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  Sunday, 05th October 2014 By S. Rubatheesan Indian officials happy to be part of northern line project View(s):   After a lapse of 24 years the Yal Devi will once again be back on track all the way to Jaffn ...

Monday, 6th October 2014 By Dasun Edirisinghe An inner chamber of the Moon Bastion. Moon Bastion of the Galle Fort The Ministry of National Heritage had launched a project to convert the 300-year-old Moon Ba ...

Monday, 6th October 2014 First 9 months arrivals cross 1.1 m mark with 22.4% growth 2014 so far has seen 100,000 plus arrivals monthly except May; September arrivals up 17% Arrivals from China near 100,000 milestone; a ...

Monday, 6th October 2014. - Country’s hotels more sophisticated with tourism boom   Sri Lanka is experiencing a tourism boom after emerging from more than a quarter century of strife, with its chic and stylish new ...

Comments at the daily press briefing of the US Department of State made by its Spokesperson on 2^nd October 2014, with regard to a report from a Sri Lanka newspaper stating that the “US stance on Sri Lanka softens”, have been noted.

In this context, the Ministry of External Affairs wishes to clarify that the Government of Sri Lanka did not issue a press statement or comment on the meeting which took place between President Mahinda Rajapaksa and the US Secretary of State John Kerry on the margins of the on-going UNGA. Any reference in the media to the contents of this discussion are of a speculative nature and does not in any way reflect the view of the Government of Sri Lanka. In fact, reference to this meeting has been published in the schedule of State Secretary Kerry, which is in the public domain.

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Friday, 03rd October 2014 Shirajiv Sirimane Sri Lankan seafood exporters have been invited by Russia to export to the country giving a major boost to the industry. Russia's Ambassador to Sri Lanka Alexendra Karchava s ...

Friday, 3rd October 2014  Sri Lanka raised its profile to that of an Asian tourism icon at the annual ‘IFTM TOP RESA’ (International French Travel Market), which was held in Paris from 23 to 26 September. ...