CHOGM 2013, a boost for tourism in Sri Lanka
Preparations to host the Commonwealth Heads of
Government Meeting (CHOGM) 2013 in Colombo, are going on smoothly,
said Sri Lanka Convention Bureau, General Manager and Member of the
Accommodation Committee, Vipula Wanigasekera. He said that over
4,000 hotel rooms have been booked to host the delegates for the
mega event which is the largest conference to be hosted in Sri
Lanka,
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Sampur power project to be completed by 2017
Sri Lanka and India will ink the much awaited
500 MW coal power project in Sampur in the Trincomalee district,
this week, Power and Energy Ministry sources said. The power plant
will be operated by Trincomalee Power Corporation, a joint venture
between the Ceylon Electricity Board and India's National Thermal
Power Corporation.
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'Mega Tourism Caravan' in Ukraine
Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau (SLTPB) and
the Sri Lankan Embassy in the Russian Federation has launched a
tourism promotion campaign in the Ukraine. It will end on October
14. This is the fourth phase of the promotional campaign, 'Mega
Tourism Caravan', launched in August in the Republic of Belarus, as
part of Sri Lanka tourism promotion in CIS countries, SLTPB sources
said.
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Malwatte – highest tea price in August
Malwatte Valley Plantations PLC (MVP) has
obtained the highest overall average price for tea irrespective of
elevation and the highest price for high grown tea in August among
all regional plantation companies.
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Abans goes for sanitary fittings
State-of-the-art Toto sanitary fittings was
launched recently by Abans. “Simplification of form has been the
trend in present day architecture and interior decor, which has
pushed manufacturers to offer unmatched performance without any
complicated mechanism,” a company spokesman said.
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SAEGIS introduces modified courses
Generally, only students with strong economic
backgrounds could afford higher education in private institutions.
However, as SAEGIS has a reasonable course fee, even those from
middle class families can follow their preferred courses at this
institution, said CAO, SAEGIS Campus,
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