Sri Lanka

The Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) has launched two new online web portals to simplify the travel process for tourists visiting the country.

It is paramount for all to obtain the vaccine against COVID-19 without being deceived by myths and misconceptions spread by those with commercial objectives, noted Professor Manuj C. Weerasinghe.

The “Lotus Tower” in Colombo will join iconic structures and places in the world such as White House in the US, Niagara falls in Canada and BT Tower in London, to be illuminated in gold colour, to mark child cancer awareness.

All arrangements will be taken to re-open the country after October 1 and the necessarily guidelines are being finalized presently, Army Commander General Shavendra Silva said.

Gina Rinehart, Australia's richest woman worth $31billion, has warned Australia is on the same track as Sri Lanka and Argentina in falling from prosperity to poverty due to a big-spending, regulation-heavy government.

The government’s aim is to earn US$ 10 billion annually from tourism and contribute that income for the economic growth of Sri Lanka under the Vistas of Prosperity Policy document,” Tourism Minister Prasanna Ranathunga said.

The Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) has released the list of properties within the Colombo city limits that are reportedly not registered.

The treatment centre which uses the expertise of an island-wide panel of over 25  wedamahattayas/weda nonas is located in Peliagoda, Kelaniya

Sri Lanka's preferential trade access to the European Union, which is the biggest market for its $5 billion apparel industry, is in doubt with an investigation into the island country's human rights and governance concerns set to start on Monday.

The locally mutated Delta variant of COVID-19 is now assigned to a new Delta sub-lineage, called Delta AY.28.COV-lineage.