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Ravi Karunanayake

Ravi K justifies Insurance corporation MD’s appointment

June 17, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake, justifying the appointment of T.M.R. Bangsa Jayah brother-in-law of the Minister says that it’s better to appoint a go getter rather than an inefficient professional.Jayah was appointed as the Managing Director (MD) of Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation after the new administration took over on […]

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Sri Lanka’s Finance ministry to fund halted projects in Colombo

June 5, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake yesterday said that the government will allocate 1,296 million rupees for 390 projects in the Colombo District which were halted due to lack of funding.“These projects should have been completed last year.But the government has not given funds,” Karunanayake told LBO. “So now we […]

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Sri Lanka to have “open sky” policy to boost tourist arrivals : Ravi K

May 25, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s new rulers say that the Indian Ocean Island will open skies as a way forward policy to improve tourist arrivals.“We’re going to have an open skies policy that will help tourism and also help grow the business to other countries,” Ravi Karunanayake, Minister of Finance said, at a […]

Sri Lanka needs to export, export and export: Ravi K

Sri Lanka needs to export, export and export: Ravi K

May 20, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s new rulers said that the country needs to focus on exporting more products and services as the government’s strategy is to develop the local export market to be able to compate in the international areana. “Our thrust is to ensure that we have exports, exports and more exports,” […]