NEWS WEEK
SLO News Week
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May- 2019 -21 May
THIRD US-SRI LANKA DIALOGUE CONCLUDES
The US has expressed support for Sri Lanka’s counterterrorism efforts following the terror attacks in April. At the third
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21 May
ECONOMY TO RECOVER GRADUALLY: IMF
Sri Lanka’s economic recovery is expected to be gradual with the IMF projecting that GDP growth will accelerate to 3.6 percent this year
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13 May
GROWTH EXPECTED FOR INLAND FISHING
The Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources intends to harvest inland fish islandwide from water sources that are larger than
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13 May
IMPROVED ROADS FOR CITY CONNECTIVITY
The inauguration ceremony of ‘Ran Mawatha’ (golden road) – an islandwide road development programme – was held recently in Ratnapura
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13 May
EXPORT TARGETS COME UNDER PRESSURE
The tense situation created after the Easter Sunday attacks has added pressure on the exporter community as it strives to meet the delivery
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13 May
TECH LED NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
President Maithripala Sirisena said modern technology should be used for the betterment of people and not for their destruction, and
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7 May
COLOMBO TO HOST ADB SESSION IN 2021
Colombo is tipped to host the annual session of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in 2021. At a meeting with President of the Asian
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7 May
VALUE ADDED LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS
The National Livestock Development Board (NLDB) has sought credit line assistance of US$ 10 million from Israel, to mechanise the
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7 May
WORLD BANK GRANT FOR AGRICULTURE
The World Bank has granted US$ 58.7 million towards an agriculture modernisation project in Sri Lanka implemented by the Ministry
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7 May
TAX AMNESTY FOR TOURISM INDUSTRY
Sri Lanka is considering a tax amnesty programme for the tourism industry in the light of the Easter Sunday terror attacks that killed
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