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Negombo (Sri Lanka)

Type: City

Name: Negombo (Sri Lanka)

Country: Sri Lanka

Latitude: 7.22

Longitude: 79.830002

population: 137,246

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

Thomas Cook Group Plc

Thomas Cook launches tours with Sparklink Travels

A foreign exchange prepaid card comprising nine currencies will be launched shortly, a Thomas Cook official in Sri Lanka said.He said the card known as 'Borderless Card' was launched in India this year and was a huge success. The Thomas Cook official ... [Published Sunday Observer - May 19 2013]

Entities: Thomas Cook Group Plc, Sri Lanka, PGA European Tour, Thomas Cook India Ltd, Negombo (Sri Lanka)

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

NTPC Ltd

In Brief

Sex workers warned of acid attacks Posters have come up in the Negombo town, warning sex workers of acid attacks.According to reports, the number of sex workers in the town has increased of late, but the recent poster warnings have sent most of them underground. ... [Published Sunday Observer - May 18 2013]

Entities: NTPC Ltd, Sex, Acid

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Lobster smuggling bid foiled at BIA

Airport Customs, on Thursday night, nabbed a Negombo based businessman attempting to export 669 live lobsters to Vietnam.The lobsters were later released into the sea near the Colombo Port.The businessman had placed the 669 live lobsters in eight cartons ... [Published Sri Lanka Island - May 17 2013]

Entities: Smuggling, Fisheries, Negombo (Sri Lanka)

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Jetwing launches budget hotel brand in Sri Lanka

A room at the Hotel J NegomboJetwing, the Sri Lankan travel company, has launched a new domestic budget hotel brand – Hotel J.Announcing the new label this week, Jetwing said Hotel J would offer “no frills hotels” that appeal to the “modern traveller ... [Published Travel Daily Media - May 16 2013]

Entities: Negombo (Sri Lanka), Sri Lanka, Mark Elliott, Colombo (Sri Lanka)

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Launch of new worldwide 'travel bible' from Kuoni

Kuoni has launched its first brochure of the year; the Worldwide 2014 brochure, dubbed the “travel bible” by the company's specialist travel agents.The brochure has been updated and refreshed and features a new streamlined look with a noticeable reduction ... [Published Travel Bulletin - May 15 2013]

Entities: Lagoon, Negombo (Sri Lanka), Luxury Hotels, Product Management

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Cricket

Dr R. G. Kenneth de Mel: a wonderful father

Our father, Kenneth de Mel was the son of a businessman, the third in a family of five children. As the elder of the two sons, he was given the responsibility, along with his brother, to help their father in managing the family estates and rice and timber ... [Published Sri Lanka Island - May 15 2013]

Entities: Colombo (Sri Lanka), Sri Lanka, Prince of Wales' College, Moratuwa, Cricket, Moratuwa (Sri Lanka)

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

Sri Lanka investment promotion agency introduces long term investment plan

* May 14, Colombo: The investment promotion agency of Sri Lanka, the Board of Investments (BOI), has introduced a long term investment plan with a new vision, Minister of Investment Promotion Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena said today at a press briefing.The ... [Published Colombo Page - May 14 2013]

Entities: Sri Lanka, Raffles Education Corp Ltd, Negombo (Sri Lanka)

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

Smart woman makes tourists pay for stray dog death

Colombo - Funny, but true. A dog in the Sri Lankan town of Katharagama Kandasuridugama died after being hit by a speeding Jeep transporting a group of foreigners from the Yala Wildlife Sanctuary.A woman by the roadside began to cry and wail over the dead ... [Published Emirates247 - May 14 2013]

Entities: Negombo (Sri Lanka), Prostitution, Acid, Jeep, Rome

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 1 reports

Canal through a period of Colonial era

Old black and white photos from the Colonial times display a sprawling network of waterways weaving their way around the Negombo lagoon and slithering through the capital city its suburbs and right into the heart of Colombo's port, where merchants from ... [Published Sri Lanka Daily News - May 02 2013]

Entities: Canalize, Cinnamon, Negombo (Sri Lanka)

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 29 2013 - 1 reports

Happy New Year Sri Lanka Tourism - A tourism queen was crowned

A tourism queen was crowned in Sri Lanka.Tourists in Negombo, a resort north of Sri Lanka's capital Colombo have participated in a traditional New Year festival getting a taste of seasonal games and rituals, the tourism promotion office said.The event ... [Published ETurboNews - Apr 29 2013]

Entities: Sri Lanka, Negombo (Sri Lanka), Tourism

First reported Apr 24 2013 - Updated Apr 24 2013 - 2 reports

Waterway Apr 23 Sri Lanka's Hamilton Canal reconstruction in progress

(LBO) - Rebuilding and clearing of Sri Lanka's Hamilton Canal in Negambo is progressing with a bridge at Palliyawatta to improve the environment for residents and to attract tourists the economic development ministry said.A project by the Western Province ... [Published Lanka Business Online - Apr 24 2013]

Entities: Sri Lanka, Negombo (Sri Lanka), Tourism, 15th century

First reported Apr 23 2013 - Updated Apr 23 2013 - 1 reports

Hamilton Canal boosts tourism and community welfare

(Colombo-Lankapuvath) The Hamilton Canal which from which a foul smell was emanating due to polluted water has today become an attractive and environmental friendly water way, thanks to the Hamilton Canal Development project the Economic Development Ministry ... [Published Lankapuvath - Apr 23 2013]

Entities: Negombo (Sri Lanka), Lagoon, Basil Rajapaksa, Social Welfare

Quotes

...Director, Leisure Travel (Outbound), Thomas Cook, Madhav Pai said, "In recognition of the consistent and strong support from our Sri Lankan market, Thomas Cook has designed packages that cater to important aspects of family travel, with attractive destinations and a top quality product for a truly exceptional holiday experience."

