(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –State Minister of International Trade Sujeewa Senasinghe who was on a promotional visit to Italy to enhance Sri Lanka’s exports to the EU under GSP+ concessions and to seek the investment potential at large, met the business community in Milan on 16th October.
"State Minister Senasinghe speaks to Italian Chambers in Milan"Category: Top Story
(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –UN Special Rapporteur Pablo de Greiff said that Sri Lanka had unprecedented levels of international support because of its willingness to engage on issues of human rights.
"UN Rapporteur pleased with Lanka’s progress"
(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –The Poverty Headcount Index has dropped from 6.7 percent in 2012/2013 to 4.1 percent in 2016, the results of latest Household Income and Expenditure Survey conducted by the Census and Statistics Department indicated.
"Poverty headcount down"
(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –The Yala Wildlife Sanctuary, which was closed for more than two months, was opened for tourists from today.(23)
"Yala Wildlife Sanctuary reopens for tourists"
(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –The governments of Sri Lanka and the United States launched the YouLead! initiative on October 19, a Rs. 1.8 billion (US$ 12 million) program funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to support youth employability, vocational skills development, and entrepreneurship.
"Sri Lanka and U.S. governments launch $ 12 million ‘YouLead!’ youth employment program"
(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –The Sri Lanka Army has made arrangements to recruit a new batch of 7000 soldiers to its ranks on a proposal made by Army Commander Lt. Gen. Mahesh Senanayake.
"Army to recruit 7000"
(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –The reclamation of the port city is expected to be completed by 2019 and the first investment on the reclaimed land was expected to begin by mid next year which would be an investment of US$ one billion, said Law and Order Minister Sagala Ratnayaka addressing the Sri Lanka Retailers’ Association first AGM in Colombo on Tuesday.
"Port City to draw first investment of US$ 1 bn in mid 2018"
(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –The Sri Lankan government plans to implement a special project within the next four years to reduce the landslide risk by taking disaster minimizing steps.
"Sri Lanka takes disaster minimizing steps to reduce landslide risks"
(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau is set to launch a promotional road show that will see a delegation of Sri Lanka Tourism officials, as well as Sri Lanka’s leading hotels and tourism stakeholders, to visit Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain and Oman, as part of an ongoing effort to develop the number of tourists visiting the emerald island from the four GCC cities.
"Sri Lanka’s tourism industry to host road show in Doha"
(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –A new intergovernmental task force to curb the illegal killing of birds crossing one of the world’s greatest migration paths will be high on the agenda at this year’s largest wildlife summit, which takes place in Manila next month.
"Wildlife Summit to Propose New Task Force to Prevent Illegal Killing of Birds"