The Sri Lankan flag replaced the Australian Border Protection Command flag on board the Australian Custom vessel Corio Bay amidst the playing of the two National Anthems to symbolize the handing over of the above vessel ...
Daily Archives: April 1, 2014
Sri lanka’s tourism industry booms with huge increase of Chinese arrivals
(Xinhua) March 25, 2014 COLOMBO, March 25 -- Revenue from Sri Lanka's lucrative post-war tourism industry grew 32.2 percent in the first two months of this year to 161.2 million U.S. dollars when compared ...
Sri Lanka’s 2013 FDI below gov’t target
Xinhua, March 25, 2014 Sri Lanka earned 1.42 billion U.S. dollars in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) but remained shy of the 2 billion U.S. dollar target in 2013, latest Central Bank statistics showed on Tuesday. FDI in ...
Sri Lanka’s exports grow while deficit continues to contract
English.news.cn 2014-03-25 18:50:52 COLOMBO, March 25 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lanka's exports grew by 23.2 percent in January to 898 million U.S. dollars helped by a rebound in industrial products, latest dat ...
Sri Lanka to release all Indian fishermen
-Meera Srinivasan 28 March 2014 Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Friday ordered the release of all Indian fishermen in the island nation’s custody. The announcement, termed a “goodwill gesture” by the Preside ...
Conciliation will continue: Rajapaksa
COLOMBO, March 28, 2014 Mahinda Rajapaksa.— PHOTO: AP Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa rejected Thursday’s U.N. Human Rights Council resolution ordering a war crimes probe, telling AFP that he would instea ...
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