ECONOMYNEXT – The United Kingdom has expressed readiness to expand foreign direct investment in Sri Lanka, President Maithripala Sirisena’s office said following … UK has promised to put new investment opportunities in Sri Lanka on the Ministry of International Trade website, the statement said.
GENEVA: Fifteen people were injured on Wednesday (Apr 18) when a coach carrying tourists from Sri Lanka crashed with two trucks on a Swiss highway, police and media said. A tourist coach carrying 40 passengers collided with two trucks near the Winterth…
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka has slapped a 15 percent tax on gold after imports surged in 2018, a finance ministry official said, as the rupee also plunged following a rate cut and bout of liquidity injections into the banking system. Sri Lanka’s gold imports which were 9,148 kilograms in 2016 had risen to …
Sri Lanka/SOUTH ASIA- P147827- LK Water Supply and Sanitation Improvement Project – Procurement Plan (English)
Apr 18, Colombo: Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) has ordered to temporarily close the Mirissa Tourist restaurant which was involved in assaulting a tourist couple. Six suspects were arrested and remanded until April 19, in connection wi…
The Indian Men’s National Team has been grouped with South Asian neighbours the Maldives and Sri Lanka in Group B during the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Suzuki Cup 2018 Bangladesh today in Dhaka. The defending champions will begin their campaign against Sri Lanka on 5th …
Sri Lanka on Wednesday slapped a 15% tax on gold to curb surging imports that have impacted the trade deficit and put pressure on the exchange rate, officials … Sri Lanka’s central bank warned in February that the sharp spike in gold imports was worsening the island nation’s yawning trade deficit.
Minister of Fisheries Mahinda Amaraweera says, Sri Lanka Fisheries Corporation has been able to provide a number of varieties of fish at lower rates to consumers. Due to this more prices of fish in the local market during the festive season were report…
‘President Maithripala Sirisena says Sri Lankan Government’s “Blue-Green” economic plan will ensure the full utilization of the ocean and other natural resources of Sri Lanka in an environmentally friendly and sustainable manner. Delivering the keynote address at the Commonwealth Business Forum, …
COLOMBO, April 18 (Reuters) – The Sri Lankan rupee inched up after touching a record low on Wednesday, with dollar demand from importers offsetting limited selling of the U.S. currency by exporters earlier in the session, dealers said. The rupee hit an…