Category: Sri Lanka News
Urban Development Project at Kandy City at a cost of USD 100 Million
The strategic Urban Development Project centered round the historic Kandy City, would be launched in August, this year. Initially US$ 100 Million would be spent on this project handled with the active contribution of the Defence and Urban Development Ministry. This was revealed at a special meeting held at the Kandy Kachcheri. It was also…
NHDA’s World Habitat Day Art & Essay competition for schoolchildren
The National Housing Development Authority (NHDA) invites schoolchildren islandwide to participate in an Art and Essay competition launched to mark World Habitat Day, which falls on October 6, 2014. It is a special day for nature lovers. Under the themes of, ‘Environment protects us’, ‘Revamping settlements’ and ‘Settlements-environment and our future will be brighter’; students…
Central Bank decided to stop printing 10 rupee notes; replace by 10 Rupees Coins
Sri Lanka Central Bank decided to stop printing this lower denomination currency replacing it with 10 rupee coins. Most of these notes are disfigured and the Central Bank is now issuing coins to all banks replacing the old notes, a senior official of the Central Bank’s currency management division said. The CB has placed a…
Colombo City and Subs Garbage going to be Solid Waste to Puttalam
For the first time in Sri Lanka history, the Sri Lanka Railways (SLR) will transport garbage as part of a solid-waste disposal project in which garbage will be collected from Colombo City and the suburbs. The garbage will be disposed at a site in Aruakkalu in Puttalam under a newly formulated Municipal Solid Waste Disposal…
How to search where the train is in Sri lanka (system to keep track of trains) – Click www.slrail.info
A new train tracking system to enable the public view coastline train movements, has been launched. The train tracking system named Railway Traffic Optimisation System (RTOS) was launched today at the University of Colombo’s School of Computing (UCSC), and could be viewed on www.slrail.info General Manager Railways, B.A.PAriyaratne said the system was developed based on…
Commercial Bank begins renovation of Sri Pada steps – as CSR Activity
The Commercial Bank has begun work on renovating two sections of the steps to the summit of Sri Pada for the benefit of thousands of pilgrims who make the trek up Sri Lanka’s holy mountain. The Bank’s CSR Trust has allocated substantial funds for the project, which entails repairs to the steps between lamp posts…
Government allows import of high-powered motorbikes
The Government will allow the import of high powered motorcycles -from 450 cc to 1001 cc — upon payment of duty. The decision by the Cabinet of Ministers overturns objections earlier by the Police that they did not possess such high capacity motorcycles to cope with an influx. Ministers have decided to lift the restrictions…
Passport passback service for UK visa in SL
The British High Commission yesterday announced that it had started passport passback service for applicants in Colombo from August 11. Passport passback is a userpay service that enables customers to retain their passports for the majority of the application processing period. Such an option will be useful for frequent travellers, particularly business visitors, holiday-makers planning…