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Chinese stable economic performance good news to Sri Lanka – Cheng Xueyuan

30Jul

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Chinese stable economic performance good news to Sri Lanka – Cheng Xueyuan

Chinese Ambassador to Sri Lanka Cheng Xueyuan issuing a press release has stated that the stable performance of Chinese economy with steady momentum is good news for the whole world including Sri Lanka. Stating that Sri Lanka is a key component of the “21st Century Maritime Silk Road”, with Hambantota Port and Colombo Port City he states China-Sri Lanka economic and trade cooperation will inject new vigor to Sri Lanka’s economic and social development. The complete message of the Ambassador is as follows: China’s Economy Registered a Stable Performance with Good Momentum, Good News for the Whole World Including Sri Lanka According to the statistics released by China’s National Bureau of Statistics, China’s GDP growth rate in the first half of 2018 reached 6.8%. The national eco...

New Colombo City land map launched

Survey General of Sri Lanka P.M.P. Udayakantha presented the new map of Sri Lanka's capital city of Colombo to the Minister of Lands and Parliamentary Reforms Gayantha Karunathilaka Thursday (31st May). The Survey Department launched the 2nd edition of Topographical Map of Sri Lanka, sheet 66 (Colombo) at a ceremony held at the Surveyor Generals' Office in Narahenpita. At the event, Survey General Udayakantha said, according to the new map which includes the information on Colombo Port City, expressways, and other development projects, area of the capital city has been increased by 474.5 hectares. Survey General said preparation of a new map of Sri Lanka commenced in 2015 and the work on 72 sections out of the 92 total have been completed. The work on the remaining 20 sections are...

Sri Lanka President seeks support of PM to punish the perpetrators of Central Bank bond scam

All the parties, including the Prime Minister should support the legal process to punish those who were involved in the Central Bank bond fraud, President Maithripala Sirisena says. Addressing a public meeting held in Kandy on Monday (22) the President said all people of Prime Minister's party as well as the opposition party should support to strengthen him instead of weakening him in this endeavor. The President said that the SLFP members blamed him when he left the then government in 2014 and now the UNPers are blaming him, but he did not betray anyone and he was only working against corruption, theft, waste, and autocracy. The former leader saying that the Yahapalana government is a failure wanted the President to join hands with him forgetting how he failed three times, he sai...