Southern Province (Sri Lanka)

Tax Policy

Nov 25, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's revenue office will not collect back-taxes from areas that have emerged from a 30-years war but will set up branches to start tax collection as economic activities pick up, an official said. "We...

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Road Support

Nov 24, 2009 (LBO) – The European Union (EU) said repairs to a key road linking Sri Lanka's south with the east that was damaged by a tsunami had been completed with EU and Asian Development Bank aid. The 158-kilometer...

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Rudd to raise asylum seeker issue

Rudd to raise asylum seeker issue Sydney Morning Herald Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will push for greater regional co-operation on stemming the flow of Sri Lankan asylum seekers to Australia when Commonwealth leaders meet in...

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Sri Lanka navy seizes 60 boat people

AFP Sri Lanka's navy has seized two fishing trawlers carrying 60 people heading for Australia, a spokesman says. The two boats were detected off Sri Lanka's southern coast while they were moving eastward in the direction of...

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Sri Lanka Navy foils human smuggling operation

Leading News from Sri Lanka :: * Sri Lanka Navy foils human smuggling operation Tue, Nov 24, 2009, 11:24 am SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Nov 24, Colombo: Sri Lanka Navy foiled a human smuggling operation by...

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Sri Lanka Railways to upgrade southern coastal railway line

Nov 23, Colombo: Sri Lanka Railways Department is planning to start construction work in January next year to upgrade the southern coastal railway line to enable a high speed train service with the financial support from the...

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Sri Lanka to commence construction of second international airport this week

Nov 23, Colombo: The Sri Lankan government is to commence construction on the second international airport at Mattala in the Hambantota District on 27 November, Ports and Aviation Ministry officials said.

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Sri Lankan Celebrity: TV Presenter Nadie - a novelist, poets and actress

By Anjana Jayashan in Colombo A Little girl, an avaricious reader, even when she can’t understand what is in those books, but she continues to read Maxim Gorky, Leo Tolstoy, Federico Garcia Lorca and Simone de Beauvoir, Desmond...

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The Best Beaches in Sri Lanka

the frantic nightlife of Colombo. But whatever reasons you have for going to Sri Lanka, it is likely that the beaches are going to play a big part in your holiday! On both the east and west coasts, the island is blessed with...

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house in Hikkaduwa, Robyn rated this property as 4.5 out of 5 & says:

Just what it says - a perfect beach house. The location is lovely, facing directly on the quiet end of the beach and within walking distance of the main surf breaks. The house is small, but is very well fitted out and well...

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Matara , Weligama , Galle , Hambantota