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Norochcholai Phase II:
More power for national grid soon
Construction work on buildings and installing of
generators in the second phase of the Lakwijaya coal power plant in
Norochcholai has been completed and a test run of the plant was done
recently, said Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB), General Manager
Shavindranath Fernando.
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Lanka should develop hinterland connectivity - Port experts
Sri Lanka should focus on developing feeder
operator and hinterland connectivity with mega carriers coming on
stream, said panellists at a seminar on ‘Changing Dynamics of
Logistics and Transport with the Advent of Mega Ships’ organised by
the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport Sri Lanka (CILT)
recently.
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Two bulk carriers for CSC
Sri Lanka will take delivery of two, 65,000-ton
bulk carrier ships in 2016. The two ships are being built for the
Ceylon Shipping Corporation Ltd (CSC), the government official
website reported last week, quoting Ceylon Shipping Corporation
Chairman Vice Admiral Jayanath Colombage.
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Tourism earnings top US $ 900 m in first five months
Earnings from tourism recorded a growth of 35.8
percent to US $ 901.8 million during the first five months this
year, a Central Bank report said. The number of tourist arrivals up
to May increased by 26.5 percent to 624,178. Arrivals in June grew
at 14.3 percent, year-on-year,
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Airlines divert flights from eastern Ukraine
The European flight safety body Eurocontrol said
that the Ukrainian authorities have closed the airspace in the east
of the country to all airline flights. It said all flight plans that
use routes in the area were rejected. It follows the crash of
Malaysian airliner flight MH17 with 298 people on board, amid claims
it was shot down.
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