Sixty percent of Colombo-Katunayake Expressway complete

Sixty percent of work on the Colombo-Katunayake Expressway has been completed. The rest of the work is progressing at a rapid pace, Ports and Highways Deputy Minister Nirmala Kotelawala said "This will create a high mobility link between Colombo and the Bandaranaike International Airport enabling motorists to travel to the airport in 20 minutes," Kotelawala said. He said work is expected to be completed by the end of 2012. The Expressway will be commissioned during the first quarter of 2013. The length of the Expressway will be around 25.3 kilometres starting from the New Kelani Bridge and ending at the Airport Access Road...

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China, a tower of strength to Sri Lanka - Minister GL

'China was a tower of strength to Sri Lanka, especially when we faced various challenges in the international arena, External Affairs Minister Prof. G.L Peiris said. Minister Prof. G.L Peiris The minister was making the keynote address at the 55th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Sri Lanka and the People's Republic of China and 60th anniversary of Sri Lanka - China Rubber Rice Pact, at the Sirimavo Bandaranaike International Conference Hall yesterday. The Sri Lanka China Friendship Association, Sri Lanka China Society, Association for Sri Lanka-China...

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Keep away from wasp colonies’ - Wildlife Ministry

The Ministry of Wildlife and Agrarian Services has warned the Ministry of Cultural Affairs not to interfere with the wasp colonies around the Sigiriya rock fortress by attempting to remove the wasp nests in the rock. The Wildlife and Agrarian Services Ministry’s Wildlife Conservation Department officials told the Cultural Affairs Ministry’s Central Cultural Fund , if the latter should do anything to upset the biodiversity around the Sigirya Rock , they would institute legal action against the Cultural Fund, the Daily News reliably learns. The Wildlife and Agrarian Ministry pointed out that it is not the business of the Cultural Affairs Ministry to control insect behaviour. Meanwhile, thousands of visitors to the Sigiriya Rock , including children and foreigners...

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New museum for H'tota

New museum for H'tota  [June 25 2012]     The National Museum Department is drawing up a plan to establish a new museum in Hambantota next year, Museum Superintendent Ranjith Hewage told the Daily News.  This museum will be named Hambantota Uruma, he said. Conservation programmes of the two old buildings in the Kachcheri premises will commence next month, he said. The Treasury has allocated Rs 18 million for this task, he added.  Traditional and endemic items related to the Hambantota area will be exhibited in the proposed museum. Historical items related to art, religion and politics will be displayed, Hewage...

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