Fly Dreamliner direct from Stockholm or Helsinki Thomson Airways now flies their new luxury Boeing 787 Dreamliner weekly to Colombo Sri Lanka from Stockholm in Sweden and Helsinki in Finland. These are both direct non stop flight of 10 hours and Premium Class are also available. These flights are a real show to Thomson Tui’s committment to Sri Lanka as they are an addition to the direct service from London Gatwick. Seats are sold on…
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Portuguese surnames and titles are very common among the Sinhalese The arrival of the Portuguese on Sri Lanka’s (Ceylon) shores in 1505 had a profound impact on local society and the Sinhalese. For one thing, the Portuguese title of Dom, originally applied to nobles and churchmen. Caught on by undergoing a slight change to Don to precede the proper names of local men. Its feminine form, Dona, applied to ladies of very high standing local…
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Palagathura known as the New Negombo Beach North In the last 12 months Palagathura junction has been transformed and now comprises of some of the best bars & restaurants in Negombo. However compared with the rest of Negombo, they offer you much better quality and lower prices than the established bars like Lords, Rodeo & Serendip which are situated near to Jetwing Blue. On the land side of the road is the delightful family restaurant run…
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Sri Lankan Tea Sector in Crisis The Sri Lankan tea sector is going through rough times. The tea plantations were nationalised in the 1970’s in an effort to run the estates under one umbrella. but with failing output, they were offered back via public auctions in 1992. Various conglomerates such as Keell’s, Aitken Spence and Hayleys saw an opportunity to vertical integrate tea production for sale and became major share holders of some of the…
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When it comes to saving, Sri Lankans have a lower saving rate than other Asian countries. Compare for example the Sri Lankan saving rate of 23%, compared to that of Singapore (53%), and of Malaysia (33%). India and the Philippines also have a higher saving rate of 31%. Reasons for this could be the low average salary of say 20,000 to 30,000 rps (US138 to US207) per month. However it may be down to the…
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