A project titled “Marine Nights: Awakening Colombo’,’ to develop the area from Kollupitiya station to Dehiwala station as a night tourism hub was approved by cabinet on Monday.
The area along Marine Drive will cover a distance of about 7.4 kilometers.
The project is to boost the tourist infrastructure of Colombo and increase the night-time tourism activities.
The proposal to cabinet was presented by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism to incorporate a limited liability company to manage the project.
A Sri Lankan man was apprehended at Suvarnabhumi airport for attempting to smuggle wildlife out of the country after three ball pythons were found hidden in his underwear, the Bangkok post reported.
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The UK government has unveiled a package of reforms to simplify imports from developing countries which allows for more garments manufactured in Sri Lanka to enter the UK tariff-free.
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