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Sri Lanka tourism campaign prioritises Australia as high-yield market

Sri Lanka, Aug. 21 -- Sri Lanka has identified Australia as the first priority market for its new international tourism promotion campaign, targeting 150,000 Australian visitors this year by expanding... Read More


New facility to bring all Gem and Jewellery activities under one roof

Sri Lanka, Aug. 21 -- The governments is taking measures to open a Gem and Jewellery facility which will operate around the clock in Colombo which will bring all Gem and Jewellery activities under one... Read More


Three elephant-repelling Units for the Kandy District

Sri Lanka, Aug. 21 -- The Department of Wildlife has taken steps to establish three elephant-repelling Units covering three areas in the Kandy District, where the human-elephant conflict is prevalent.... Read More


Supreme Court should not be placed to hear its own case - NMSJ

Sri Lanka, Aug. 21 -- The National Movement for Social Justice (NMSJ) in a statement over the proposed extension of the terms of judges of the higher courts through the proposed 22nd Amendment to the ... Read More


Plans to develop Colombo Fort as a tourism zone while preserving heritage

Sri Lanka, Aug. 21 -- A discussion on developing Colombo's Fort area as an attractive tourist destination was held at the Presidential Secretariat under the patronage of President Anura Kumara Dissana... Read More


Applications called from scribes for housing units

Sri Lanka, Aug. 21 -- The Health and Mass Media Ministry is calling for applications from the journalists around the country to provide housing units from the Housing Scheme proposed to be constructed... Read More


Catholic Bishops want broader consultation on 22A

Sri Lanka, Aug. 21 -- The Catholic Bishops' Conference in Sri Lanka (CBCSL), in a statement addressing the Cabinet decision to increase the existing statutory retirement age of Judges, stressed that p... Read More


HelpAge conducts 1,000 free cataract surgeries on Hambantota, Samanthurai elders

Sri Lanka, Aug. 21 -- HelpAge Sri Lanka (HASL), in partnership with the College of Ophthalmologists of Sri Lanka (COSL) and the Ministry of Health, successfully facilitated 1,000 Free Cataract Surgeri... Read More


President reviews progress of Digital Economy Ministry projects

Sri Lanka, Aug. 21 -- President Anura Kumara Dissanayake instructed officials to focus on establishing the Information Technology Service as an All-Island Service capable of making a significant contr... Read More


El Nino to worsen with rainfall drop, temperature rise by year end

Sri Lanka, Aug. 21 -- The El Nino phenomenon affecting Sri Lanka is continuing to worsen, intensifying from a strong to a very strong consequence, the most severe in nearly 75 years, Environment Minis... Read More