Increasing and strengthening relationships with India, Sri Lanka’s closest neighbour and the main partner in helping deal with the economic crisis, which is rapidly growing at a rate of 7.2% would be …
World Bank to approve US$700 Mn for Sri Lanka next week
The World Bank is likely to approve US$700 million in budgetary and welfare support for Sri Lanka, State Minister of Finance Ranjith Siyambalapitiya confirmed. This is to be taken up at the next board …
Exclusive: World Bank set to approve $700 mln for Sri Lanka next week -sources
The World Bank is likely to approve $700 million in budgetary and welfare support for Sri Lanka at its next board meeting on June 28, sources told Reuters, the biggest funding tranche for the …
Exclusive: World Bank set to approve $700 mln for Sri Lanka next week -sources
The World Bank is likely to approve $700 million in budgetary and welfare support for Sri Lanka at its next board meeting on June 28, sources told Reuters, the biggest funding tranche for the …
Human capital and natural resources are the real assets of Sri Lanka, not its SOEs: Suresh Shah
Dividends paid to government by SOEs including State Banks is a mere 0.5% of state revenue Privatisation is a sensitive call undertaken in the interest of 22 million people Restructuring crucial …
Good governance and economic development – Part II
In the previous part we looked at how the governance issue that includes the efficacy of the anti-corruption machinery became an important issue in Sri Lanka following the grant of an extended fund …
Sri Lanka promotes business opportunities in Japan’s Niigata Prefecture
The Embassy of Sri Lanka in Tokyo, in collaboration with Samurai Lanka Co. Ltd., a Sri Lankan-owned enterprise in Niigata, and the Niigata Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NCCI), organised a Sri …
Can spluttering Sri Lanka get up to full speed at the World Cup Qualifier?
They are capable of beating the best but also hold within themselves the capacity to capitulate anytime | ESPN.com …
Doctors in Sri Lanka remove ‘world’s largest’ kidney stone that weighs whopping 1.8 pounds
Doctors in Sri Lanka set a new Guinness World Record when they removed the world’s largest kidney stone from a retired soldier earlier this month.
Zero Plastic National Movement: Envisioning a plastic free Sri Lanka
That’s the number of plastic bags (or shopping bags) that are dumped into the environment on a daily basis in Sri Lanka. These bags…. ..