Category: Industry
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A flock of avid bird lovers in Sri Lanka is busting its feathers in a bid to map Sri Lanka’s bird colonies and preserve its assorted bird life.A flock of avid bird lovers in Sri Lanka is busting its feathers in a bid to map Sri Lanka’s bird colonies and preserve its assorted bird life. […]
Saline Drip
Sri Lanka’s slow moving donor funded projects, will be fast tracked through a high powered cabinet subcommittee chaired by the President, Cabinet Spokesman said Thursday. Sri Lanka’s slow moving donor funded projects, will be fast tracked through a high powered cabinet subcommittee chaired by the President, Cabinet Spokesman said Thursday. Sri Lanka is expecting some […]
Pay Back
The plantation companies want the government to bring down the Economic Service Charge (ESC) from one percent to 0.5 percent for the plantation industry. The plantation companies want the government to bring down the Economic Service Charge (ESC) from one percent to 0.5 percent for the plantation industry. Double Edge The extended deadline to […]
Godfather
The State will step in to balance the Railway Department’s books this year and increase funds for railway operations next year, says the Transport Ministry. The State will step in to balance the Railway Department’s books this year and increase funds for railway operations next year, says the Transport Ministry. “The government has agreed to […]
Broken Record
Any new levies that the Sri Lankan government proposes for its 2005 budget shouldn’t be applied retroactively, as such a policy will erode foreign investor confidence, a tax expert warned Monday.Any new levies that the Sri Lankan government proposes for its 2005 budget shouldn’t be applied retroactively, as such a policy will erode foreign investor […]
Grand Prize
The odds for star-spangled Sri Lankans to strike it rich in a game of chance just got better, with a third lottery operator now active in the market The odds for star-spangled Sri Lankans to strike it rich in a game of chance just got better, with a third lottery operator now active in the […]
Clearing Space
The Civil Aviation Authority is pushing for the state greenlight to open up its air routes for a second local carrier, and draw up the ground rules for operation.The Civil Aviation Authority is pushing for the state greenlight to open up its air routes for a second local carrier, and draw up the ground rules […]
Auspicious Moment
The Railway Department is waiting for a “good time” to reel out an alternate rail service from Fort to Nugegoda from November.The Railway Department is waiting for a “good time” to reel out an alternate rail service from Fort to Nugegoda from November. “We are going to start the rail bus service on the Kelaniweli […]
Tourist arrivals are up 11%, while the average spending by visitors has also risen to US$ 70 a day
Tourist arrivals are up 11 percent so far this year while the average spending by visitors has also risen to US$ 70 a day from US$ 64.Tourist arrivals are up 11 percent so far this year while the average spending by visitors has also risen to US$ 70 a day from US$ 64. The industry […]
Route Subsidy
Sri Lanka’s subsidy happy government, which has made short-term handouts the cornerstone of its economic strategy, is now planning to use at least one upcoming subsidy to push through a long-felt shake up in the country’s unruly public transport system.Sri Lanka’s subsidy happy government, which has made short-term handouts the cornerstone of its economic strategy, […]
Twin Attacks
Sri Lanka is planning to ban the import of two-stroke engine vehicles widely used here in a bid to reduce pollution, the transport secretary said.Sri Lanka is planning to ban the import of two-stroke engine vehicles widely used here in a bid to reduce pollution, the transport secretary said. The move would largely affect the […]
Playing Safe
Sri Lanka’s foreign reserves have fallen to US$ 1.9 bn in October due to higher oil imports, but the government is still fighting shy to hedge its crude imports, Treasury Secretary said.Sri Lanka’s foreign reserves have fallen to US$ 1.9 bn in October due to higher oil imports, but the government is still fighting shy […]