US based Marriott International said in a statement that it has signed up with Sri Lanka's East West Properties Plc, to open a 200-room hotel in Weligma, in 2014.The 11-storey Weligama Bay Marriott Resort & Spa, will be operated under Marriott's flagship Marriott Hotels & Resorts brand. "Sri Lanka is a destination that has great potential and opportunity and we hope to capitalise...

Sri Lanka’s largest business chamber has signed a deal with an organization representing Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) to increase trade ties. The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce said it had inked the agreement with the Chamber for Promotion and Economic Development of the BRICS countries, which will promote products and services and ...

Ceylon Chamber of Commerce has signed a co-operation agreement with the Chamber for Promotion and Economic Development of the BRICS countries to promote trade. Under the agreement, CCC will initially promote an identified range of products and services between Sri Lanka and BRIC countries and also  facilitate alliances on reciprocal basis. The agreement has come into effect ...

Apr 17, Colombo: The Sri Lanka Embassy in Moscow, Russia has published a Catalogue of Tourism in Sri Lanka in Russian language to promote Sri Lanka as a tourist destination in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries including Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan .

Sri Lanka has compiled a tourist guide book in Russian language to promote the Island nation among the people of the former communist country. The initiative, which is a move by the Sri Lankan embassy in Russia, contains the country profile, places to visit in Sri Lanka, information about accommodation facilities, available leisure activities and emergency ...

Sri Lanka will see nearly 1000 international buyers arriving in the country to explore opportunities at its Expo 2012, country’s largest export promotion event, which will commence during the last week of this month. The country’s Export Development Board says, already they have enlisted to take part in the event which will ...

A leading company in Russia, Gazprom expresses its willingness to construct a hotel in Sri Lanka, in order to promote tourism between Sri Lanka and Russia.

Below is an interview with Ambassador Dayan Jayatilleke published in the French Diplomatic Review – La Lettre Diplomatique (The Diplomatic Letter) Two years after the end of a three decades conflict, the lifting of the emergency rule in late August 2011 confirmed the beginning of a new era for Sri Lanka. With the recent discovery of ...

Sri Lanka has been named among the top emerging travel destinations in the world. The global travel and tourism industry identified Sri Lankaas part of a group of emerging countries with potential as attractive holiday destinations behind the so-called BRICS nations. Sri Lanka was named as it is re-emerging after the civil war, investing in ...

The World Travel Market 2011 report has highlighted Sri Lanka among five other nations which have future growth potential. According to the WTM latest report Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico and Argentina has been earmarked as new emerging countries behind BRIC nations Brazil, Russia, India, China and most recently South Africa. Sri Lanka has been included in ...

Sri Lankan Airlines has begun flights to Moscow as it expands its network and increases the number of planes in the fleet.  The first flight to the Russian capital was on September 17, a twice-weekly scheduled service between Katunayake International Airport and Moscow’s Domodedovo Airport. The island’s national carrier has been expanding steadily over the ...

“What hurts me is that the panel has failed to recognize the immense steps the government has taken to bring peace and reconciliation, matched with development, to the north and north-east of the country that not too long ago was controlled with an armed fist by the LTTE states Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa.Within the first 12 months of the war ending we even re-settled over 350,00 displac...

The world tourism secretary of the United Nations has said that Sri Lanka is the emerging country in Asia. Secretary General of the UN World Tourism Organization Dr. Taleb Rifai has said that the measures adopted in Sri Lanka have been lauded by the World Tourism Organization. Tourists are drawn towards the scenic beauty as ...

The Secretary General of World Tourism Organization has said that Sri Lanka is the emerging country in Asia. Secretary General of the UN World Tourism Organization Dr. Taleb Rifai has said that the measures adopted in Sri Lanka have been lauded by the World Tourism Organization. Tourists are drawn towards the scenic beauty and as ...

by M.D. Nalapat That old habits die hard is clear from the way in which the functionaries of the European Union seek to influence the developing economies on the best way to manage their nations. And woe betide those leaders...

INTRODUCTION The Friday Forum is an informal gathering of public spirited persons committed to contributing to the future development of Sri Lanka within a framework of democracy, pluralism and social justice. The Forum brings together a diversity of expertise and...

By K. Ratnayake Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse’s trip to New York and speech at the UN General Assembly last week had two main purposes: to cover up for war crimes committed during the country’s civil war and to appeal...

Weekend extravaganza will feature world renowned DJs, entertainers and a host of theme parties, rave music, jaw-dropping acts, state-of-the-art lighting and sound, international DJs and artistes. Scintillate 2010 will come to life from July 30 to August 1 at Amaya Reef, Hikkaduwa. Event Connections Private Limited, in partnership with French Seduction, a world renowned international ...

By Ashok K Mehta After winning a war that no Sri Lankan President dared even try to, and emerging triumphant from every election he has fought since 2005 President Mahinda Rajapaksa, who is directly responsible for altogether 78 institutions, and...

Budget’s, Chinthana’s 8% growth target An economist picked holes on the Government’s Mahinda Chinthana policy document that envisages the economy to grow by 8% and to double the per capita g.d.p. income to U.S.$ 4,000 by 2015. Professor Srimal Abeyratne, Senior Lecturer, Colombo University’s Economics Department, speaking at a seminar on Wednesday said that the ...