Embassy and Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka in Bangkok coordinated the participation of Creative Director of Buddhi Batiks Darshi Keerthisena at the “3rd International Thai Silk Fashion Week” held at Royal Paragon Hall, Siam Paragon, Bangkok. SriLankan Airlines was one of the sponsors of Sri Lanka’s participation. The “3rd International Thai Silk Fashion Week”, the biggest fashion…
The Commercial Bank of Ceylon recently had the distinction of being featured to a global audience as one of 25 banks around the world that are working to promote environment consciousness among their customers. The occasion was the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 27) at which Doconomy AB, the Sweden-based impact-tech solutions company which…
Business Sentiment – The Mercury Drops As 2022 Ends As nitty-gritties with regard to the IMF bailout are still to be resolved – especially with regard to debt restructuring with Sri Lanka’s creditors and the implications of Budget 2023 sink in – it would seem that corporates have retracted their optimism. THE INDEX The LMD-NielsenIQ…
Minister of Tourism Harin Fernando states that 701,331 tourists visited Sri Lanka between January 2022 and December 26, 2022. The minister pointed out that the government expects tourist arrivals to hit 720,000 in total by the end of 2022. The number of tourist arrivals in the year 2021 stood at 194,495. According to the summary…
The Embassy of Sri Lanka in Brazil had a networking session with Brasilia based Printed and Electronic Media Journalists to promote Sri Lankan Tourism, Food and Ceylon Tea as part of the Trade and Tourism promotion initiatives of the Embassy, at its premises on 21 December, 2022. In his address to the journalists, Ambassador of Sri…
The Agreement on Exemption of Visa Requirements for holders of the Diplomatic and Official Passports between Sri Lanka and Cambodia signed on 10 May 2022, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation at Phnom Penh by Ambassador and Permanent Representative, C.A. Chaminda I Colonne of Sri Lanka, and Koy Kuong the Secretary of State…
Amount of fertilizer allocated per farmer displayed at all Agrarian Service Centers until 5 January The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), with funding through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), will distribute 36,000 metric tonnes of Triple Super Phosphate (TSP) fertilizer to all paddy farmers in Sri Lanka through…
SINGAPORE, Dec 27 (Reuters) – Oil prices rose to three-week highs on Tuesday as China’s latest easing of COVID-19 restrictions spurred fuel demand hopes, while concerns that winter storms across the United States are affecting energy production continued to support prices. Brent crude was up 52 cents, or 0.6%, at $84.44 a barrel by 0712…
The Hambantota International Port (HIP) is supporting Colombo Dockyard PLC (CDPLC) to handle running repairs to vessels while they remain afloat in the harbour. The majority of vessels directed to HIP for afloat repairs come with damages experienced below the water line. CDPLC carries out permanent repairs on these ships with service assistance from HIP. “Usually…
SriLankan Cares, the Corporate Social Responsibility arm, and the Engineering Division of SriLankan Airlines have launched ongoing community project, ‘A Day with a Plane’ to provide youngsters an opportunity to learn about aircraft. Photos show students from Walpola Sri Rathanasara Primary School; the Vocational Training Institute in Seeduwa; and Ananda Balika National School in Hingurakgoda…
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