All school education tours temporarily suspended

Automated immigration system proposed for BIA

Stressing the need for better management of systems and processes at the Katunayake Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA), Sri Lanka Association of Inbound Tour Operators (SLAITO) President Harith Perera said Sri Lanka should move faster on adopting automated immigration systems. ?It is a widely held perception among all our industry stakeholders that BIA should be managed more efficiently minimizing delays and ?waiting times?. Delays during the immigration process at the entry point is a ma

18 May, 2018

Sri Lankan Johann Peries close to reaching summit of Mount Everest

Johann Peries, Sri Lanka?s famed mountain climber and adventurer, is set to make his ascent to the peak of Mount Everest in a few days. If the weather clears, Johann hopes to leave Base Camp on Saturday 19th May, climbing up to Camp 3 by 21st?May and on to Camp 4 by the next day, before making his bid for the summit on 23rd May. Johann has been in the Himalayas since April, when he began his Everest expedition as part of a larger team led by International Mountain Guides (IMG), a globally renow

17 May, 2018

Government urged to release list of forcibly disappeared

On the ninth anniversary of the end of the war, Amnesty International has called on the Government of Sri Lanka to provide information to the families of the disappeared, with detailed lists and information of persons who surrendered to the armed forces in the final phase of the war. The President of Sri Lanka, Maithripala Sirisena, acknowledging the grievances presented by family members in June 2017,?promised that he would instruct the National Security Council to release these lists. Accord

17 May, 2018