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 16 May (DN) Under the project of setting up throughout the island 1,000 WiFi zones which provide free internet facilities, steps are now being taken to set up free WiFi zones for trade centres. The ICT Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA) in a release stated that this free WiFi facility is scheduled to be set up at all dedicated economic centres. The free WiFi facility is already in place at the dedicated economic centre in Narahenpita, Tripoli trade centre in Maradana and the floating trade complex in.. |  16 May (DN) Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) officials yesterday sealed the Colombo Public Library canteen after a raid following a complaint from a consumer, a CAA spokesman told the Daily News yesterday. A team led by CAA officer Pradeep Kaluarachchi conducted the raid. The spokesman said the CAA officials during the raid had detected food not suitable for consumption at the premises. - See more at:.. |
| |  16 Mar (News) I am truly delighted to visit Sri Lanka - a land of beauty, culture and friendship. I am deeply honoured to be in this Parliament. I am conscious of its rich history. This Parliament represents one of Asia`s oldest democracies; and, one of its most vibrant. Long before many others in the world, Sri Lanka gave every individual a vote and voice. To the people of Sri Lanka, ayubuvan, Vanakkam. I bring the greetings of 1.25 billion friends; and millions of fans of Sri Lankan.. |
 16 Mar (News) Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is on a state visit, announced a special gesture of on arrival visas to Sri Lankans visiting India as a step to enhance people-to-people contacts. He said that the new visa system will come into effect on April 14, 2015, as a gift on the important occasion of Sinhala and Tamil New Year, which is also the birthday of the great Indian Buddhist leader Dr Ambedkar. After bilateral discussions between India and Sri Lanka, Mr Modi announced.. |  16 Mar (FT) London: A leader in market analysis expects the Sri Lanka’s Information Technology market to grow over 15% in the next five years. London-based Business Monitor International (BMI) forecasts a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 15. 4 % for Sri Lanka IT market spending 2015-2019 with the market expected to increase to a value of Rs. 188.8 billion in 2019. Sri Lanka Information Technology Report Q2 2015 released recently says the expected growth is underpinned by the strong.. |
 16 Mar (Island) In a further step to making lives easy through Information and Communication Technology (ICT) three motor vehicle related e-services were launched recently (3). The ICT Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA) and the Department of Motor Traffic (DMT) came together in launching this triple e-service. The three e-services will provide information on the following: Details of the vehicle, last registration number of a given vehicular category and the period of validity and date of expiry of.. |  16 Mar (Island) Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday flagged off Talaimannar rail service completing the reconstruction of the entire Northern Province Railway Line. Accompanied by President Maithripala Sirisena, Modi also unveiled a plaque inaugurating Talaimannar 1650 Pier Railway station. Modi flew to Jaffna from Anuradhapura where he paid tribute to at the sacred Mahabodhi tree... |
 21 Feb (Divaina) ශ්රී ලංකා යුද හමුදාවේ නව යුද හමුදාපති වශයෙන් මේජර් ජෙනරාල් ක්රිශාන්ත ද සිල්වා පත් කර ඇත. කොළඹ රාජකීය විද්යාලයේ අධ්යාපනය හදාරා බඳවා ගැනීමේ අංක 13 යටතේ 1980.02.06 වැනිද කෙඩෙට් නිලධාරියකු ලෙස යුද හමුදාවට බැඳුණ හෙතෙම 1981.07.18 වැනිදා දෙවැනි ලුතිනන් නිලයේ අධිකාරියට පත්වී ඉංජිනේරු රෙජිමේන්තු නිලධාරියකු ලෙස හමුදා සේවය ඇරඹීය. යුද හමුදාවේ අණ සහ මාණ්ඩලික තනතුරු රැසක් ඉසිලූ මේජර් ජෙනරාල් සිල්වා ක්රියාන්විත රාජකාරීන්හි අත්දැකීම් සහිත දක්ෂ නිලධාරියෙකි... | |
 20 Feb (DN) Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi had decided to reduce the entrance fee to the New Delhi National Museum for Sri Lankans after taking into the consideration that a large number of Sri Lankans visit the museum to pay homage to the Kapilavastu Relics. In pursuance of the Prime Minister's announcement, the entry fee to the National Museum for Sri Lankan nationals has been reduced and brought on par with the fee paid by Indian nationals. The new rates will come into effect from.. |  20 Feb (DN) The draft 19th Amendment to the Constitution will be submitted to the Cabinet for approval during the first week of March, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe declared yesterday. He further said the government has been discussing the proposed amendment to the Constitution with political parties in Parliament. The Prime Minister expressed hope that all political parties will support this important piece of legislation to be adopted in the legislature providing more benefits to the.. |
 20 Feb (CG) The Government today confirmed the visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Sri Lanka next month. Modi will visit Sri Lanka from 13 to 15 March, the first bilateral visit by an Indian PM to the island nation in over 25- years, Cabinet Spokesperson Minister Rajitha Senaratne said while addressing the weekly post cabinet briefing held at the government information department today (19). The visit has been scheduled a month after the visit of President, Maithripala Sirisena,.. | |
 26 Jan (ST) Several changes have been made to the subjects and functions assigned to the Prime Minister and Cabinet Ministers in the new Government appointed by President Maithripala Sirisena. The President has retained the Defence portfolio as well as the Ministry of Mahaweli Development and Environment. The Central Bank and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) which were under the purview of the Minister of Finance, has been brought under the purview of Prime Minister Ranil.. |  18 Dec (LBO) The Australian Government to continue its tough border protection measures to manage illegal maritime arrivals and combat people smuggling, the high commission of Australia said at a media conference held Colombo. “I am here to assure you that the Australian Government policy against maritime people smuggling is clear and has not changed,” Robyn Mudie, High Commissioner to Australia said. “The government has taken a firm policy to stop people reaching Australia illegally by boat.”.. |
 18 Dec (DM) Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa said today said it was extremely unfortunate to note that there were some influential figures within Sri Lanka who have said openly that the country should submit itself to an international investigation. “One such figure has even admitted to being proud of her children for saying they were ashamed to be Sinhalese and Sri Lankans after having watched what is little more than an LTTE propaganda film aired on Channel 4,” Mr. Rajapaksa said.. | |
 4 Dec (AD) The President of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) Joseph S. Blatter called on President Mahinda Rajapaksa at Temple Trees this morning (2). The President and Blatter discussed ways in which Sri Lanka can create more enthusiasm for the sport of football among youth. “Football is becoming more popular in Sri Lanka,” President Rajapaksa said. “We should start from the school level.” Blatter agreed and said introducing the sport to children at a young age.. |  4 Dec (AD) Sri Lanka welcomes the decision of the Council of the European Union to appeal the judgement of the General Court of the European Union of 16 October 2014, which annulled measures taken by the Council to designate the LTTE as a terrorist organization and the freezing of LTTE funds, said Ministry of External Affairs in a media statement. The action taken by the Council of the European Union demonstrates commitment for the fight against terrorism at a time when this threat is.. |
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