Thomas Cook launches tours with Sparklink Travels [Published Sunday Observer - May 19 2013]

It applies to those environmental aspects that the organization identifies as those which it can control and those which it can influence. "With Jetwing Blue, Jetwing Sea, Jetwing St. Andrew's, Jetwing Ayurveda Pavilions, Jetwing Lighthouse and Jetwing Vil Uyana being awarded ISO14001, we have achieved quite a milestone indeed."

Six Jetwing hotels awarded ISO 14001 [Published Sri Lanka Daily News - May 16 2013]

...His motto in life was "Suffer now and enjoy later or enjoy now and suffer later" . This is something he would tell any youngster whom he met. He admired hard work and individuals who were focussed...

Dr R. G. Kenneth de Mel: a wonderful father [Published Sri Lanka Island - May 15 2013]

...Later Mao found the ` "Four Pests’, rats, sparrows, flies and mosquitoes had damaged his concerted effort. Thus he ordered the Chinese people to kill off every sparrow in China, both by direct hunting and constantly scaring them away from their natural perches until they eventually dropped from the sky with exhaustion.’"

Gratitude To Muralitharan [Published Sri Lanka Sunday Leader - May 11 2013]

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Sri Lanka investment promotion agency introduce... [Published Colombo Page - May 14 2013]
Smart woman makes tourists pay for stray dog death [Published Emirates247 - May 14 2013]
Gratitude To Muralitharan [Published Sri Lanka Sunday Leader - May 11 2013]
Even walls have stories [Published Sri Lanka Daily News - May 10 2013]
Travels of a journalist: MAKE ADAM’S BRIDGE MOR... [Published LankaWeb - May 08 2013]
World Crocodile Conference to be held in Sri La... [Published Colombo Page - May 05 2013]
Waterfalls in Sri Lanka [Published Sunday Observer - May 05 2013]
The Management Club signs MOU with Ran Mal Holi... [Published Sri Lanka Island - May 05 2013]
Tourists celebrate ‘Avurudu’ [Published The Nation.lk - May 04 2013]
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‘Meegamuwa’ sets the trend for an investigative... [Published LankaWeb - May 03 2013]
Canal through a period of Colonial era [Published Sri Lanka Daily News - May 02 2013]
Sinhala New Year celebrated by Sri Lanka Touris... [Published Travel News - May 02 2013]
World Press Freedom day, Uthayan and Freedom of... [Published groundviews - May 01 2013]
Happy New Year Sri Lanka Tourism - A tourism q... [Published ETurboNews - Apr 29 2013]
Revamped Hamilton Canal boosts tourism [Published The Nation.lk - Apr 28 2013]
Waterway Apr 23 Sri Lanka's Hamilton Canal reco... [Published Lanka Business Online - Apr 24 2013]
Sri Lanka begins second phase of old Dutch - bu... [Published Colombo Page - Apr 24 2013]
Hamilton Canal boosts tourism and community wel... [Published Lankapuvath - Apr 23 2013]
SMALL LUXURY HOTELS OF THE WORLD? More Outstand... [Published IPress - Apr 23 2013]
Issuing of licenses to tourist drivers streamlined [Published Lankapuvath - Apr 22 2013]

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Freedom of assembly in post-war Sri Lanka [Published groundviews - May 16 2013] Sandya Ekneligoda, wife of missing journalist Prageeth Ekneligoda, center, speaks to reporters during a protest rally out side the parliament in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013. Relatives, colleagues and opposition activists staged ...
World Press Freedom day, Uthayan and Freedom of... [Published groundviews - May 01 2013] Photo courtesy SIDA “Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties” John Milton 3rd May was declared as World Press Freedom day by the UN General Assembly in 1991. Since then, it is ...
Coconuts, from nose to tail [Published Grist - the Latest from Grist - Apr 21 2013] In Sri Lanka, the coconut is a source of life. Not only is it the main ingredient in most Sri Lankan dishes, but the entire coconut tree — from the roots to the coconut itself to the tips of the leaves — plays a major role in non-culinary ways of life. ...
“Building the base”: An interview w... [Published groundviews - Feb 14 2013] Sunila, how do you look at Sri Lanka today? There are different interpretations ranging from a constitutional dictatorship to clan- run ‘deep state’? And you have decades of human rights activism behind you; you have been to the Geneva Human ...
Whose beaches in Sri Lanka? [Published groundviews - Nov 24 2012] Photo by AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe, via Sulekha Tourism will bring millions to Sri Lanka but will we see any of it? During the last week of October this year, the BBC Sinhala Sandeshaya service featured a story about Sri Lankan tourism, ...