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Events. Features. Nihal Keppetipola. June 22, 2021

SLPA Chairman assumes duties

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Newly appointed Chairman of the Sri Lanka Ports Authority Capt. Nihal Keppetipola has assumed duties this morning (June 22) at his office in Port of Colombo. […]

Events. Features. Nihal Keppetipola. June 21, 2021

Capt. Keppetipola Appointed Chairman of SLPA

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Capt. Nihal Keppetipola today (21.06.21) received his letter of appointment from the Minister of Ports and Shipping Hon. Rohitha Abeygunawardena as the Chairman of the Sri […]

Events. Features. News. May 23, 2021

Fire on X-Press Pearl: Firefighting continues

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THIS IS A DEVELOPING STORY The Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) is continuing to extinguish the fire that broke out on the X-Press Pearl container ship […]

Covid-19. Events. Features. SLPA Events. May 5, 2021

SLPA begins inoculating employees with second dose of COVID-19 vaccine

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Sri Lanka Ports Authority on Wednesday began administering the second dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. The inoculation of the second jab started at Port of […]

Covid-19. Daya Ratnayake. Events. Features. SLPA Events. April 21, 2021

CPAC meets to review current state of Covid-19

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The Covid-19 Preventive Action Committee (CPAC) held a review meeting on its operations at the Port of Colombo this morning, April 21, 2021. The meeting was […]

Daya Ratnayake. Features. SLPA Events. April 19, 2021

Sri Lanka Ports Authority celebrates Sinhala-Tamil New Year

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The traditional tea party to mark the commencement of duties after the dawn of the Sinhala and Tamil New Year was held today, April 19, at […]

Events. Features. SLPA Events. April 6, 2021

Sri Lanka Ports Authority launches ‘Theertha’ Magazine

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‘Theertha’, the official newspaper of the Sri Lanka Ports Authority, was recently published and launched as a magazine. The first copy of ‘Theertha’ magazine was presented […]

Events. Features. SLPA Events. March 10, 2021

SLPA Celebrates International Women’s Day

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“The world’s first woman  Prime Minister and the world’s first woman Executive President were from Sri Lanka.” – General Daya Ratnayake, Chairman, Sri Lanka Ports Authority […]

Events. Features. SLPA Events. March 2, 2021

Every organization needs visionary leadership for success – SLPA Chairman

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Under resource contribution and direction of Chairman  of the Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA)  – General DayaRatnayake, Company of Master Mariners of Sri Lanka, recently conducted […]

Events. Features. February 8, 2021

President inspects the construction of the model stalls

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The President His Excellency Gotabaya Rajapaksa inspected the construction of the model stalls at Galle Face Green in Colombo this morning (Feb. 08). The line of […]

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