(LANKAPUVATH | COLOMBO) – President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has instructed the Treasury to issue Rs. 93 billion to the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) to complete a debt payment of Rs. 96 billion to the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation.
"President instructs to release Rs. 93 billion from the Treasury to the Electricity Board"Category: Top Story
Central Bank makes it mandatory for hotel service providers to accept payments from persons resident outside Sri Lanka in foreign exchange
(LANKAPUVATH | COLOMBO) – The Monetary Board of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka issued Rules making it mandatory for hotel service providers to accept payments from persons resident outside Sri Lanka, only in foreign exchange.
"Central Bank makes it mandatory for hotel service providers to accept payments from persons resident outside Sri Lanka in foreign exchange"
(LANKAPUVATH | COLOMBO) – Namal Rajapaksa, Minister of Youth & Sports, Minister of Development Co-ordination and Monitoring and State Minister of Digital Technology and Enterprise Development says he expects to introduce a digital wallet to every citizen after the issuance of the Digital National Identity Card.
"Digital wallet to be introduced to all citizens – Minister Namal"
(LANKAPUVATH | COLOMBO) – The Colombo Port City project company says that the rumors circulating on social media that taking personal photos and videos in the Colombo Port City will be charged are completely untrue.
"Reports circulating that taking selfies in the Colombo Port City is being charged are false"
(LANKAPUVATH | COLOMBO) –India and Sri Lanka extended the existing S&T cooperation for 3 more years, with focus on new areas like waste-water technologies, biotech, sustainable agriculture, aerospace engineering, robotics, big data analytics, and artificial intelligence, as well as industrial collaborations at the India-Sri Lanka 5th Joint Committee on S&T Cooperation held on January 20, 2022.
"India – Sri Lanka Joint Committee Meeting on Science &Technology"
(LANKAPUVATH | COLOMBO) – South Korea’s National Assembly Speaker Park Byeong-seug arrived in Sri Lanka Wednesday night (19) on a four-day official visit.
"South Korea’s National Assembly Speaker arrives in Sri Lanka" (LANKAPUVATH | COLOMBO) – Sri Lanka’s Central Bank today said it has decided to increase both the deposit rate and the lending rate by 50 basis points each with the view to strengthening macroeconomic stability.
"Sri Lanka Central Bank raises policy interest rates to strengthen macroeconomic stability"
(LANKAPUVATH | COLOMBO) – Tourism Minister Prasanna Ranatunga says that Sri Lanka expects to enter into joint tourism cooperation agreements with three countries- Bangladesh, Cambodia and South Africa- soon.
"Sri Lanka to enter into joint tourism cooperation agreements with three countries"
(LANKAPUVATH | COLOMBO) – Nearly 90,000 visitors flocked to the Port City Marina Promenade since its opening on January 10, making it the latest must-see sight in Colombo.
"Nearly 90,000 visit Port City Colombo within a week"
(LANKAPUVATH | COLOMBO) – The Foreign Ministry said the body of Late Consul General of Sri Lanka in Milan Visharada Neela Wickramasinghe will be repatriated to Sri Lanka soon.
"Foreign Ministry to repatriate body of Neela Wickramasinghe"