Category: Sri Lanka News
NSBM Green University Town will be open in 2015
South Asia’s first Green University Town, NSBM will be open for both Sri Lankan and foreign students by the end of 2015. The university town is a great investment as the country can save a large amount of money spent by students for their foreign university degrees. The university, being constructed in 26 acres at…
Mihin lanka and Srilankan Airlines be merged: cope
Srilanka government is looking forward to merged Mihin Lanka and Srilankan Airline to reduce the losses made by borrowing at high interest rates. The COPE minister says Mihin Lanka could be operated as a profit making venture and therefore has the potential to be converted into such a venture. But at the moment both Mihin…
POWER SUPPLY TO REACH 100% AFTER COMPLETION
The transmission of 300 MWs to the national grid from the third and final phase of the Lakvijaya Coal Power Plant (LCPP) was expected to begin by the end of August, Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) announced. Two generators are running at the moment with a capacity of 300 MWs each and the installation of a…
Kandy expressway to go via Pothuhera (Kurunegala)
Initial plans made for the proposed Kandy Expressway have been changed because hilly areas are an obstruction to the expressway having direct access from Ambepussa to Kandy, According to our amended plans the expressway will start in Kurunegala and move via Pothuhera and Mawathagam to Kandy. The interchange to the expressway would be at Pothuhera,…
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…
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…