Leadership Training Programme will be at Universities
University Affairs State Minister Mohan Lal Grero said leadership training will be carried out after enrolling students at university base. Accordingly, the training will be given at the university premises by the particular university for selected undergraduates. The content of the training programme will be designed by the particular university. Even though, positive attitude and…
Government loan for Samurdhi Officers
Social Empowerment and Welfare Minister S. B. Dissanayake stated that all officers in the Samurdhi scheme are entitled to receive an instant Rs. one million (Rs. 10Lakh) loan from the Samurdhi Fund. The Samurdhi Fund has exceeded Rs. 100 billion and all the Samurdhi officers can obtain a Rs. 1 million soft loan. Samurdhi officers…
Sri Lanka is to face huge traffic near soon and suggestion to avoid traffic in Colombo
Motor Traffic Department of Sri Lanka has made a statement stated that they received 491,628 vehicles registration for first 8 months of this year. Last year first 8 month vehicle registrations were 429,556 and it has increase by 14.45% over the year. The highest numbers of vehicles registered this year were motorbikes and three-wheelers, which…
How to take ERP Loan of 30% before retirement
Ministry of Labour stated that In pursuant to the Employees Provident Fund Act No. 15 of 19S8, as amended by the Act No. 02 of 2012, for each member of the Employees Provident Fund employed at present, release of thirty per cent (30%) of the sum having credited to his personal account, for the purposes…
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…
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…