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[…]The post Why Should We Beg IMF? – When More Than $36 Billion To Be Recovered appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
Sri Lanka recorded over 100,000 tourists within the first 26 days of February 2023, Minister of Tourism Harin Fernando stated, making this the second consecutive month in which Sri Lanka s tourism industry has seen such numbers.
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China Daily: Sri Lanka is set to receive its first group of post-pandemic Chinese tourists after becoming one of the first 20 countries to resume the organization of outbound group tourists from China since COVID-19. Their flight will depart from the Shanghai Pudong International Airport on March 3. “We are expecting Chinese tourists to come […]
President Ranil Wickremesinghe has announced plans to make Sri Lanka a tourist destination that attracts foreigners, throughout the year.He made the pledge during a meeting with businessmen, from the tourism industry, in the Galle District, on Friday, under the theme “Survival and Overcoming Challenges in the Tourism Industry.” During the meeting, President Wickremesinghe acknowledged ...
President Ranil Wickremesinghe said that tourist numbers had dropped following the protests in May and June of last year. Wickremesinghe announced plans to make Sri Lanka a year-round tourist destination, with measures to be taken to promote the tourism sector. He made these comments during a meeting with businessmen from the tourism industry in the […]
President Ranil Wickremesinghe has announced plans to make Sri Lanka a year-round tourist destination, with measures to be taken to promote the tourism sector. He made these comments during a meeting with businessmen from the tourism industry in the Galle District yesterday (23), which was organized under the theme “Survival and Overcoming Challenges in the […]
President Ranil Wickremesinghe has pledged to necessary steps to boost the tourism sector to make Sri Lanka a tourist destination throughout the year.
The Ministry of Tourism has launched a Travel Card as an initiative to further progress Sri Lanka s tourism industry.
Antyra Solutions, an integrated digital agency that combines creativity, technology and performance-based digital marketing solutions, recently celebrated its eighth anniversary and hosted a client appreciation evening at Jetwing Colombo Seven. Antyra offers customers a range of services under its three main business verticals. Antyra Studios, the agency’s design arm, works on end-to-end branding ...
By N Sathiya Moorthy The series of protests that political parties and public servants have threatened over the coming days, weeks and months has the potential of making Sri Lanka into a virtually ungoverned nation into an ungovernable country. In turn, this can have consequences for the much-needed economic recovery, which hinges on the triple […]
[…]The post Alternatives To The IMF & The Future Of The Welfare State: Beyond The Blame Game Between Superpowers appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
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The historic Temple of the Tooth Relic in Kandy, Sri Lanka will host a ‘Janaraja Perahera’ today (February 19), after a gap of 34 years.The post ‘Janaraja Perahera’ to parade Kandy streets today appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
Excerpted from volume ii of Sarath Amunugama autobiography I was lucky both as Permanent Secretary and a researcher in the field of family planning to spend time in the east coast which is one of the loveliest parts of Sri Lanka, with its pristine beaches and a large swath of blue sea. The Information department […]
The Rugby World Cup 2023 trophy, known as the Webb Ellis Cup, arrived in Sri Lanka today. Mastercard said the coveted trophy will be in the country for six days till February 23, ahead of the Rugby World Cup event to be held in France later this year. The itinerary for these six days will […]
As part of the ‘Prevention of Marine Litter in the Lakshadweep Sea’ (PROMISE) project, funded by the European Union (EU), through the SWITCH-Asia Programme. Government institutions, academia, NGOs, international development organizations, and tourism industry associations, gathered, in Colombo, for a policy roundtable discussion. The PROMISE project has organized a series of policy roundtable meet...
FitsAir, Sri Lanka’s first privately owned international airline, is set to increase international flight offerings with the launch of service to Chennai, India. The new direct flight from Colombo to Chennai is set to commence starting 20th February 2023 and will initially fly three times a week. This will be upgraded to a daily service […]
The Rugby World Cup 2023 trophy, known as the Webb Ellis Cup, is to be on display in Sri Lanka for the first time from tomorrow (18 February). Mastercard said the coveted trophy will be in the country for six days till February 23, ahead of the Rugby World Cup event to be held in […]
Solutions have been sought to tackle marine litter in the Lakshadweep Sea between Sri Lanka, Maldives and India. As part of the ‘Prevention of Marine Litter in the Lakshadweep Sea’ (PROMISE) project, funded by the European Union (EU) through the SWITCH-Asia Programme. Government institutions, academia, NGOs, international development organizations and tourism industry associations gathered in [...
The Embassy of Sri Lanka in Iran, with the assistance of the Association of Air Transport & Tourism Agencies of Iran and the Sri Lanka Tea Board, successfully organized Sri Lanka's participation in the 16th Tehran International Exhibition of Tourism and Related Industries held from 07-10 February 2023 at the Tehran International Fairground in Iran.
Sri Lanka and India will sign a pact to link their power grids and start negotiations on an upgraded trade agreement within two months, a Sri Lankan diplomat said on Wednesday, as the island nation seeks a way out of its worst economic crisis in decades.The post Sri Lanka, India to sign power grid linking pact within two months – envoy appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News ...
Civil society grouping Direction Sri Lanka has said that the country required an Independent National Planning Commission. The following is the text of a statement issued by Direction Sri Lanka: “It is the considered position of Direction Sri Lanka that the neglect of evidence-based national planning in the Country now for over four decades has […]
Debt-stricken Sri Lanka is fast-tracking efforts to seal a stalled trade pact with Thailand in order to boost trade and tourism, and improve the foreign currency shortage that has led to its worst economic crisis, a government minister said on Tuesday.The post Sri Lanka to fast-track trade pact with Thailand amid crisis appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA...
By Hiran H. Senewiratne Sri Lanka does not have a proper port management system and this drawback causes tremendous delays when dealing with documentation. It will not serve the purpose even if the government expands port operations, Minister of Ports, Shipping and Aviation Nimal Siripala de Silva said. “The government should not regulate the shipping […]
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Sri Lanka’s external reserves surpassed two billion dollars in January, reflecting gradual improvement in the foreign exchange conditions in the domestic market which was made possible due to a slew of tightening measures and also due to the acceleration in the foreign currency inflows, recently.The post January foreign reserves end up above US$ 2 Billion, first time in about a year appeared first...
by Rex Clementine There will be a residential training camp for Sri Lanka’s cricketers ahead of their tour of New Zealand that gets underway next month. The training camp will take place from 16th to 23rd of February in a bid to help players get acclimatize to the conditions in New Zealand. The team will be […]
Kamal Munasinghe, Area Vice President Colombo Cinnamon Hotels & Resorts and General Manager, Cinnamon Grand Colombo was recognised as the Hospitality sector Business Leader of the Year at the annual CEO Awards held recently. The glamorous, black-tie event recognises outstanding business leaders who are game changers in their respective categories. Conceptualised by the CEO Magazine, […]
SriLankan Airlines is set to renew its commercial operations to China in the first week of April 2023, with a thrice weekly service each to Shanghai, Beijing and Guangzhou as China reopens its borders. China was a leading source market for inbound tourism to Sri Lanka and one of SriLankan’s premier leisure traveller segments before […]