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  • Nov- 2019 -
    13 November

    TOURISM INDUSTRY

    International tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka declined for the seventh month following the Easter Sunday attacks. A decline of 22.5 percent was recorded in

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  • 8 November

    TRANSPORT NETWORK

    The Road Development Authority (RDA) of Sri Lanka announced that two more sections of the Southern Expressway (E01) will be opened for vehicular traffic

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  • 4 November

    BIZ DEVELOPMENT

    Japanese Ambassador to Sri Lanka Akira Sugiyama has welcomed an invitation extended to the Japanese biz community to invest in industrial zones

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  • 1 November

    RAIL SERVICES

    The country’s first intercity train between Colombo Fort and Badulla – Denuwara Menike – commenced service on the main line recently

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  • Oct- 2019 -
    28 October

    WATER SUPPLY

    The construction of three major reservoirs in the Uma Oya Hydropower Complex (a.k.a. Uma Oya Multipurpose Development

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  • 25 October

    BUSINESS CLIMATE

    Sri Lanka has moved one place higher and is now ranked 99th of 190 countries in the Doing Business 2020 index, according to the World Bank

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  • 24 October

    TOURISM INDUSTRY

    Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Tourism Development and Christian Religious Affairs announced that it would launch a short-term TV marketing campaign

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  • 23 October

    GLOBAL FINANCE

    The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has delisted Sri Lanka from its compliance document a.k.a. the ‘grey list

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  • 21 October

    HEALTHCARE SECTOR

    A doubling of collective efforts to create awareness on mental health challenges is required –as urged by Sri Lanka’s Permanent Representative to the UN

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  • 17 October

    NATIONAL AGENDA

    The Government of Sri Lanka recently passed a bill to establish a National Innovation Agency (NIA) to promote innovation and research at the country level

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