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Afghani man named Farhad Shakeri, recruited by Iran had found n accomplice, according to the report
"Trust your gut, if a situation doesn’t feel right, get out of it."
Israel asked its citizens to avoid non-essential travel to Sri Lanka, leave coastal tourist areas
There were 151 Israelis reported to be in the country
Enter Air is the fourth airline to launch operation to Sri Lanka this week
VFS said it was a technical partner to the e-visa outsourcing scheme
Crisis-hit Sri Lanka is desperately looking for tourism earning to finance its imports
Cinnamon Life will transform Colombo as a leisure and entertainment destination for the region
"We need to provide the right product and think out of the box in this segment. It's highly competitive."
Office in Colombo 01 and regional offices in Jaffna, Trincomalee, Matara, Kandy and Kurunegala are closed
Aziz said the company has set a total revenue target of 1.1 billion rupees by 2024.
Arrivals down 20 percent in August compared to July.
Sold to China Travel International Investment Hong Kong Limited.
Canada has advised Canadians in Sri Lanka to “keep supplies of food, water and fuel".
President Wickremesinghe through interim budget expects 2.5 million tourists in 2023.
Top three source markets are UK, India and Germany.
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| US Dollar | 332.5018 | 332.3603 |
| UK Pound | 440.0661 | 440.9424 |
| Euro | 367.7137 | 368.4879 |
| Yen | 2.0793 | 2.0805 |
| Aus Dollar | 226.4670 | 227.4342 |
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| Indian Rupee | 3.5357 | 3.5474 |
| Korean Won | 0.2494 | 0.2492 |
| Oman Rial | 863.5962 | 863.2287 |
| Saudi Riyal | 88.5939 | 88.5586 |
| UAE Dirham | 90.5259 | 90.4874 |
| pts | % | |
|---|---|---|
| S&P SL20 | 6,293.72 | -1.13% |
| CSE All Share | 22,024.18 | -0.60% |
| Turnover Rs | 3232.70 million | 2975.05 million |
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| 3-m bill | 7.61 | 7.84 |
| 6-m bill | 7.91 | 8.26 |
| 12-m bill | 8.23 | 8.3 |
| 3-yr bond | 9.24 | 9.25 |
| 5-yr bond | 9.82 | 9.56 |
| 8-yr bond | 10.50 | 10.48 |
| today | yesterday | |
|---|---|---|
| Overnight Money | 7.70 | 7.69 |
| Gilt Repo | 7.74 | 7.72 |
| I-m SLIBOR | - | - |
Sri Lanka currently offers one-year multiple entru visas and single entry visas with a sixth-month stay period.
"Our endeavour is to prevent any untoward incident involving Indians outside India."
"This is a positive step and I am positive that the winter tourism season will perform well."
The UK no longer advises against all but essential travel to Sri Lanka
Political instability in the past three months hurt the island nation's 3rd largest foreign earner
"Because we have a threat of risk to the banks as well."
Sri Lanka is desperate for foreign currency earnings through tourism
"We need to bounce back and bounce back fast,” said Cooray.
The cabinet has given the approval to re-initiate the operation effecting from July 01,2022
The embassy said 60 Brazilian participants attended the online event.
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