Tag: Colombo
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Sri Lanka warns of extreme heat amid rising temperatures
The Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre forecasted "extreme caution" levels for most parts of the Northern, North Central and the North Western provinces.
March 11, 2019 -
Sacked in October, Ranil Wickremesinghe again sworn in as Sri Lankan Prime Minister
This comes after Mahinda Rajapakse resigned on Saturday as Prime Minister after he was appointed the PM by Sirisena following Wickremesinghe's dismissal on October 26.
December 16, 2018 -
Over 34,000 infected with dengue in Sri Lanka
Over 300 people were killed and more than 136,000 infected by the dengue epidemic last year in one of the country's worst-ever outbreaks.
August 13, 2018 -
India contains cargo diversion to foreign ports for transshipment, says official
The Centres relaxed cabotage norms allowing foreign ships, chartered by Indian citizens or companies, to ply on local routes for transshipment purposes.
August 12, 2018 -
State requests Air Asia to operate flights from Bhubaneswar to Colombo
Odisha government has requested the Air Asia to operate its flight from Bhubaneswar to Colombo and Bangkok, informed Tourism Minister Ashok Panda here on Tuesday. The airline is currently operating flights connecting Kuala Lumpur to Bhubaneswar. Minister Panda said the flight connectivity has thrown open the entire east, south-east Asian nations to Bhubaneswar for tourism...
May 16, 2018 -
The Colombo Stores
Legend has it that our shop on Logans Street was called The Colombo Stores because my great grandfather Syed Mustafa Koya first started off in business by travelling to Colombo ever so often, carrying spices, cloth and other merchandise and bringing back with him pearls, strange exotic fruits and such other treasures, which were not...
February 24, 2018 -
Traditional-cosmopolitan
A holiday in Colombo would mean loads of fun while experiencing a unique culture. Driving in from the airport you notice it’s clean and green and you will grow into this magical mayhem after spending a few days uncovering the city’s charms. As we drove down to the heart of the gorgeous city, I came...
January 28, 2018 -
Sri Lankan Navy arrests 8 Indian fishermen
Eight Indian fishermen were arrested on Thursday by the Sri Lankan Navy for allegedly fishing near Neduntheevu in the country’s northern territorial waters, the Sri Lankan Navy said in Colombo. The Navy personnel, during a routine patrol onboard a fast gunboat and a fast attack craft attached to the Northern Naval Command, also seized two...
January 25, 2018 -
Sri Lanka, China to co-build power plant
Sri Lanka and China on Friday signed a joint venture agreement to construct Sri Lanka’s largest dendro power plant in the country’s south. The power plant will produce 70,000 megawatts of renewable energy a year to the national power grid. The joint venture was signed between Beijing Full Dimension Power Tech Co Ltd, Nanjing Turbine...
January 19, 2018 -
China-built railways in Sri Lanka start track-laying
The track-laying commencement of the first phase of the China-built Matara-Kataragama railway extension project has started in Matara in Sri Lanka. The first phase of the project includes constructing a railway service from Matara to Beliatta, in the south of the island country, Xinhua news agency reported. Sri Lankan Minister for State Enterprise...
January 13, 2018 -
Jacqueline opens her first restaurant in Colombo
Jacqueline Fernandez is excited about opening her first restaurant in her in her hometown Colombo. The Kaema Sutra restaurant will serve Sri Lankan cuisine. The Sri Lankan beauty, a popular name in Bollywood, on Tuesday shared on Instagram a photograph of herself along with Dharshan Munidasa, a Sri Lankan chef and restaurateur. “So excited to...
December 13, 2017 -
Chinese navy’s hospital ship docks in Colombo
A Chinese navy's hospital ship arrived at the Colombo port for a four-day stopover, Sri Lankan officials said on Monday. The ship named "Peace Ark" sailed into the port on Sunday in its first visit to the island nation, reports Xinhua news agency. The ship will be open to the public and provide medical services,...
August 7, 2017 -
Sri Lanka 302/4 at lunch on Day 4 of second Test
Hosts still trailing by 137 runs to avoid defeat by an innings.
August 6, 2017 -
Trotting through the sprawling megapolis
The capital city of Sri Lanka is a vacationer's paradise with buzzy eateries, glam hotels, shopping malls and a pulsating night life.
July 29, 2017 -
Neighbourhood wonders
The lure of the Ramayana trail, pristine beaches and vast expanses of forestland teeming with faunal bio-diversity will make travellers pack their bags and jet-set to the destination. And if one is still guessing about the place, it is Sri Lanka. For the first time, Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau set foot in Kolkata to...
July 20, 2017 -
Modi addresses Tamil community, hails Lankan govt for welfare steps
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday assured India’s full support to the steps taken by Colombo to improve the living conditions of minority Tamils in the island country. “I am aware that Sri Lanka government is taking active steps to improve your living conditions for which a five-year National Plan of Action has been launched,”...
May 12, 2017 -
PM Modi announces Varanasi-Colombo flight from August
To further enhance the Indo-Sri Lankan ties, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said Air India will operate direct flights between Colombo and Varanasi from August this year. "I have the great pleasure to announce that from August this year, Air India will operate direct flights between Colombo and Varanasi," PM Modi said while participating...
May 12, 2017