Sri Lanka Travel News

Wed, Dec 9, 2009, 11:30 am SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Dec 09, Colombo: Sri Lanka Transportation Ministry teaming up with Mobitel, the national mobile service provider launched an on-line ticket reservation service to the rail commuters today.

Twelve Myanmar fishermen who got into difficulty when their vessel began to drift after its engine developed a technical defect were saved by Sri Lankan fishermen and handed over to the Navy.

Sat, Dec 5, 2009, 10:52 am SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Dec 05, Colombo: Robert Blake, the Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs of the United States Department of State is to leave for Sri Lanka on a two-day official visit.

Wed, Dec 2, 2009, 09:52 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Dec 02, Colombo: Sri Lanka army deserters will have another chance to get them released from their obligations this month.

The Sri Lankan Navy has rescued 12 Burmese fishermen from two fishing boats adrift in deep sea of Sri Lankaa s eastern coast.

Thu, Nov 26, 2009, 10:23 am SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Nov 26, Colombo: The Sri Lanka Transport Board is planning to deploy more buses on the A-9 Colombo - Jaffna highway route for the convenience of public and to cater to their high demand, a SLTB spokesman revealed.

Only 1655 passengers were permitted by SLA to travel. Meanwhile, the Sri Lanka Transport Board officials in Koa'ndaavil Depot said that their repeated requests to their superiors for more busses to be used in Jaffna peninsula remain unattended.

Ashok K. Kantha is on a two-day visit to Jaffna while the Ambassadors of Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and South Korea to Sri Lanka paid a sudden visit to Jaffna Wednesday accompanied by high officials from their embassies, sources in Jaffna said.

Fri, Nov 20, 2009, 01:51 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Nov 20, Colombo: The Government of Japan has decided to relax its Travel Advice and Warning on Sri Lanka for Japanese citizens travelling to the Northern or Eastern region of the island.

Sat, Nov 21, 2009, 08:39 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Nov 21, Colombo: Retired Chief of Defense Staff General Sarath Fonseka yesterday met with the United States Ambassador to Sri Lanka Patricia Butenis in Colombo, local media reports said.

Sat, Nov 21, 2009, 12:09 am SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Nov 20, Colombo: The United States State Department warned the American citizens on travelling to Northern Sri Lanka despite the end of the war between the government forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam six months ago.

Thu, Nov 19, 2009, 08:00 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Nov 19, Colombo: The United Nations Under Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Sir John Holmes this morning met with the Tamil National Alliance parliamentarians to discuss the progress of the government's resettlement process and the plight of the displaced still living ...

Sri Lankan Government today announced that the Special Security Clearence which is a must for Jafna Civilians who are reaching Colombo via Land Routes is no longer needed from today onwards.Now the Jafna Civilians can travel to Colombo freely by producing only their National Identity Card or someform of Identification Paper Government Information ...

UN Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes speaking with IDPs in Vavuniya, Sri Lanka, on 27 April 2009 17 November 2009 &#150 The top United Nations humanitarian official kicked off his visit to Sri Lanka today with a stop at camps housing some of the civilians uprooted during the country's decades-long conflict to see what progress has been made ...

Colombo a ' There has been a demonstration in the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo, against the visit of the Burmese head of state, General Than Shwe.

T he U.S. Ambassador, Patricia A. Butenis, officially opened a new ice cream plant in Batticaloa District as part of a dairy revitalization project that will increase the incomes of 4,000 dairy farmers and create new jobs in the former conflict-affected area.

Sun, Nov 15, 2009, 07:57 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Nov 15, Colombo: Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa this morning met with the visiting Indian Finance Minister, Pranab Mukherjee at the Temple Trees.

Thu, Nov 12, 2009, 08:28 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Nov 12 Colombo: The Head of State of Myanmar, Senior General Than Shwe arrived at the Bandaranaike International Airport in Katunayake by a special Myanmarian flight this afternoon on a four-day official visit to Sri Lanka.

Government has to get the support of the South first to solve Tamil ethnic issue - Vasudeva Nanayakkara [TamilNet, Sunday, 08 November 2009, 06:28 GMT] Senior Advisor to Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapakse and a veteran Sinhalese politician, Vasudeva Nanayakkara, said that the government has to get the support of the people in the South of the ...

Mon, Nov 9, 2009, 10:25 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Nov 09, Colombo: Sri Lanka Government today expressed its appreciation to the Cuban Government for its support during the long terrorist conflict period.