The Silk Road Journal by Mahika Ming The ancient Silk Road is few thousand years old. The modern Silk Road is the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Northwest China was the place where the ancient Silk Road met China. Traders on foot & on Camels travelling to and from China travelled thousands of miles through…
John Keells Holdings says that the agreement regarding the Colombo Port West Container Terminal (WCT) was signed today (30) and the construction is scheduled to commence in early 2022. The company said in a disclosure to the Colombo Stock Exchange. “BOT Agreement between the Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) and the Colombo West International Container…
Asia Capital PLC Announces Dynamic New Strategic Direction for Sustainable Post Pandemic Growth Asia Capital PLC, at its Board Meeting held on Thursday (today), 30th September 2021, unanimously appointed a new Board of Directors lead by veteran business leader, Mr. Thilanga Sumathipala PhD. Commenting on this dynamic and strategic new direction for Asia Capital, controlling…
Firming up a strategic deal at the Colombo Port in Sri Lanka, the Adani Group will on Thursday sign a build-operate-transfer (BOT) agreement with its local partner John Keells Holdings and the Sri Lanka Port Authority (SLPA), to jointly develop its West Container Terminal (WCT). While the Adani Group has been in talks with John Keells, one…
Sri Lanka Tourism in collaboration with the Sri Lanka Embassy in Vietnam organized webinar to create awareness of the destination and Health Protocols amongst Vietnamese Tourism & Travel Trade. Currently Sri Lanka is not an ideal “bucket list” destination for Vietnamese travelers and therefore the virtual event helped to showcase Sri Lanka’s niche tourism products…
The Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL), Mr. Ajith Nivard Cabraal, will be unveiling ‘The Six-Month Road Map for Ensuring Macroeconomic and Financial System Stability’ on Friday, 01 October 2021. The event will be held at the Atrium of the CBSL and the proceedings will commence at 10.00 a.m. Due to the prevailing COVID-19…
Sarvodaya Development Finance further strengthened its leadership ranks with the appointment of high net-worth investor on Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) S.N. Senthilverl as a non-executive, non-independent Director, to the Board of Directors. Being an extremely active investor at the CSE, Senthilverl who has earned his MBA from University of Southern Queensland Australia, brings over 18…
Sri Lanka’s ICT/BPM country Brand the “Island of Ingenuity” – IOI, was promoted at the Digital ICT Week in Luxembourg from 13th to 17th September 2021. Sri Lanka Export Development Board (EDB) together with the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Brussels organized the participation of seven (7) Sri Lankan companies at the ICT Spring Europe…
Foreign policy plays an important role in strengthening economic and trade relations and has the potential to positively impact the profile of a country. Sri Lanka Tourism recognizing the significant role played by the Sri Lankan Foreign Service representatives have collaborated with missions on initiatives in key source markets as well as in emerging markets…
To further enhance and expand investment corridors between Sri Lanka and Thailand, the Embassy and Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka in Bangkok, together with the Board of Investment of Sri Lanka and China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) Port City Colombo (Pvt) Ltd, co-hosted a high-powered dialogue by inviting leading line agencies and trade chambers of…
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