The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce pledges to join the fight to end gender-based violence by joining the global campaign “Orange the World: 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence’. In Sri Lanka, the first dedicated national survey on violence against women and girls, the Women’s Wellbeing Survey, revealed that two in five women were subjected…
The upcoming Sri Lanka Economic Summit 2021, the foremost and most anticipated economic event of Sri Lanka, will host a lineup of contemporary dialogues under this year’s theme ‘Springboard for revival: Opportunity to reset’. Day two of the event will feature a session dedicated to ‘Survival to Recovery: Reviving Tourism Inflows’ on 7th December, 2021….
Underpinning the power of remittances to drive development and in support of Central Bank of Sri Lanka’s (CBSL) efforts to optimize inward remittances to Sri Lanka, leading private sector bank HNB PLC, recognized and rewarded their top achieving customers, at a special ceremony at their premises. The event featured CBSL Governor, Ajith Nivard Cabraal as…
Sri Lanka Convention Bureau (SLCB) recently organaised its first ever virtual familiarization tour of the newest and unique MICE (Meetings, Incentive travel, Conferences, Exhibitions) venues located in the areas from Colombo up to Beruwala and Colombo upto Waikkal. Over 100 participants representing local professional conference organisers, professional exhibition organisers, professional event organisers, meeting planners, wedding…
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said that in the future too many unpopular decisions will have to be taken to overcome the global economic challenges and to keep the country on the path to prosperity. Even though the people criticized these interventions, the country and the people would reap the benefits in the near future, the President…
Sri Lanka is already in one of the worst economic crises in its history. The reforms are so difficult that no party will want to even contemplate let alone implement them fearing loss of popularity. The longer reforms are postponed, the worse the problem becomes which makes remedies even more difficult to implement. The only…
Five of these countries have already reopened their borders to vaccinated travellers from Singapore. SINGAPORE: Singapore will extend vaccinated travel lanes (VTLs) to six more countries next month, the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) announced on Friday (Nov 26). From Dec 14, travellers from Thailand may enter Singapore under the quarantine-free VTL. Travellers from Cambodia, Fiji,…
Members of Sri Lanka’s tourism industry are set to gain useful insights from a survey of 10,000 travel consumers across 10 key Sri Lankan source markets, in a webinar organised by Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) in collaboration with Market Development Facility (MDF), Australia’s flagship private sector development program. “Business and Consumer Insights for…
SriLankan Airlines, today, assured to Indian travellers that the Airline is committed to increase the flights to destinations that were temporarily halted due to the pandemic, restore operations to pre-COVID-19 levels, and offer Indian travelers a wide range of connections to Sri Lanka. SriLankan Airlines’ Chairman, Ashok Pathirage, said “India is our biggest market, and…
A nation’s budget is not only a statement of income and expenditure but also an instrument for implementing the priorities of the government. Since almost the entirety of resources for social sectors, including for service delivery that is crucial for children’s wellbeing, is funded by public sector budgets, a country’s budget is one of the…
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