The construction of a separate terminal has been planned at the Colombo harbour to dock large cruise ships used for tourist transport, said Sri Lanka Ports Authority Chairman Lakdasa Panagoda. While speaking at a meeting hosted by the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce, he added that the new government has been actively planning this project during…
Nissan is set to offer a choice of Leafs with different batteries increasing the electric car’s range up to the 250-mile mark The UK’s best-selling electric car, Nissan’s Leaf, will be able to go further on each charge from 2016 as Nissan is set to offer a 30kw battery in addition to the current 24kw…
Vocational Training Authority (VTA) announced the inauguration of two vocational training institutes in Trincomalee on 8 July 2015. The ‘Vocational Training in the North and East of Sri Lanka’ (VTN) project is a bilateral cooperation between the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka and the Federal Republic of Germany. The project is implemented by Deutsche…
This summer, Emirates’ award-winning ice entertainment system debuts two famous YouTube channels ‘Cute Girls Hairstyles’ and ‘Brooklyn & Bailey’. Known for their hairstyle tutorials, fashion and beauty vlogs, the two channels have over 5 million subscribers and over half a billion views combined on YouTube. Families gearing up for their summer break can look forward…
Colombo bourse snapped the seven day winning streak on Monday to start the weekly operation on negative note. The market lost the positive momentum gained in last week as the bench mark All share price index weakened by 14.10 points or 0.20% to end at 7,147.86 whilst S&P SL 20 index marginally declined by 6.23…
The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) is to acquire the 60 megawatt capacity power generating plant installed on a barge at the Colombo harbour at a cost of Rs. 641 million. While this power generation plant is being maintained by Colombo Power Limited, its power purchasing contract with the CEB has expired by now. Since this…
Gold plunged 4 percent to its lowest in more than five years on Monday as sellers in top consumer China sold off the metal in a matter of minutes, just as bullion’s safe-have status takes a fresh knock from mounting expectations of a U.S. rate hike. Bullion fell to as low as $1,088.05 an ounce…
The government is to centralise all data from all state departments like the Department of Registration of Persons, the Immigration & Emigration Department, Department of Census & Statistics and the Pensions Department and establish a National Data Centre. This data centre is to be maintained by the Information and Communication Technology Agency (ICTA) of Sri…
Written by Rohan Samarajiva I praised the TRCSL approach to shutting down mobile networks at specified times within the wildlife sanctuary of Yala. Possibly because of my previous writing critical of the shutting down of mobile networks, Nalaka Goonawardene has challenged my position on Twitter, saying it creates a bad precedent. This has set off…
Toyota — they’re not just into cars! Officially as of 2012, but likely in some form since they first st up their Partner Robot Division in 2005, Toyota has been working on the Human Support Robot, a mobile robot companion made to serve the needs of a rapidly expanding elderly population — particularly in Japan,…
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