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2019 WAS CHINA’S WEAKEST YEAR
Official figures show that the world's second largest economy expanded by 6.1% in 2019 from the year before - the worst figure in 29 years
TOURIST REVIVAL
Sri Lanka has managed to achieve its revised tourist arrival target for 2019 despite it being a tough year for the industry and country
TOURISM TRADE
A recent survey conducted by Top 10 of Asia – an English language magazine owned and published by Malaysia based RHA Media – has ranked
TEA INDUSTRY
Tea production in Sri Lanka declined by 3.6 percent while exports increased by 2.8 percent in November 2019, according to a report
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Sri Lanka’s government must advance economic growth: UNDP
BILATERAL RELATIONS
Secretary to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka Ravinatha Aryasinha has called for regaining the island’s economic prominence in Egypt
REGIONAL COOPERATION
Speaking at the 35th SAARC Charter Day, the Minister of Foreign Relations Dinesh Gunawardena urged the SAARC member countries to take decisive steps to
BANKING SECTOR
With digitalisation transforming the financial services industry and the banking sector in particular, the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) has called
HEALTH SECTOR
Consultant venereologist Dr. Lilani Rajapaksa of Sri Lanka College of Sexual Health and HIV Medicine recently confirmed that WHO has certified
TRAIN FACILITIES
Sri Lanka will receive a total of eight new trains over the course of the coming months, which are set to boost rail services especially in the hill country
INFLATION STATISTICS
The Department of Census and Statistics of Sri Lanka has reported a slight uptick in headline inflation – as determined by the National Consumer
ECONOMIC INDICATOR
The Sri Lanka Purchasing Managers’ Indx (PMI) – released by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) – recorded more rapid growth in the manufacturing and services
AVIATION INDUSTRY
The Sri Lankan government has increased aircraft navigation facility charges on foreign flights by 57 percent – the fees were last revised by the Civil
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
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
BIZ DEVELOPMENT
Japanese Ambassador to Sri Lanka Akira Sugiyama has welcomed an invitation extended to the Japanese biz community to invest in industrial zones
RAIL SERVICES
The country’s first intercity train between Colombo Fort and Badulla – Denuwara Menike – commenced service on the main line recently
WATER SUPPLY
The construction of three major reservoirs in the Uma Oya Hydropower Complex (a.k.a. Uma Oya Multipurpose Development