Author: Gayan Chandrasekara
Sri Lanka Ports Authority container throughput up 8-pct
Nov 04, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka Ports Authority has seen an 8 percent increase in containers handled up to October with volumes topping 2.0 million containers by October, an official said.Sri Lanka Ports Authority owns and operates the Jaye container terminal in Colombo. SLPA operations director Upali Soyza said its terminal had handled 2,066,000 […]
Sri Lanka values state fixed assets
Oct 15, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka is valuing fixed state assets as part of efforts to move into accrual accounting and about 75 percent of land and buildings have been valued so far, an official said.State agencies do not have proper documentation such as survey plans, which makes valuation difficult, he said. The Valuations […]
Mobile Drive
July 16, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s car owners will be able to renew and pay for annual revenue licenses through their mobile phones, an official said as part of efforts to boost government service delivery, officials said. Sri Lanka’s Information and Communication Technology Agency (ICTA) said car owners in the Western Province would be […]
‘s boom time condos fail building rules
July 04, 2013 (LBO) – Over 71 condominiums, especially some built during a boom that ended in 2009 have failed to conform to building regulations, leaving those who bought them without deeds of transfer, an official said.But a number of apartments in Colombo have failed to conform to building standards and are yet to be […]
Work Practices
June 20, 2013 (LBO) – A minimum age for employment may be raised to 16 years from 14 if proposals in a national policy on youth are adopted, officials said. Sri Lankan children however have had problems, especially in the past, where school-going age children in poor families were taken out of school and sent […]
Sri Lanka canned fish factory explored by Thai firm
June 11, 2013 (LBO) – Thai Union Manufacturing Company is planning a fish canning factory in Sri Lanka and a team is expected to arrive later this month to conduct a feasibility study an official said.“Sri Lanka is importing large amount of canned fish right now,” National Aquatic Resource Agency chairman S G Samarasundara said. […]
Sri Lanka to assess marine fish stocks
June 07, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka will conduct a comprehensive marine fisheries stock assessment in 2013 for the first time in nearly four decades with Thai assistance, an official said. Fisheries minister Rajitha Seneratne said last month that fishing vessels from Japan to be run by Koyoshi Kimura, a sushi restaurant chain owner known […]