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Visiting Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Ali Sabry on Saturday was received by his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amir Abdollahian in Iran’s capital. During a joint press conference, the top Iranian diplomat called the visit “a turning point in…

Every year, the 01st of August is dedicated towards the largest apex predator that roams our nation’s forests, the Sri Lankan leopard. However, even as we commemorate this iconic species, we also recognize the need for its conservation.…

President Ranil Wickremesinghe announced the government’s new tourism strategy, ‘Visit Sri Lanka’ today (24), while addressing the ‘Bocuse d’Or Sri Lanka 2023’ competition and awards ceremony. Set to launch in the upcoming months, the…

Why don’t we have travel arrangements? We can arrange it. You can go to Lumbini, and the next flight can bring you to Buddhagaya. See those places, and the next flight can bring you to Colombo, so you can visit the Temple of the Tooth and…

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in collaboration with the Presidential Secretariat and the Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau organized the Ella Odyssey, a familiarization tour of Nuwara Eliya and Ella for foreign heads of mission in…

destinations. Jyoti Mayal, President of TAAI, highlighted the immense potential of the Indian market to become one of the most sought-after destinations globally for outbound travel. The TAAI Convention in Colombo presents an opportunity…

The Sri Lankan government has decided to initiate diplomatic discussions with Japan on the revival of the Japan-funded Light Rail Transit (LRT) project. The Cabinet of Ministers on Tuesday (July 04) approved a proposal made by President…

Sri Lanka’s Minister of Tourism, Harin Fernando has been bestowed with the appointment as one of the two Vice Chairs for the South Asia Commission of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) for the period 2023 to…

Rescuers from the US and Canadian navies are racing against time to locate a missing submersible named Titan which vanished with five people on board while on a tourist visit to the wreck of the Titanic on the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean…