SEC to showcase Lanka as a destination for foreign portfolio investments
The Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) has performed exceptionally well in the past 12 months with the All Share Price Index (ASPI) appreciating over 55%...
HIP sees a significant increase in RORO figures during 1st four months of 2021
The Hambantota International Port has seen a significant increase in their RORO figures during the first four months of 2021, compared to the corresponding...
BOI stresses need for continuing manufacturing process despite COVID disruptions
Board of Investment (BOI) Chairman, Sanjaya Mohottala yesterday, May 14, stressed the need for continuing the manufacturing process as a national responsibility, despite the...
Korean Ambassador meets WFP Representative and Country Director
Korean Ambassador, Santhush Woonjin JEONG met with Abdur Rahim Siddiqui, the newly-appointed United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Sri Lanka Country Director and Representative...
Islandwide travel restriction, similar to curfew, up to Monday
An islandwide travel restriction will be imposed from 11 pm today, May 13, to 4 am till Monday in order to prevent a further...
Opposition calls for postponement of vote on Port City Bill to discuss it properly
Chief Opposition Whip and Kandy District SJB MP, Lakshman Kiriella on Tuesday, expressed opposition to what he called a government to rush through Parliament...
Presidential Task Force for a green socio-economy
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has appointed a Presidential Task Force to transform Sri Lanka’s economy into a green socio-economy with sustainable solutions to climate change.
The...
Services at EPF division of Labour Department temporarily suspended
Services at the Employees’ Provident Fund Division of the Department of Labour at its Head Office and Regional Offices will be temporarily suspended on...
South Korea boosts SL economy with USD 500 million low interest loan
In the wake of China granting a USD 500 million loan, the Government of South Korea had agreed to provide concessional loans from the...
Country in bad shape economically, says JVP member Sunil Handunnetti
The government is using public money for its own benefit rather than on enhancing a production economy, JVP political bureau member and former MP...