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Sri Lanka in top 10 most Instagrammable list of US travel website

Sri Lanka sees rise in tourist arrivals in January

February 2, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka to promote Ramayana sites to attract Indian tourists

There will be more tourists to visit Ramayana sites in the future than Buddhist places in the country. 

February 2, 2023 2 min read

Sri Lanka gets 102,000 tourists in January 2023

Russia, UK, India and Germany remain the top three source markets since 2022.

February 2, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka's Hambantota Port says cruise calls rising

Three vessels call in January

February 2, 2023 1 min read
Sri Lanka easy online tourist visa from midnight, VFS Global distress ends: Minister

Now foreigners can get visas easily. This is a great victory

Sri Lanka begins forensic audit into VFS Global deal irregularities: Minister

Any discrepancies found will be subject to legal action in the future

Sri Lanka expects to resume fishery exports to EU in July

ECOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera has a welcomed a decision by the European Commission to rec...

April 22, 2016 2 min read

Dutch water expertise to tackle Sri Lanka kidney disease

ECONOMYNEXT – Dutch water experts have begun helping Sri Lanka to study a kidney disease believed to be caused by...

April 22, 2016 2 min read

EU to lift ban on Sri Lanka fish exports

ECONOMYNEXT - The European Commission had recommended that a ban on fish exports from Sri Lanka to the European Union be...

April 21, 2016 1 min read

Strike at Sri Lanka Brandix apparel factory in India

ECONOMYNEXT – Workers at Brandix India, a subsidiary of one of Sri Lanka’s top apparel exporters, Brandix ...

April 21, 2016 1 min read

Workers at India unit Sri Lanka apparel maker strike for higher wages

ECONOMYNEXT - Workers at Brandix India Apparel City, run by Sri Lanka's Brandix apparel group are on strike demanding hi...

April 20, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka real estate expo by Lamudi

ECONOMYNEXT - Lamudi.lk, a portal covering Sri Lanka's property listings said it is holding a real estate exhibition in ...

April 18, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka contractors told to avoid costly litigation with better mitigation

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lankan construction firms will find it more cost effective to comply with biodiversity safeguar...

April 11, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka to assemble Volkswagen diesels for domestic market

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's investment promotion agency said Senok Automobile (Pvt) Ltd, will be given land to build a pla...

April 11, 2016 2 min read

Emotional Harsha firmly behind life-saving EMT service; invites Sri Lanka businesses to support

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's Deputy Foreign Minister Harsha de Silva invited businesses to help expand an island-wide param...

April 9, 2016 7 min read

Sri Lanka high grown teas gain in March

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lankan tea prices in March 2016 remained below those of a year ago with the exception of high g...

April 8, 2016 2 min read
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Sri Lanka tourist arrivals up 22-pct in March, India surges ahead of China

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's tourist arrivals surged 22.8 percent in March 2016, from a year earlier, with India surging ah...

April 5, 2016 2 min read

Indonesia frees visa for Sri Lanka tourists

ECONOMYNEXT - Indonesia has relaxed visa requirements for Sri Lankan citizens who will be given a 30-day visa on arrival...

April 4, 2016 1 min read

India to gift 150 boats, equipment to northern Sri Lanka fishermen

ECONOMYNEXT – India is to gift 150 boats and fishing equipment to 300 fishermen of Mullaithivu, in northern Sri L...

April 3, 2016 1 min read

Biodiversity safeguards mooted in Sri Lanka building contracts

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s private sector is considering ways to introduce safeguards in construction contr...

Rohan Gunasekera
April 1, 2016 2 min read

China wants to invest in Sri Lanka fisheries

ECONOMYNEXT – China wants to import more fish from Sri Lanka and invest in increasing the island's fisheries prod...

March 31, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka plantations oppose political influence on wage talks

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s regional plantations companies have called on the government not to interfere in...

March 31, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka plantations wage talks deadlocked

ECONOMYNEXT – Talks on a new collective wage agreement between Sri Lanka’s regional plantations companies ...

March 31, 2016 1 min read

India's Vista Rooms says links up 200 properties in Sri Lanka

ECONOMYNEXT - India-based VistaRooms said it had linked up over 200 properties in 25 cities in Sri Lanka ranging from bu...

March 30, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka allocates Rs2bn for tea, rubber small farmer subsidies

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s plantation industries minister Navin Dissanayake said the Treasury has agreed t...

March 30, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka hosts travel bloggers to boost destination on social media

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka will host its second gathering of travel bloggers in June as part of an effort by the tou...

March 28, 2016 2 min read