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By Cassandra Mascarenhas The Government eServices project spearheaded by the ICT Agency of Sri Lanka celebrated a landmark achievement last evening, launching 22 important eGovernment services, further strengthening the country’s Government sector by making public services easily accessible to the citizens of Sri Lanka via the internet and mobile communication systems. Presidential Secretary...
The third in the revived Exporters’ Forum series in Sri Lanka’s new thrust concluded successfully on 10 July in Colombo with the community praising the effort for ‘active follow up’ on problems faced by Sri Lankan exporters. “Today we successfully cleared Rs. 15.5 m refunds which were due for exporters and also managed to resolve ...
As Sri Lanka-UK bilateral trade volumes reported a further rise in 2011, the UK is keen to raise its investments in Sri Lanka. “UK’s Cleveland Bridge Ltd., the well-known global tech engineering company, has won a contract to build 210 permanent steel bridges in Si Lanka. This infrastructure project is partly funded with a loan ...
Corporate event management specialist B-Connected is celebrating 15 years of success. Identifying a niche market for corporate event management, B-Connected was started as a small one-woman enterprise in 1997. Today it has grown and diversified, its roots spreading from event management to recruitment, office support services and more. Events and conference management remains the core ...
Wide publicity has been given to the events unfolding at the Sri Lanka Tourism regarding the resignation of the Chairman from Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau, Sri Lanka Institute of Tourism and Hotel Management and Sri Lanka Convention Bureau and the performance of the Board of Investment. The media reports have given the impression that ...
Ballooning trade gap Even with the multitude of measures taken to curb imports, Sri Lanka's cumulative trade deficit widened to nearly US$ 1.7 billion in the first two months of the year with earnings from exports increasing marginally by 3.3 per cent to US$ 1.8 billion whilst import expenditure shooting by 24.7 per cent to ...
By The Lion Without Spot The Pure Ceylon Tea debate rages on. Though the dialogue so far has largely been confined to the print media on the way forward for Sri Lanka’s tea industry and it will no doubt open out the opportunity for discussion in other forums as well, in the days to come. ...
News reports point to an important decision that the minister concerned has been requested to make on the above subject. If this is correct it is important that we recognise that it is more than a million dollar decision that has been called for. It is so important a decision because it could determine the ...
A Japanese business delegation led by Chairman of the Japan-Sri Lanka Business Cooperation Committee and Senior Corporate Advisor to Itochu Corporation of Japan Kouhei Watanabe met Minister of Economic Development Basil Rajapaksa at the Ministry of Economic Development yesterday. Watanabe said the Japan Sri Lanka Business Cooperation Committee was working toward promoting investment and trade ...
Sri Lanka Expo 2012 will kick off from 28 to 31 March at Sirimavo Bandaranayke Memorial Exhibition Centre of BMICH, under the theme ‘Partnering with the Hub of Asia.’ This event will be organised by the Export Development Board. Having foreseen the importance of Expo 2012 to promote Sri Lanka as a destination, Sri Lanka ...
By Cheranka Mendis The local tea industry must be prepared to make maximum benefit of Sri Lanka’s biggest market for tea, Russia, entering the World Trade Organisation, Plantation Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe said. Speaking at the award presentation of ‘Ceylon Speciality Estate Tea of the Year’ 2011 Russia held at the Galle Face Hotel, Samarasinghe stated ...
Expo 2012 promoted to national event as catalyst to reach US$ 15 b in exports by 2015 Powerful Cabinet committee appointed; over 1,000 delegates from 30 countries expected Five international road shows done in 2011 as pre-publicity Offers from EU and S. Asian countries to be exhibitors Sri Lanka’s first international export show, which is ...
Proposal: 1. Encouraging export industries Devaluation of Sri Lanka Rupee by 3%. Impact: The Sri Lanka Rupee has been appreciating vis-à-vis the competitor countries eroding the competitiveness of our exports. Therefore, the proposed 3% devaluation of the local currency is an encouraging step towards generating more export revenue and maintaining the competitive edge of our ...
In business the most difficult part is finding, servicing and retaining markets and market share. In exports, this is even more challenging. The ultimate in value addition is brand marketing. The optimum return in global business is achieved by the growth and development of brands. The national economy where the brand is owned has a ...
Despite crises in most world markets, the Government yesterday remained upbeat on prospects for Sri Lanka’s exports which have grown by 35% so far to reach $ 5 billion giving optimism that end 2011 figure would top $ 10 billion. “On the back of 21% growth in exports in 2010, current year’s exports have grown ...
On 28 July, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan announced the list of recipients for the Foreign Minister’s Commendation for the fiscal year 2011. The Foreign Minister’s Commendations are awarded to individuals and groups for their outstanding achievements in international fields, to acknowledge their contribution to the promotion of friendship between Japan and other ...
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