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Apply for Visa for Sri Lanka with ETA online

Apply for Visa for Sri Lanka with ETA online

Please be informed that with effect from 26.09.2024 the ETA online visa application system was reinstated. All the Travellers from Germany, Switzerland, Croatia, North Macedonia and Montenegro can apply for 30 days Tourist or Business Visa online via https://eta.gov.lk/.

Travellers can also apply for 30 Days & 90 days Tourist or Business Visa at the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Berlin.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs relocates its Consular Division to new premises at “Suhurupaya”, Battaramulla

Ministry of Foreign Affairs relocates its Consular Division to new premises at “Suhurupaya”, Battaramulla

The Consular Affairs Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will be relocated to the new premises at the 16th floor of “Suhurupaya”, Sri Subhuthipura Road, Battaramulla with effect from 02 May 2024. All consular services will be provided to the public at the new office premises during regular office hours from Monday to Friday, 8.30 am to 4.15 pm.

Sri Lanka co-chairs the 15th Inter-Sessional Meeting of the ASEAN Regional Forum on Non–Proliferation and Disarmament

Sri Lanka co-chairs the 15th Inter-Sessional Meeting of the ASEAN Regional Forum on Non–Proliferation and Disarmament

Sri Lanka, Thailand and USA co-chaired the 15th Inter-Sessional Meeting (ISM) of the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) on Non –Proliferation and Disarmament (NPD), held from 29 April – 01 May 2024 in Hawaii, USA. The meeting followed Sri Lanka’s hosting of the 14th ARF Inter-Sessional Meeting on Non Proliferation and Disarmament in Colombo last year.

Govt. gazettes Colombo Port City investment incentives

Govt. gazettes Colombo Port City investment incentives

  • Reliefs include concessionary 50% tax rate; enhanced capital allowance; flexibility of currency choice on payment of dividends or other financial benefits by businesses
  • Lists secondary businesses of strategic importance at Colombo Port City

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Elefantentaufe(AFP), 10.06.2012, Colombo — Im größten Elefanten-Waisenhaus Sri Lankas sind 15 Baby-Elefanten getauft worden. Es sei die größte jemals in dem Waisenhaus veranstaltete Massentaufe gewesen, erklärte der Direktor der Einrichtung, Nihal Senaratne. Bei den Elefantenbabys habe es sich um 13 im vergangenen Jahr sowie zwei 2010 geborene Tiere gehandelt. Für die Namenswahl sei eigens ein Astrologe um Rat gebeten worden, der den ersten Buchstaben für den Namen entsprechend des Horoskops jedes Elefantenbabys festlegte. Besucher des Waisenhauses durften dann Namensvorschläge machen.

Elefanten gelten in Sri Lanka als heilig. Eine Reihe der im Pinnawala-Waisenhaus geborenen Tiere wurde bereits als Geschenk an buddhistische Tempel gegeben, um dort bei Paraden aufzutreten. Sri Lanka verfügt noch immer über eine gesunde Elefantenpopulation. Einer Studie aus dem vergangenen Jahr zufolge leben mehr als 7000 Elefanten in freier Wildbahn.