The Sri Lankan government is planning to introduce technological solutions for the country’s traditional crafts industry, it was revealed at the Shilpa Abhimani–2016 Presidential Awards and Handicrafts Exhibition inauguration. “It is time we bring in new technologies to this sector. Together with our Ministry of Telecommunication and Digital Infrastructure, we are planning to introduce new tech to Sri Lankan crafts sector,&rdquo
Les Entreprises du Voyage (LEV), the French travel agents’ and tour operators’ association, yesterday committed to helping boost tourism into Sri Lanka while kicking off LEV’s annual congress, which the island nation is hosting this year.
The world’s oldest working full-rigged ship, SS Sørlandet from Norway, has arrived in Colombo. The ship is on a two-year circumnavigation of the world, with 70 high school students from A+ Academy. During their stay in Colombo, they will greet the Sri Lankan maritime students and the ship will be part of several events hosted by the Royal Norwegian Embassy. Nicknamed ’The Pearl of Norway’, she is quite a beauty with
Workers clean glass panels at the West Tower of the World Trade Center in Colombo. A number of residential and mixed high-rise buildings are currently being built in Colombo with the country’s construction sector reviving after a temporary setback n 2015 (Reuters photo)
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