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Sri Lanka agriculture ministry secy removed hours after food shortage comments

“We do not wish to cover up the issue and offer deceptive answers,” he said.

December 22, 2021 2 min read

Sri Lanka exports hit a new monthly high in November 2021

Apparel exports grew 52.77 percent

December 22, 2021 2 min read

Sri Lanka forex shortages crippling businesses, IMF deal urged by Chambers

This will affect in maintaining the credibility of doing business with our suppliers and business

December 22, 2021 4 min read

Sri Lanka school teachers threaten trade union action again

“The education ministry has not implemented the cabinet decision,” said Stalin.

December 22, 2021 2 min read
Sri Lanka chamber session to explore SOE reform

The session on SOE reform will be on December 06.

Sri Lanka records the lowest tea production in 26-years

The cost of production of tea growers has steeply risen by 30-35 percent so far this year

Singapore's Zilingo acquires Sri Lanka's nCinga for US$15.5mn

Zilingo, a Singapore-based fashion platform, has acquired Sri Lanka's nCinga Innovations for 15.5 million US dollars in ...

December 17, 2019 2 min read

State universities lack data science units: IPS

Only two state-owned Sri Lankan universities have set up units to train data scientists who are in high demand, the Inst...

December 17, 2019 2 min read

Sri Lanka coconut auction prices up 27-pct in a month

Sri Lanka raw coconut prices grew 4 percent to 39,823 rupees at a weekly auction of December 13, up from 38,275, extendi...

December 16, 2019 1 min read

US trains English teachers to prepare Sri Lanka students for global markets

The United States is training English teachers in Sri Lanka to help equip students with a range of language, leadership ...

December 16, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka state universities lack data science units: IPS

Only two state-owned Sri Lankan universities have set up units to train data scientists who are in high demand, the Inst...

December 16, 2019 2 min read

Lanka Tiles partners China firm to export tiles to the US amid trade war

Lanka Tiles Plc, a Sri Lankan ceramics firm, said it has entered into a joint venture with China's Foshan Shiwan Yulong ...

December 16, 2019 2 min read

Sri Lanka to bar foreigners from free state healthcare

Sri Lanka will ban foreign nationals in the country from getting free healthcare from the state hospitals, under a new g...

December 16, 2019 2 min read

Sri Lanka to widen negative list for foreign investments

Sri Lanka will expand a negative list for foreign investments in an unspecified set of industries, a government policy d...

December 16, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka's Harpo's to bake pizza across South Asia

Harpo's, the homegrown Sri Lankan pizza and pasta chain, will be expanding into South Asia with a franchise, founder and...

Tania Madies
December 15, 2019 2 min read

Sri Lanka tourist earnings down 10-pct in Nov 2019

Sri Lanka's tourism revenues were estimated to have been down 10.5 percent from a year earlier to 332 million US dollars...

December 14, 2019 1 min read
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Sri Lanka to 'strictly control' land rights of coconut farmland owners

Sri Lanka is planning to 'strictly control' the right and freedoms of coconut farm owners to put their land to alternati...

December 14, 2019 2 min read
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Sri Lanka trumps superbowl location among US Google searches in 2019

The most curious location in the world among internet users in the United States was Sri Lanka in 2019, according to Goo...

December 13, 2019 1 min read
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Sri Lanka industrial activity grows in October on higher food, apparel production

Sri Lanka's industrial activity had expanded 1.1 percent in October 2019 from a year earlier, the state statistics offic...

December 13, 2019 1 min read

School-based system to replace Z score; new trilingual national schools on the cards

The Cabinet announced a decision today to introduce a new “school-based scientific method” to select students for go...

Imesh Ranasinghe
December 12, 2019 3 min read

Sri Lanka to cut wheat flour import duty to relax oligopoly as rice prices spike

Sri Lanka will cut import taxes to end a wheat milling and flour oligopoly and bring prices down, as rice prices spiked,...

December 12, 2019 2 min read

Sri Lanka facilitating first US$400mn investment at Port City: Cabraal

Sri Lanka is facilitating the maiden 400 million dollar investment at the newly reclaimed land at Port City in Colombo, ...

December 12, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka gets ADB grant to train homestay owners, revise hotel school syllabus

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said it is funding a 500,000 US dollar grant to train homestay owners and revise the cu...

December 11, 2019 2 min read
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Sri Lanka invites more investments, tourists from China

Hi-tech Chinese companies should invest in Sri Lanka and more tourists could also visit the island now that the sector h...

December 10, 2019 2 min read

Sri Lanka tourist arrivals to recover by end of winter season: CB Deputy Governor

Sri Lanka's tourist arrivals are expected to fully recover from the setbacks after the Easter Sunday attacks by the end ...

December 10, 2019 1 min read

Only 1.7-pct of Sri Lanka's farming population has formal training: Survey

Among Sri Lanka's population engaged in farming, only 1.7 percent had reported they had received formal training in thei...

December 9, 2019 2 min read
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