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Qatar Airways flights airport at Hambantota from next year

Qatar Airways, one of the five star airlines in the world, has consented to operate flights to the country’s second international airport at Hambantota from next year. Aviation Minister Priyankankara Jayaratne said they had discussion in this regard with Qatar authorities recently who responded positively in this regard. He said that in addition, Fly Dubai, [...]

January 27, 2012 / No Comment / Read More

Construction work of Shangri-La’s resort in Hambantota

January 27, 2012 No Comment

Construction work of Shangri-La’s resort in Hambantota is to be started later this month. Meanwhile, the launching of Shangri-La’s flagship venture in Galle Face will be held in February. This was disclosed by the Hambantota Parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa addressing a media conference yesterday. Mr. Rajapaksa said that Shangri-La is to invest around 600 Million [...]

Tsunami -Hambantota is a glaring example

January 3, 2012 No Comment

Sri Lanka takes the foremost place in completing the reconstruction of infrastructure damaged by the tidal waves out of all the countries affected by the tsunami, said A H M Azwer M P and Member of Parliament Council, speaking at a religious ceremony conducted jointly by the Madrasathul Aroosiya and the Borella Ahadiya Association held [...]

Colombo Engineering setting up a ship repair facility in Hambantota.

January 3, 2012 No Comment

Colombo Engineering, involved in ship repairing for more than three decades, is looking at setting up a ship repair facility in Hambantota. Colombo Engineering, CEO Kiran Atapattu said the focus now is in the Ruhunu Magampura harbour and they are looking at exploiting this situation. He said they are looking to first set up a [...]

British tourist dead in Tangalle

December 28, 2011 No Comment

Police have recovered the firearm suspected to have been used in the shooting that left a British tourist dead in Tangalle on December 25, Police Spokesman SP Ajith Rohana told short while ago. He stated that the firearm was a T56 assault rifle and that it was recovered from the scene of the shooting. Chairman [...]

Qatar – Sri Lanka economic ties to soar to new heights

December 22, 2011 No Comment

His Excellency Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassim Bin Jabr Al-Thani, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs in Qatar together with Hon. Yousf Kamal, Finance Minister of Qatar, His Excellency the Ambassador of Qatar in Sri Lanka and an Investment delegation held bilateral discussion with Hon Basil Rajapaksa, Minister of Economic Development at the Colombo Hilton [...]

Southern Expressway from Matara to Hambantota

December 22, 2011 No Comment

The Road Development Authority stated that the construction work of the southern Expressway from Matara to Hambantota will commence next year. Chairman of the RDA R.W.R. Pemasiri said that steps are being taken to form a plan in this regard. He said that the construction activities of the Galle to Matara road on the [...]

Dry Zone Botanical Garden established in Mirijjavila in the Hambantota

December 22, 2011 No Comment

With the aim to conserve rare plants native to the dry zone of the country, Sri Lanka is establishing a dry zone botanical garden in the Southern Province. The 120-hectare Dry Zone Botanical Garden being established in Mirijjavila in the Hambantota district is now nearing completion, the administrator of the garden Sumith Ekanayake says. According [...]

Sri Lanka’s post-war economy grew 8.4 percent

December 22, 2011 No Comment

Sri Lanka’s post-war economy grew 8.4 percent in the three months to September from a year earlier, spurred by robust expansion in industrial output, official data showed Wednesday. The island’s economy has expanded at a rapid pace since the government crushed a nearly four-decade-long revolt by Tamil Tiger separatist rebels in May 2009. The third [...]

Monkeys in Hambantota were captured and translocated

October 27, 2011 No Comment

Over 170 monkeys in Hambantota were captured and translocated as a temporary measure to control crop damages caused by these creatures, an official from the Wildlife Conservation Department (WCD) told the Daily News yesterday. The monkey menace has been seriously affecting cultivation in Hambantota, Galle and Matara causing heavy losses for the people. Economic Development [...]