Friday 24th October 2014 Following the Lanka-US trade talks and business forums in Colombo last week, the ongoing bilateral engagement between the two countries received yet another boost on 17 October as the US tra ...
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Big draw for NWS Holdings’ Sri Lanka Business Forum in Tokyo
Friday 24th October 2014 The Sri Lanka Business Forum 2014 organised by NWS Holdings Ltd. in Tokyo yesterday saw a big draw of investors and representatives from Japanese companies, who were enlightened on the post-w ...
Sri Lanka celebrates two years without malaria
Friday 24th October 2014 Sustained financing and vigilance needed to safeguard success Sri Lanka has not reported a local case of malaria since October 2012. If it can remain malaria-free for one more year, the ...
Missing Persons Commission obtaining advice of experts
Friday 24th October 2014 The Missing Persons Commission has begun obtaining advice from the foreign experts appointed by President Mahinda Rajapaksa after the mandate of the Commission had been expanded, a Commission ...
Govt. passes new Atomic Energy Bill
Friday 24th October 2014 By Ashwin HemmathagamaOur Lobby Correspondent Preventing the use of atomic energy to create nuclear bombs and channelling the technical knowhow and possible resources for the betterment of coun ...
Central Bank clarifies new legislation on sale of land to foreigners
Friday 24th October 2014 Insists it will not impact on investment, says regulations are not retrospective as in existence since Jan. 2013 Following Parliament passing new legislation on sale of land to foreigners, ...
Central Bank to end foreign exchange controls
Friday 24th October 2014 The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) will be completely removing its capital account foreign exchange controls for locals within the next 2-3 years to realize the government’s goal for t he cou ...