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Sri Lanka wins “Best Folklore Performance Award” at Seoul tourism fair
The Embassy of Sri Lanka in Republic of Korea in association with the Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau (SLTPB) organized Sri Lanka’s pavilion at the Seoul International Tourism Industry Fair (SITIF) in the COEX exhibition center in Seoul from 06 to 09 June2019. All the major tourist destinations in Asia, Middle East, Europe, and Africa […]
Ambassador-designate of Sri Lanka to United States, Rodney Perera assumes duties
Ambassador – designate of Sri Lanka to the United States of America, Rodney Perera assumed duties at the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Washington DC on 17th June 2019. Prior to appointment as the Ambassador to the US, Ambassador Perera was Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to Belgium, Luxembourg and the European Union. Upon arrival at the […]
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Jun 19, 2019 (LBO) – US President Donald Trump formally launched his 2020 reelection campaign Tuesday in Florida vowing to maintain his ‘America First’ policy. He railed against illegal immigration and promised mass deportations and pledged to negotiate a winning trade deal with China, or walk away altogether. “We just completed the deal with South […]
Sri Lanka’s real estate and construction industries continue stoically, post Easter Attack
(PRESS RELEASE) – Sri Lanka’s construction sector which ranks as the 5th highest in the nations GDP earnings, after Services, Manufacturing, Agriculture and Utilities continues unhindered. The sector reports continued interest from local and international buyers who believe “Sri Lanka will bounce back”, from the recent Easter Sunday attacks that took place on April 21 […]
Samsung Electronics remains top brand in Asia for eighth consecutive year
Samsung Electronics has been named the best brand in Asia in 2019 for the eighth year in a row, according to results from ‘Asia’s Top 1000 Brands’ annual online survey conducted by Campaign Asia-Pacific in collaboration with Nielsen. The ranking – which aggregates views from across 15 major product categories including automotive, retail, F&B and […]
Rebuild Business Confidence in Sri Lanka, a networking evening organized by CCC
The Power of Interaction Series is a networking evening organized by The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce with the intention of providing its membership an opportunity to interact with Senior Government Officials of a particular sector. The first session for this year, will be on the theme of ‘Rebuilding Business Confidence in Sri Lanka’. The keynote […]
Salary anomalies of five hundred thousand pensioners to be removed from next month
Jun 17, 2019 (LBO) – The proposal made by Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera in his budget 2019 to remove the pensioners’ salary anomalies will be implemented effective from next month. Accordingly, over 500,000 public servants who retired before December 31,.2015 will be benefited by the removal of this salary anomaly. The monthly salary of the […]
Data on violence against women crucial to understanding magnitude of issue: Report
Jun 14, 2019 (LBO) – One in three female homicides in Sri Lanka are related to intimate partner violence and 69 percent of such incidences go unreported, according to a study done in five provinces commissioned by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). In 2018, the High Commission of Canada to Sri Lanka issued a […]
Kavindya Thennakoon delivers inspiring commencement speech at Wellesley
June 13, 2019 (LBO) – Sri Lankan graduate Kavindya Thennakoon has delivered an inspiring commencement speech at Wellesley College, the leading women’s only educational institution in the United States. As of 2017, Wellesley is the highest endowed women’s college in the world, with an endowment of nearly $2 billion. The school is the alma mater […]
Xuebing Sun assumes duties as new FAO Representative for Sri Lanka
Xuebing Sun presented his credentials to Mr. Tilak Marapana, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, as the new Representative of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Sri Lanka, at the Ministry premises on Monday, 10th June. Mr. Sun is a Senior Environmental Economist by training with 32 years […]
Ceylon Chamber organizes awareness session on exporting to US under GSP
The Ceylon Chamber will be organizing an awareness session on “Exporting to the United States under the Generalized System of Preferences: New Trends and Opportunities”. The U.S. is Sri Lanka’s largest single export destination, accounting for 26% of total exports in 2018. At present approximately 3500 products from Sri Lanka are eligible to access the […]
Mahaweli Coconut Plantations Ltd commences trading on CSE
On 3rd June 2019, the shares of Mahaweli Coconut Plantations Limited (MCPL) commenced trading on the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE). MCPL is the first company to be listed on the CSE after a lapse of 15 months. MCPL was listed on the CSE through an Introduction which was managed by Merchant Bank of Sri Lanka […]