Sri Lanka’s largest tourism exhibition, “Tourism Renaissance 2025” (Sancharaka Udawa 2025), was inaugurated today (23) at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall (BMICH) in Colombo under the patronage of President Anura Kumara Disanayake. Organized jointly by the Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau (SLTPB) and the Sri Lanka Association of Inbound Tour Operators (SLAITO), this event…
The Sri Lanka Export Development Board (EDB), in collaboration with the New Zealand High Commission, successfully conducted a pivotal Awareness Session on Market Access for Export Agricultural Products to the New Zealand Market at the EDB premises in Colombo. The session brought together a wide range of stakeholders, including exporters, producers, government agencies, and industry…
A new publication highlighting the appearance of Chinese-built infrastructure on foreign currency was unveiled at a book launch and symposium in Beijing on May 19, underscoring China’s global reach through its Belt and Road Initiative. The book, Chinese Imprints on World Currency, chronicles how infrastructure projects linked to China have been featured on coins and banknotes issued by countries around the world, casting…
A special workshop to brief Ministry Secretaries on the Government’s Digital Economy Strategy and its implementation was held yesterday (22) at the Presidential Secretariat, under the patronage of Secretary to the President Dr. Nandika Sanath Kumanayake. The session focused on the Government’s latest digital economic strategies and their implementation, along with discussions regarding the incorporation…
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says that the approval for the fourth review of Sri Lanka’s programme under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) is contingent on the government completing prior actions, including restoring electricity cost recovery pricing. Addressing the IMF’s weekly press briefing, the IMF Spokesperson Julie Kozack stated that the completion of the review…
• In a milestone moment for Sri Lanka’s financial sector, the Bank of Ceylon (BOC) and the National Savings Bank (NSB) reported record-breaking profits for the year 2024, officially presenting their annual reports to President Anura Kumara Dissanayake at the Presidential Secretariat today (22). The achievements, marked by robust fiscal discipline, strategic vision and public…
Sri Lankan tea, known for generations as ‘Ceylon Tea’ carries behind it a heritage and a success story like no other – Prime Minister Dr.Harini Amarasuriya The Prime Minister made these remarks while attending the International Tea Day, Tea for Harmony: Yaji 2025 China-Sri Lanka Cultural Gala event held 21st May at Marino Beach hotel…
The Indian Express – India’s Directorate General of Shipping, in a circular dated May 19, relaxed foul weather norms for the operation of Mechanised Sailing Vessels (MSV), or thonies, between Thoothukudi and Sri Lanka, which would allow trade operations throughout the year. Operators say this has come as a shot in the arm for maritime trade…
An awareness session on “Agricultural Product Exports to China through GACC Registration” was successfully conducted recently at the Sri Lanka Export Development Board (EDB) premises, as a follow-up action to the 25th Exporters’ Forum. The session was jointly organized by the EDB and the National Plant Quarantine Service (NPQS), with the objective of educating Sri…
CNN – Foreign nationals with $5 million to spare will soon be able to register for a new “gold card” visa that would give them the right to live and work permanently in the United States, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said on Wednesday. “I expect there will be a website up called ‘Trump card dot gov’ in about…
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