Tag: sri lanka news papers online

  • SriLankan Airline New Business Strategies of MRO and Domestic Flight services

    SriLankan Airlines will negotiate with an Asian based air service company to begin a Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) centre at the Mattala airport in Hambatota. SriLankan Airlines Chairman Ajith Dias states proposal for an MRO at the Mattala international airport was in the pipeline for several years but it never got off. We are…

  • Korean company keen to start Mega City project in Sri lanka

    Top officials from one of the world’s leading township developers, Korea Land and Housing Corporation were in Sri Lanka looking for a township development project to the value in excess of USS 5 billion. The team met senior officials of the Megapolis Authority last week and informed that they are here on a fact finding…

  • 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…

  • National Botanical Gardens earns record revenue

    The Department of National Botanical Gardens recorded a revenue of Rs. 200 million from foreign and local tourists within the last six months. Nearly 935,000 local and 180,000 foreign tourists had visited the Botanical Gardens maintained by the Department at Peradeniya, Hakgala, Gampaha, Avissawella and Hambantota.

  • Solar Pumping Motor Systems for Farmers – from Micro PC System

    Micro PC System introduces a green concept from the agricultural industry with wild life and Business industries and home Gardens, the company introducing Solar Pumping System at an affordable cost. The System can be applied to many occasions such as People & Animal Drinking water in remote areas, Farmland Irrigation, Desertification control, Swimming Pools and…

  • S. Thomas’ Preparatory School Kollupitiya Admission for Grade 1 in January 2016

    Vacancies exist ONLY in GRADE ONE Sinhala and Tamil Media. Boys seeking admission should have completed FIVE YEARS of age on 31.01.2016. Application forms are available at the School Office on any school day between 7.45 a.m. to 1.45 p.m. commencing from March 18th to 25th March 2015. The cost of an application form is…

  • Foreign Currency Exchange ATM now at Sampath Bank Galle Super Branch

    Sampath Bank’s newest Foreign Currency Exchange ATM serves you in Galle 24 hours a day 365 days of the year with the best rates for your American Dollars and Euros. Apart from the ability to convert foreign currency to rupees this new ATM is also capable of serving you with all other standard features and…

  • Amana- Candor Shariah Balanced Fund – Annual Dividend for Year end 2014

    Candor Asset Management (Private) Limited announces a dividend of Rs. 1.00 per unit to the Unit Holders of Amana – Candor Shariah Balanced Fund whose names appear in the unit holder register as at 10th March 201 5. Candor Asset Management (Private) Limited and the Shariah Supervisory Council of Amana Capital Limited hereby inform all…

  • Ratmalana Airport to be used for more civilian transportation related to tourism

    The government has drawn attention to utilize Ratmalana airport for inland civil passenger transportation. Ports Shipping and Aviation Minister Aijuna Ranatunga said. The government will look into possibilities to carry out inland passenger transportation from Ratmalana airport as far as such activities do not affect the national security, Under this, flights will be operated to…

  • Work on Colombo-Kandy highway to start soon

    Construction work on the Colombo-Kandy highway will begin immediately, Road Development, Higher Education and Investment Promotion Minister Kabir Hashim who was speaking in Parliament informed that government would start construction work on the Colombo-Kandy highway soon. The Minister said the matara-Beliatta-Hantantota stretch of the Southern Highway will also begin soon after negotiations with the contractors…