SL among the safest countries to travel-by Chaturanga Samarawickrama Source:Dailymirror Sri Lanka has been among the top 13 destinations and safest countries in the world to travel to, the Tourism Ministry said. According to the worldpackers website, travelling should be enjoyable for everyone and should be relaxing and fun, not scary. According to the website, the Ministry said with a large majority of the country’s culture being Buddhist, this makes it a pretty safe place to travel as their mannerisms tend to be calm and welcoming. ...
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How arrivals can now complete the health declaration at BIA in 20 seconds-by CHATURANGA SAMARAWICKRAMA Source:Dailymirror The government yesterday said that the new health declaration system inaugurated at the BIA was one of its kind which would enable passenger to complete fulfilling their health declaration in 20 seconds to proceed to clear immigration. This health declaration system was inaugurated by the Aviation and Export Zones Development State Minister D.V. Chanaka at the BIA premises on Tuesday. The Minister told the Daily Mirror that the prime objective of introducing this system was to reduce the use of physical form filling and encourage passengers to opt for an online platform, thereby reducing physical contact and passenger processing time. He said passengers could log on to www.airport.lk official website or on https://www.airport.lk/health_declaration/index and enter their details. ...
First twin baby elephants born at Pinnawala Source:-dailymirror For the first time in the history of the country, twin baby elephants were born at the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage today. A spokesman from the Pinnawala Orphanage said the female elephant ‘Surangi’ had given birth to twin baby elephants. He said both baby elephants are male elephants and the first was born at 4.00a.m and the second was born at 12.00 p.m. Meanwhile, a senior official of the Wild life Department said this twin elephant birth was the first birth in Sri Lankan history among registered domesticated elephants. (Chaturanga Samarawickrama) ...
Sep 1, 2021
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Cabinet approves to ban burqa, niqab Source:Dailymirror Cabinet approval was granted to ban all face coverings including the burqa and niqab, Public Security Cabinet Minister Dr Sarath Weerasekara said. Weerasekara told the Daily Mirror that the decision will be implemented as a law after parliamentary approval is obtained. ...
Steady rise in COVID cases in Colombo after New Year: Dr Wijeyamuni Source:Dailymirror Before the New Year, the CMC found only 1 or 2 COVID positive patients through 100 PCR tests. But after the New year, the rate has increased to eight persons in 100 PCR tests, Chief Medical Officer Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) Dr. Ruwan Wijeyamuni said Addressing the media he said random PCR tests conducted last Thursday (15) resulted in 10 COVID-19 patients. PCR tests conducted last Friday (16) found with 15 patients and 18 patients were found out of 225 individuals, Dr. Wijeyamuni said. ...
Apr 24, 2021
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