Category: Srilanka Developments and Releated News

  • Floating market, latest attraction in Colombo

    The construction of the floating market at Bastian Mawatha, which is part of the Colombo City Development Project, implemented by the Urban Development Authority is complete. Thousands of people including foreigners visiting Colombo can buy products at this market where 92 stalls have been set up to sell local products. This floating market also targets…

  • A floating market on the Beira, Colombo

    The first ever floating market in the county is to be declared open soon, the Urban development Authority (UDA) said. The market situated in Pettah is being constructed on the Bara Lake adjacent to Bastian Mawatha in Pettah. The UDA had earlier plumed to open the market before the Sinhala & Tamil New Year but…

  • Nawaloka to open first regional hospital in Negombo

    Nawaloka Hospitals PLC is to open its first regional hospital in Negombo next month, in a bid to expand its healthcare operations regionally, According to Nawaloka Hospitals Director/General Manager a 50-bed hospital will be equipped with all diagnostic facilities, a fully equipped ambulance service, a labour room, a 24-hour pharmacy, patients rooms and ample parking…

  • National Business Excellence Awards 2014 – Applications calls now

    Business Excellence Benchmark Competition official launch today for an applications and invitations, the below stated sectors could be apply for the Nation Business Excellence award. Agriculture & Plantations Banking Sector Construction Gem & Jewellery Healthcare & Related Service Hospitality & Tourism ICT Services Insurance Livestock & Fisheries Printing & Related Services Non Banking & Financial…

  • Russian Medical University to be open in Srilanka soon

    MOS Lanka Holdings, a Sri Lankan based diversified company in Russia is negotiating with a Russian Medical University to set up a University in Sri Lanka. “This Russian University is keen to set up a University in Sri Lanka so that they could also have an intake of students from the South Asian Region. He…

  • E-learning to boost mathematics skills for students

    Forty secondary schools started using new mathematics e-learning programs to boost students’ mathematics ability and to determine if e-learning should be incorporated into mathematics lessons nationwide. “Boosting mathematics skills and critical thinking is essential in today’s modern world. Computer technologies can complement regular classroom teaching in a way that can bring everyone up to international…

  • New Fish Market Shops are for Sale by Ministry of Fisheries & Aquatic Resources Development

    Applications are called from the fish vendors who are interested in obtaining remaining limited fish stalls of the Peliyagoda Central Fish Market managed by the Management Trust under the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development. Priority will be given to the fish vendors who were registered at St.John’s Fish Market, Pettah. Applications can be…

  • Shangri-La Increases Investment to US$ 450 Million

    The Shangri-La hotel chain, which will be initiating Sri Lanka’s first seven star hotel, has revised its plan of construction and has decided to increase their investment to US $450 million, excluding the cost of the land and along with an increase of rooms from the initial 500 to 625. The hotel is to be…

  • Cable car and Ice Skating rink in Mahagastota by 2015

    For the first time in Sri Lanka, MLM Associates will be designing and constructing an ice skating rink in conjunction with the cable car project which was set to be erected in Nuwara Eliya between Lake Gregory and Mahagastota. The entire project will be – completed at a total investment of US $25 million. The…

  • 350 metres Lotus Tower on progress to be the tallest in Lanka

    The Lotus Tower that Is being constructed down D.R. Wijewardene Mawatha has reached a height of 50 metres now. The telecommunication regulatory official stated that feasibility studies for the second, phase of the project are ongoing with the finalisations to structural drawings. It will take another one or two months for the feasibility studies to…